OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neural Regeneration Research is 40. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Mechanosensitivity of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDAR) is the key through which amyloid beta oligomers activate them	290
Human endogenous retrovirus type-W and multiple sclerosis–related smoldering neuroinflammation	258
SCFD1 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: reconciling a genetic association with in vivo functional analysis	171
Porcine decellularized nerve matrix hydrogel attenuates neuroinflammation after peripheral nerve injury by inhibiting the TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB axis	120
Contribution of adult-born neurons to memory consolidation during rapid eye movement sleep	108
LL-37 and CsgC exemplify the crosstalk between anti-amyloid, antimicrobial, and anti-biofilm protein activities	97
Ethanol changes Nestin-promoter induced neural stem cells to disturb newborn dendritic spine remodeling in the hippocampus of mice	88
Functions of nuclear factor Y in nervous system development, function and health	81
The role of miRNA in retinal ganglion cell health and disease	79
Enhancement of lysosome biogenesis as a potential therapeutic approach for neurodegenerative diseases	64
Prolonged intermittent theta burst stimulation restores the balance between A2AR- and A1R-mediated adenosine signaling in the 6-hydroxidopamine model of Parkinson’s disease	62
Transcription factors promote neural regeneration after spinal cord injury	59
Eph receptor A4 regulates motor neuron ferroptosis in spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats	58
Axonal protein synthesis in central nervous system regeneration: is building an axon a local matter?	56
Generating oligodendroglia from adult mesenchymal cells for transplantation: cell reprogramming or direct lineage conversion?	52
NECAB family of neuronal calcium-binding proteins in health and disease	50
Phosphorylation-driven aggregative proteins in neurodegenerative diseases: implications and therapeutics	50
Bradykinin postconditioning protects rat hippocampal neurons after restoration of spontaneous circulation following cardiac arrest via activation of the AMPK/mTOR signaling pathway	50
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: genes load the gun and repeated concussion pulls the trigger	49
Protocadherin gamma C3: a new player in regulating vascular barrier function	49
Mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles therapy in traumatic central nervous system diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis	48
Chx10+V2a interneurons in spinal motor regulation and spinal cord injury	47
Rbm8a regulates neurogenesis and reduces Alzheimer’s disease-associated pathology in the dentate gyrus of 5×FAD mice	47
Exercise-with-melatonin therapy improves sleep disorder and motor dysfunction in a rat model of ischemic stroke	47
Retraction: Emerging concepts underlying selective neuromuscular dysfunction in infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy	46

Increased activation of the caudate nucleus and parahippocampal gyrus in Parkinson’s disease patients with dysphagia after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: a case-control study	45
Role of copper chelating agents: between old applications and new perspectives in neuroscience	45
Neuropsychiatric symptoms and apolipoprotein E genotypes in neurocognitive disorders	44
Synaptopathy in CHMP2B frontotemporal dementia highlights the synaptic vesicle cycle as a therapeutic target	44
Neuroserpin alleviates cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury by suppressing ischemia-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress	44
Involvement of glucose transporter overexpression in the protection or damage after ischemic stroke	43
Could inorganic polyphosphate be a valid target against neuronal senescence?	43
Therapeutic potential of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor and cell reprogramming for hippocampal-related neurological disorders	43
Clemastine in remyelination and protection of neurons and skeletal muscle after spinal cord injury	43
Decoding molecular mechanisms: brain aging and Alzheimer’s disease	42
Rapid GFAP and Iba1 expression changes in the female rat brain following spinal cord injury	42
Dual-targeting AAV9P1-mediated neuronal reprogramming in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury	41
Facial reanimation with interposition nerve graft or masseter nerve transfer: a comparative retrospective study	41
Krüppel-like factor 2 (KLF2), a potential target for neuroregeneration	41
Glymphatic imaging and modulation of the optic nerve	40
Neurogenesis dynamics in the olfactory bulb: deciphering circuitry organization, function, and adaptive plasticity	40