OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neural Regeneration Research is 47. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Generating oligodendroglia from adult mesenchymal cells for transplantation: cell reprogramming or direct lineage conversion?	385
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: genes load the gun and repeated concussion pulls the trigger	319
Contribution of adult-born neurons to memory consolidation during rapid eye movement sleep	229
Functions of nuclear factor Y in nervous system development, function and health	185
FKBP51: A new target for Parkinson’s disease	143
Retraction: Emerging concepts underlying selective neuromuscular dysfunction in infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy	119
LL-37 and CsgC exemplify the crosstalk between anti-amyloid, antimicrobial, and anti-biofilm protein activities	115
Could inorganic polyphosphate be a valid target against neuronal senescence?	104
Synaptopathy in CHMP2B frontotemporal dementia highlights the synaptic vesicle cycle as a therapeutic target	97
Activity-dependent regulation of cortical cell numbers: Role of neuronal activity in cortical circuit formation	82
Beyond apoptosis: Implications of annexin-V binding to myeloid cells in DARC (Detection of Apoptosing Retinal Cells) imaging	80
Facial reanimation with interposition nerve graft or masseter nerve transfer: a comparative retrospective study	77
Mechanosensitivity of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDAR) is the key through which amyloid beta oligomers activate them	74
Human endogenous retrovirus type-W and multiple sclerosis–related smoldering neuroinflammation	71
Increased retinal venule diameter as a prognostic indicator for recurrent cerebrovascular events: a prospective observational study	71
Neurogenesis dynamics in the olfactory bulb: deciphering circuitry organization, function, and adaptive plasticity	70
Necrostatin-1 decreases necroptosis and inflammatory markers after intraventricular hemorrhage in mice	67
The power of “touch” and early enriched stimulation: neuroplasticity effects in rodents and preterm infants	65
Neuromodulation techniques for modulating cognitive function: Enhancing stimulation precision and intervention effects	63
Selective deletion of zinc transporter 3 in amacrine cells promotes retinal ganglion cell survival and optic nerve regeneration after injury	63
Neuropsychiatric symptoms and apolipoprotein E genotypes in neurocognitive disorders	63
Glycine decarboxylase as a novel regulator of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor function: Implications for pathophysiology of schizophrenia	63
Telomere length as a predictive marker for long-term cognitive function in a mouse model of subarachnoid hemorrhage	61
Prolonged intermittent theta burst stimulation restores the balance between A2AR- and A1R-mediated adenosine signaling in the 6-hydroxidopamine model of Parkinson’s disease	61
The intrinsic excitability of and autophagy protein expression levels in dentate gyrus ensembles regulate fear generalization	59

Stepping up after spinal cord injury: negotiating an obstacle during walking	58
Transcription factors promote neural regeneration after spinal cord injury	58
Small extracellular vesicles secreted by induced pluripotent stem cell-derived mesenchymal stem cells improve postoperative cognitive dysfunction in mice with diabetes	57
Rapamycin as a preventive intervention for Alzheimer’s disease in APOE4 carriers: Targeting brain metabolic and vascular restoration	57
Astrocyte chloride, excitatory-inhibitory balance and epilepsy	56
Tropism-shifted AAV-PHP.eB-mediated bFGF gene therapy promotes varied neurorestoration after ischemic stroke in mice	55
Bradykinin postconditioning protects rat hippocampal neurons after restoration of spontaneous circulation following cardiac arrest via activation of the AMPK/mTOR signaling pathway	54
NECAB family of neuronal calcium-binding proteins in health and disease	53
Chx10+V2a interneurons in spinal motor regulation and spinal cord injury	52
Neuroserpin alleviates cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury by suppressing ischemia-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress	51
Eph receptor A4 regulates motor neuron ferroptosis in spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats	51
Multiple factors to assist human-derived induced pluripotent stem cells to efficiently differentiate into midbrain dopaminergic neurons	51
Rbm8a regulates neurogenesis and reduces Alzheimer’s disease-associated pathology in the dentate gyrus of 5×FAD mice	50
Metformin promotes angiogenesis and functional recovery in aged mice after spinal cord injury by adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase/endothelial nitric oxide synthase pathway	50
Phosphorylation-driven aggregative proteins in neurodegenerative diseases: implications and therapeutics	49
Peripheral mitochondrial DNA as a neuroinflammatory biomarker for major depressive disorder	49
Ethanol changes Nestin-promoter induced neural stem cells to disturb newborn dendritic spine remodeling in the hippocampus of mice	49
Protocadherin gamma C3: a new player in regulating vascular barrier function	48
Mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles therapy in traumatic central nervous system diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis	48
Mitochondrial dynamics dysfunction and neurodevelopmental disorders: From pathological mechanisms to clinical translation	48
Targeting tau in Alzheimer's disease: from mechanisms to clinical therapy	48
Glymphatic imaging and modulation of the optic nerve	48
Amyloid-beta and tau protein beyond Alzheimer’s disease	47
The complex roles of m6A modifications in neural stem cell proliferation, differentiation, and self-renewal and implications for memory and neurodegenerative diseases	47