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Papers

(The H4-Index of Neuroscience Bulletin is 29. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Special Issue Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Institute of Neuroscience, CAS	170
Induced Dopaminergic Neurons for Parkinson’s Disease Therapy: Targeting the Striatum or Midbrain/Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta?	96
UNC13A Gene Brings New Hope for ALS Disease-Modifying Drugs	80
Shed a New Light on Spinal Cord Injury-induced Permanent Paralysis with the Brain-spine Interface	63
PIKFYVE Inhibition, A Neuronal “Emetic” for Treating ALS?	62
Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation within Dense-Core Vesicles in Sympathetic Adrenal Chromaffin Cells	60
Upregulation of NR2A in Glutamatergic VTA Neurons Contributes to Chronic Visceral Pain in Male Mice	59
A Spacetime Odyssey of Neural Progenitors to Generate Neuronal Diversity	58
Whole-Brain Connectome of GABAergic Neurons in the Mouse Zona Incerta	52
The Spinal-Parabrachial-Mesencephalic Circuit: A Possible Explanation of How Pain Leads to Emotional Disorders	51
Targeting NAD Metabolism for the Therapy of Age-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases	49
Histaminergic Innervation of the Ventral Anterior Thalamic Nucleus Alleviates Motor Deficits in a 6-OHDA-Induced Rat Model of Parkinson’s Disease	49
Brain-Computer Interfaces in Disorders of Consciousness	45
GABAergic Interneuron Cell Therapy for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy	44
The Chemokine CCL2 Promotes Excitatory Synaptic Transmission in Hippocampal Neurons via GluA1 Subunit Trafficking	41
Dysregulation of Iron Homeostasis Mediated by FTH Increases Ferroptosis Sensitivity in TP53-Mutant Glioblastoma	37
The Insular Cortex: An Interface Between Sensation, Emotion and Cognition	36
A New Perspective on the Prediction and Treatment of Stroke: The Role of Uric Acid	36
TREMble Before TREM2: The Mighty Microglial Receptor Conferring Neuroprotective Properties in TDP-43 Mediated Neurodegeneration	36
Correlation of Ferroptosis and Other Types of Cell Death in Neurodegenerative Diseases	36
Direction Selectivity of TmY Neurites in Drosophila	35
Mapping Fear-Related Neural Activity and Circuitry Changes Following Prophylactic Administration of (R,S)-Ketamine and (2S,6S)-Hydroxynorketamine	35
Effects of Vascular Risk Factors on the White Matter Network Architecture of the Brain	35
A New Pathway Mediating Pain Sensitization after Active Sleep Deprivation	35
Activity-Dependent Phosphorylation of CDKL5 at Serine 407 Regulates Synaptogenesis and Plasticity	33

Extension of the Lifespan of a Mouse Model of Rett Syndrome by Intracerebroventricular Delivery of MECP2	31
Targeting 5-HT to Alleviate Dose-Limiting Neurotoxicity in Nab-Paclitaxel-Based Chemotherapy	30
Targeting 5-HT as a Potential Treatment for Social Deficits in Autism	30
Acute Recruitment of VTA Dopamine Neurons by mPOA Esr1+ Neurons to Facilitate Consummatory Male Mating Actions	29
Combining Multiple Factors to Predict Alzheimer’s Disease	29