Molecular Brain

Papers
(The median citation count of Molecular Brain is 3. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
FMRP binds Per1 mRNA and downregulates its protein expression in mice83
Spatiotemporal Pavlovian head-fixed reversal learning task for mice80
Correction to: Roles of Rufy3 in experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced early brain injury via accelerating neuronal axon repair and synaptic plasticity57
Correction to: Synaptic potentiation of anterior cingulate cortex contributes to chronic pain of Parkinson’s disease47
Knockout of AMPA receptor binding protein Neuron-specific gene 2 (NSG2) enhances associative learning and cognitive flexibility43
Diurnal variation in declarative memory and the involvement of SCOP in cognitive functions in nonhuman primates39
A novel mouse model for investigating α-synuclein aggregates in oligodendrocytes: implications for the glial cytoplasmic inclusions in multiple system atrophy35
mTORC1-mediated acquisition of reward-related representations by hippocampal somatostatin interneurons34
Protocadherin 19 regulates axon guidance in the developing Xenopus retinotectal pathway32
Recent developments in peptide vaccines against Glioblastoma, a review and update31
Inhibition of cortical synaptic transmission, behavioral nociceptive, and anxiodepressive-like responses by arecoline in adult mice29
Chronic corticosterone exposure causes anxiety- and depression-related behaviors with altered gut microbial and brain metabolomic profiles in adult male C57BL/6J mice29
New neurons in old brains: implications of age in the analysis of neurogenesis in post-mortem tissue28
Broad proteomics analysis of seeding-induced aggregation of α-synuclein in M83 neurons reveals remodeling of proteostasis mechanisms that might contribute to Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis27
Histamine H3 receptor inverse agonists/antagonists influence intra-regional cortical activity and inter-regional synchronization during resting state: an exploratory cortex-wide imaging study in mice25
Impact of volume and expression time in an AAV-delivered channelrhodopsin25
Chronic oral administration of ibrutinib prevents long-term memory deficits and reduces AD pathology and neuroinflammatory responses in a mouse model of AD25
Correction: The deficiency of Maged1 attenuates Parkinson’s disease progression in mice25
Role of autophagy in neurotoxic protein’s clearance following post-ischemic stroke: where we are and what we know?24
AKAP6 controls NFATc4 activity for BDNF-mediated neuroprotection24
Correction to: Synergistic actions of corticosterone and BDNF on rat hippocampal LTP24
The brain cytokine orchestra in multiple sclerosis: from neuroinflammation to synaptopathology22
Dynamic changes in the hippocampal neuronal circuits activity following acute stress revealed by miniature fluorescence microscopy imaging22
Loss of Drosophila Coq8 results in impaired survival, locomotor deficits and photoreceptor degeneration22
A simple and reliable method for claustrum localization across age in mice22
Riluzole partially restores RNA polymerase III complex assembly in cells expressing the leukodystrophy-causative variant POLR3B R103H21
Novelty-induced memory consolidation is accompanied by increased Agap3 transcription: a cross-species study21
Chemogenetic activation of histamine neurons promotes retrieval of apparently lost memories20
Involvement of posterior hypothalamic CaMKII-positive neurons in ADHD-like behaviors in mice19
Sonic hedgehog signalling pathway in CNS tumours: its role and therapeutic implications18
Olfactory receptor 78 is expressed in hypothalamic vasopressin/oxytocin neurons, parenchymal microglia and choroidal macrophages in mice18
Post-conditioning sleep deprivation facilitates delay and trace fear memory extinction18
Olfactory marker protein contains a leucine-rich domain in the Ω-loop important for nuclear export17
Chronic pain enhances excitability of corticotropin-releasing factor-expressing neurons in the oval part of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis16
Subacute and chronic proteomic and phosphoproteomic analyses of a mouse model of traumatic brain injury at two timepoints and comparison with chronic traumatic encephalopathy in human samples16
Selective enhancement of fear extinction by inhibiting neuronal adenylyl cyclase 1 (AC1) in aged mice15
The terpenes alpha-bisabolol and camphene modulate pruritus via an action on Cav3.2 T-type calcium channels15
Reduced activity of parvalbumin-positive interneurons in the posterior parietal cortex causes visually dominant multisensory decisions in freely navigating mice15
VMAT2 availability in Parkinson’s disease with probable REM sleep behaviour disorder14
Neurexin-3 in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus regulates body weight and glucose homeostasis independently of food intake14
Impaired wakefulness and rapid eye movement sleep in dopamine-deficient mice14
Synaptic potentiation of anterior cingulate cortex contributes to chronic pain of Parkinson’s disease14
MeCP2 deficiency impairs motor cortical circuit flexibility associated with motor learning14
The gut microbiota and metabolite profiles are altered in patients with spinal cord injury14
Intravitreal injection of the Galectin-3 inhibitor TD139 provides neuroprotection in a rat model of ocular hypertensive glaucoma13
Moxibustion ameliorates chronic inflammatory visceral pain via spinal circRNA-miRNA-mRNA networks: a central mechanism study13
A new paradigm of learned cooperation reveals extensive social coordination and specific cortical activation in mice13
Increased social interaction in Shank2-deficient mice following acute social isolation13
Profiling tyrosine kinase inhibitors as AD therapeutics in a mouse model of AD12
A natural marmoset model of genetic generalized epilepsy12
Pathophysiology of ion channels in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis12
TREM2 improves microglia function and synaptic development in autism spectrum disorders by regulating P38 MAPK signaling pathway12
Sonication dissociates the synaptic cleft and allows purification of postsynaptic densities with associated postsynaptic membrane12
Region-specific activation in the accumbens nucleus by itch with modified scratch efficacy in mice – a model-free multivariate analysis12
mTORC1 function in hippocampal parvalbumin interneurons: regulation of firing and long-term potentiation of intrinsic excitability but not long-term contextual fear memory and context discrimination12
Novelty triggers time-dependent theta oscillatory dynamics in cortical-hippocampal-midbrain circuitry12
Spermidine treatment: induction of autophagy but also apoptosis?12
Toll-like receptors and their role in neuropathic pain and migraine11
NEK7 induces lactylation in Alzheimer’s disease to promote pyroptosis in BV-2 cells11
Repeated naloxone-induced morphine withdrawal alters blood brain barrier and blood spinal cord barrier integrity in mice11
Chronic skin ultraviolet irradiation induces transcriptomic changes associated with microglial dysfunction in the hippocampus11
Elucidation of the mechanisms underlying tumor aggravation by the activation of stress-related neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus11
Spinal microglia contribute to sustained inflammatory pain via amplifying neuronal activity11
High glucose and palmitic acid induces neuronal senescence by NRSF/REST elevation and the subsequent mTOR-related autophagy suppression11
Changes in oligodendroglial subpopulations in Parkinson’s disease11
Neuropathological and behavioral features of an APP/PS1/MAPT (6xTg) transgenic model of Alzheimer’s disease11
Activation of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 produces an antidepressant-like effect via MAS receptors in mice10
Correction: Extinction of contextual fear memory is facilitated in TRPM2 knockout mice10
A new AAV tool for highly preferentially targeting hippocampal CA210
Genetic deletion of nitric oxide synthase 2 ameliorates Parkinson’s disease pathology and neuroinflammation in a transgenic mouse model of synucleinopathy10
Correction: Requirement for hippocampal CA3 NMDA receptors in artificial association of memory events stored in CA3 cell ensembles10
Astrocytic activation increases blood flow in the adult olfactory bulb10
Generation of a new Slc20a2 knockout mouse line as in vivo model for primary brain calcification10
Long-term inhibition of ODC1 in APP/PS1 mice rescues amyloid pathology and switches astrocytes from a reactive to active state10
Limitations of the human iPSC-derived neuron model for early-onset Alzheimer’s disease10
Nek6 regulates autophagy through the mTOR signaling pathway to alleviate cerebral ischemia–reperfusion injury10
Acupuncture improves depressive-like behaviors in CUMS rats by modulating lateral habenula synaptic plasticity via the BDNF/ERK/mTOR pathway10
Crucial role of TFAP2B in the nervous system for regulating NREM sleep10
Integrated genomic and DNA methylation analysis of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastases10
Involvement of Cdk5 activating subunit p35 in synaptic plasticity in excitatory and inhibitory neurons9
Age-related attenuation of cortical synaptic tagging in the ACC is rescued by BDNF or a TrkB receptor agonist in both sex of mice9
Synergistic actions of corticosterone and BDNF on rat hippocampal LTP9
The absence of Neuroligin-1 shapes wake/sleep architecture, rhythmic and arrhythmic activities of the electrocorticogram in female mice9
Analysis of neurexin-neuroligin complexes supports an isoform-specific role for beta-neurexin-1 dysfunction in a mouse model of autism9
Neurexin-1-dependent circuit activity is required for the maintenance of photoreceptor subtype identity in Drosophila9
Hypothalamic protein profiling from mice subjected to social defeat stress9
Disruption of protein geranylgeranylation in the cerebellum causes cerebellar hypoplasia and ataxia via blocking granule cell progenitor proliferation9
The adaptor protein PICK1 targets the sorting receptor SorLA9
Loss of mitochondrial enzyme GPT2 leads to reprogramming of synaptic glutamate metabolism9
Behavioral phenotype, intestinal microbiome, and brain neuronal activity of male serotonin transporter knockout mice9
Experience-dependent changes in affective valence of taste in male mice9
Inhibitory insula-ACC projections modulate affective but not sensory aspects of neuropathic pain8
Effects of intermittent theta burst stimulation on the inflammatory response and cerebral blood flow in promoting neurovascular repair after ischemic stroke8
Peripheral-central network analysis of cancer cachexia status accompanied by the polarization of hypothalamic microglia with low expression of inhibitory immune checkpoint receptors8
Changes in the pH value of the human brain in Alzheimer’s disease pathology correlated with CD68-positive microglia: a community-based autopsy study in Beijing, China8
PV-IRES-Cre mouse line targets excitatory granule neurons in the cerebellum8
Outer layer of Vb neurons in medial entorhinal cortex project to hippocampal dentate gyrus in mice8
The cyclin G-associated kinase (GAK) inhibitor SGC-GAK-1 inhibits neurite outgrowth and synapse formation7
Acute social defeat stress activated neurons project to the claustrum and basolateral amygdala7
Deleting IP6K1 stabilizes neuronal sodium–potassium pumps and suppresses excitability7
Circadian cilia transcriptome in mouse brain across physiological and pathological states7
Targeted NMDA receptor knockdown in recall‐activated neuronal ensembles impairs remote fear extinction7
Mechanisms of glutamate receptors hypofunction dependent synaptic transmission impairment in the hippocampus of schizophrenia susceptibility gene Opcml-deficient mouse model7
Locus specific reduction of L1 expression in the cortices of individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis7
Sleep-driven prefrontal cortex coordinates temporal action and multimodal integration7
Regulation of dendritic spine length in corticopontine layer V pyramidal neurons by autism risk gene β3 integrin7
Temporal pain processing in the primary somatosensory cortex and anterior cingulate cortex7
Astrocyte-derived dominance winning reverses chronic stress-induced depressive behaviors7
Cavβ surface charged residues contribute to the regulation of neuronal calcium channels7
Proteasome inhibition suppresses the induction of lipocalin-2 upon systemic lipopolysaccharide challenge in mice7
Long non-coding RNA lncC11orf54-1 modulates neuroinflammatory responses by activating NF-κB signaling during meningitic Escherichia coli infection7
The medial prefrontal cortex encodes procedural rules as sequential neuronal activity dynamics7
Quercetin carbon quantum dots: dual-target therapy for intracerebral hemorrhage in mice7
Function of KCNQ2 channels at nodes of Ranvier of lumbar spinal ventral nerves of rats7
Decreased in vivo glutamate/GABA ratio correlates with the social behavior deficit in a mouse model of autism spectrum disorder7
Hes5+ astrocytes potentiate primary afferent Aδ and C fiber-mediated excitatory synaptic transmission to spinal lamina I neurons7
Knockdown of myorg leads to brain calcification in zebrafish6
Neural stem cell-specific deletion of Atg7 alleviates hippocampal dysfunction and neuronal alterations induced by chronic restraint stress6
Postmortem gene expression profiles in the habenulae of suicides: implication of endothelial dysfunction in the neurovascular system6
14-3-3γ haploinsufficiency leads to altered dopamine pathway and Parkinson’s disease-like motor incoordination in mice6
CSF Amyloid-β42 associates with neuropsychiatric and cognitive outcomes via cerebral glucose metabolism6
Modulating and monitoring the functionality of corticostriatal circuits using an electrostimulable microfluidic device6
Voluntary running improves synaptic degeneration of the anterior cingulate cortex in knee osteoarthritis6
BCAT1 controls embryonic neural stem cells proliferation and differentiation in the upper layer neurons6
Retina-attached slice recording reveals light-triggered tonic GABA signaling in suprachiasmatic nucleus6
Brain region networks for the assimilation of new associative memory into a schema6
Blood–brain barrier: emerging trends on transport models and new-age strategies for therapeutics intervention against neurological disorders6
Prior episode of colitis impairs contextual fear memory6
Correction: The properties of TREM1 and its emerging role in pain-related diseases6
Spatiotemporal expression patterns of genes coding for plasmalemmal chloride transporters and channels in neurological diseases6
Development of Cre-dependent retrograde trans-multisynaptic tracer based on pseudorabies virus bartha strain5
Felodipine attenuates neuroinflammatory responses and tau hyperphosphorylation through JNK/P38 signaling in tau-overexpressing AD mice5
Maturation of nucleus accumbens synaptic transmission signals a critical period for the rescue of social deficits in a mouse model of autism spectrum disorder5
Distinct neural responses of ventromedial prefrontal cortex-projecting nucleus reuniens neurons during aversive memory extinction5
Hif1α-dependent hypoxia signaling contributes to the survival of deep-layer neurons and cortex formation in a mouse model5
Globus pallidus is not independent from striatal direct pathway neurons: an up-to-date review5
Ultrastructural characterization of hippocampal inhibitory synapses under resting and stimulated conditions5
Visualization of the existence of growth hormone secretagogue receptor in the rat nucleus accumbens5
Tyrosine phosphatase STEP61 in human dementia and in animal models with amyloid and tau pathology5
A large-scale polygenic risk score analysis identified candidate proteins associated with anxiety, depression and neuroticism5
Distribution of five clinically important neuroglial proteins in the human brain5
Running-induced neurogenesis reduces CA1 perineuronal net density without substantial temporal delay5
Enhanced synchronization between prelimbic and infralimbic cortices during fear extinction learning5
Genome-wide translation control analysis of developing human neurons5
Epigenetic signature of N-terminal acetyltransferases: a probable mediator of immune and neuropathogenesis in HIV infection5
Characterization of exosome-mediated propagation of systemic inflammatory responses into the central nervous system5
DYRK1A modulates fear memory formation via epigenetic modification5
Homocysteine enhances the excitability of cultured hippocampal neurons without altering the gene expression of voltage-gated ion channels5
Olfactory marker protein is unlikely to be cleaved by calpain 55
Ameliorative effects of Fingolimod (FTY720) on microglial activation and psychosis-related behavior in short term cuprizone exposed mice5
Dihydroartemisinin attenuates hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in neonatal rats by inhibiting oxidative stress5
Chemogenetic silencing of the subiculum blocks acute chronic temporal lobe epilepsy4
In vitro modulation of mTOR and mGlur5 influence α-synuclein accumulation4
Development of a novel peptide to prevent entry of SARS-CoV-2 into lung and olfactory bulb cells of hACE2 expressing mice4
Cerebellar damage with inflammation upregulates oxytocin receptor expression in Bergmann Glia4
Properties of Nav1.8ChR2-positive and Nav1.8ChR2-negative afferent mechanoreceptors in the hindpaw glabrous skin of mice4
Analgesia by intrathecal delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol is dependent on Cav3.2 calcium channels4
Cell-line dependency in cerebral organoid induction: cautionary observations in Alzheimer’s disease patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells4
Correction to: Oxytocin ameliorates impaired social behavior in a mouse model of 3q29 deletion syndrome4
Antihyperalgesic effect of joint mobilization requires Cav3.2 calcium channels4
Involvement of muscarinic receptors in psychomotor hyperactivity in dopamine-deficient mice4
Expression profile of synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A, B, and C paralogues in temporal neocortex tissue from patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE)4
Burst firing is required for induction of Hebbian LTP at lateral perforant path to hippocampal granule cell synapses4
Paraventricular hypothalamic vasopressin neurons induce self-grooming in mice4
Optogenetic activation of dopamine D1 receptors in island cells of medial entorhinal cortex inhibits temporal association learning4
Integrated molecular data analysis confirms PDK1 as a candidate risk factor in ALS pathophysiology4
Cortical pain induced by optogenetic cortical spreading depression: from whole brain activity mapping4
Deoxyhypusine synthase deficiency syndrome zebrafish model: aberrant morphology, epileptiform activity, and reduced arborization of inhibitory interneurons4
Comprehensive behavioral analyses of mice with a glycine receptor alpha 4 deficiency4
Extinction of contextual fear memory is facilitated in TRPM2 knockout mice4
Microtubule-associated protein 1 A and tubby act independently in regulating the localization of stereocilin to the tips of inner ear hair cell stereocilia4
A structural analysis of the splice-specific functional impact of the pathogenic familial hemiplegic migraine type 1 S218L mutation on Cav2.1 P/Q-type channel gating4
Functional characterization of a novel de novo CACNA1C pathogenic variant in a patient with neurodevelopmental disorder4
Improving working memory by electrical stimulation and cross-frequency coupling4
Antiallodynic effects of KDS2010, a novel MAO-B inhibitor, via ROS-GABA inhibitory transmission in a paclitaxel-induced tactile hypersensitivity model4
Roles of mediodorsal thalamus in observational fear-related neural activity in mouse anterior cingulate cortex4
Modifiable risk factors that mediate the effect of educational attainment on the risk of stroke: a network Mendelian randomization study4
Divergent disruptive effects of soluble recombinant tau assemblies on synaptic plasticity in vivo4
Virally mediated expression of a biologically active peptide to restrain the nuclear functions of ERK1/2 attenuates learning extinction but not acquisition4
Transient inhibition of microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1 after status epilepticus blunts brain inflammation and is neuroprotective4
Peripheral substance P induces deficits in hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory3
Identification of VGLUT3-expressing LTMRs-recruited spinal circuits for itch inhibition3
CaVβ-subunit dependence of forward and reverse trafficking of CaV1.2 calcium channels3
Object location learning in mice requires hippocampal somatostatin interneuron activity and is facilitated by mTORC1-mediated long-term potentiation of their excitatory synapses3
Transcriptomic changes in oligodendrocytes and precursor cells associate with clinical outcomes of Parkinson’s disease3
C1ql1-Bai3 signaling is necessary for climbing fiber synapse formation in mature Purkinje cells in coordination with neuronal activity3
Intravenous infusion of mesenchymal stem cells increased axonal signal intensity in the rubrospinal tract in spinal cord injury3
Genome-wide analysis of genes encoding core components of the ubiquitin system during cerebral cortex development3
Electroacupuncture reduces inflammatory damage following cerebral ischemia–reperfusion by enhancing ABCA1-mediated efferocytosis in M2 microglia3
β-hydroxybutyrate and ischemic stroke: roles and mechanisms3
The deficiency of Maged1 attenuates Parkinson's disease progression in mice3
Exploration of new space elicits phosphorylation of GluA1(Ser831) and S6K and expression of Arc in the hippocampus in vivo as in long-term potentiation3
Systemic injection of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist mecamylamine affects licking, eyelid size, and locomotor and autonomic activities but not temporal prediction in male mice3
Ablation of microglia does not alter circadian rhythm of locomotor activity3
Stimulation of protein synthesis by optogenetic and chemical induction of excitatory synaptic plasticity in hippocampal somatostatin interneurons3
Reactive astrocytes mediate TSPO overexpression in response to sustained CNTF exposure in the rat striatum3
Surgery impairs glymphatic activity and cognitive function in aged mice3
Transcriptome atlases of rat brain regions and their adaptation to diabetes resolution following gastrectomy in the Goto-Kakizaki rat3
Exploring Piezo1, Piezo2, and TMEM150C in human brain tissues and their correlation with brain biomechanical characteristics3
GAS reduced inflammatory responses in activated microglia by regulating the Ccr2/Akt/Gsk-3β pathway3
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