Molecular Brain

Papers
(The median citation count of Molecular Brain is 4. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Diurnal variation in declarative memory and the involvement of SCOP in cognitive functions in nonhuman primates67
Knockout of AMPA receptor binding protein Neuron-specific gene 2 (NSG2) enhances associative learning and cognitive flexibility51
Spatiotemporal Pavlovian head-fixed reversal learning task for mice43
FMRP binds Per1 mRNA and downregulates its protein expression in mice43
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 pathogenesis42
Protocadherin 19 regulates axon guidance in the developing Xenopus retinotectal pathway39
Correction to: Roles of Rufy3 in experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced early brain injury via accelerating neuronal axon repair and synaptic plasticity35
Correction to: Synaptic potentiation of anterior cingulate cortex contributes to chronic pain of Parkinson’s disease35
A novel mouse model for investigating α-synuclein aggregates in oligodendrocytes: implications for the glial cytoplasmic inclusions in multiple system atrophy33
mTORC1-mediated acquisition of reward-related representations by hippocampal somatostatin interneurons33
Chronic corticosterone exposure causes anxiety- and depression-related behaviors with altered gut microbial and brain metabolomic profiles in adult male C57BL/6J mice33
The parabrachial-to-amygdala pathway provides aversive information to induce avoidance behavior in mice31
Inhibition of cortical synaptic transmission, behavioral nociceptive, and anxiodepressive-like responses by arecoline in adult mice31
New neurons in old brains: implications of age in the analysis of neurogenesis in post-mortem tissue30
Impact of volume and expression time in an AAV-delivered channelrhodopsin28
Loss of Drosophila Coq8 results in impaired survival, locomotor deficits and photoreceptor degeneration28
AKAP6 controls NFATc4 activity for BDNF-mediated neuroprotection28
Optimization of protocols for pre-embedding immunogold electron microscopy of neurons in cell cultures and brains27
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 mice27
Correction: The deficiency of Maged1 attenuates Parkinson’s disease progression in mice26
Arginine vasopressin in the medial amygdala causes greater post-stress recruitment of hypothalamic vasopressin neurons26
Dynamic changes in the hippocampal neuronal circuits activity following acute stress revealed by miniature fluorescence microscopy imaging26
The brain cytokine orchestra in multiple sclerosis: from neuroinflammation to synaptopathology25
A simple and reliable method for claustrum localization across age in mice24
Olfactory receptor 78 is expressed in hypothalamic vasopressin/oxytocin neurons, parenchymal microglia and choroidal macrophages in mice23
Aversive emotion rapidly activates orexin neurons and increases heart rate in freely moving mice23
Cocaine-induced neuron subtype mitochondrial dynamics through Egr3 transcriptional regulation23
Sonic hedgehog signalling pathway in CNS tumours: its role and therapeutic implications22
Kdm3b haploinsufficiency impairs the consolidation of cerebellum-dependent motor memory in mice22
Novelty-induced memory consolidation is accompanied by increased Agap3 transcription: a cross-species study22
Riluzole partially restores RNA polymerase III complex assembly in cells expressing the leukodystrophy-causative variant POLR3B R103H21
Chemogenetic activation of histamine neurons promotes retrieval of apparently lost memories21
Post-conditioning sleep deprivation facilitates delay and trace fear memory extinction20
Chronic pain enhances excitability of corticotropin-releasing factor-expressing neurons in the oval part of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis20
Involvement of posterior hypothalamic CaMKII-positive neurons in ADHD-like behaviors in mice20
Cannabinoid receptors distribution in mouse cortical plasma membrane compartments20
VMAT2 availability in Parkinson’s disease with probable REM sleep behaviour disorder19
Electroacupuncture improves repeated social defeat stress-elicited social avoidance and anxiety-like behaviors by reducing Lipocalin-2 in the hippocampus19
Nanoscale organization of Nicastrin, the substrate receptor of the γ-secretase complex, as independent molecular domains19
Selective enhancement of fear extinction by inhibiting neuronal adenylyl cyclase 1 (AC1) in aged mice19
A new paradigm of learned cooperation reveals extensive social coordination and specific cortical activation in mice18
Reductions in midbrain GABAergic and dopamine neuron markers are linked in schizophrenia18
Reduced activity of parvalbumin-positive interneurons in the posterior parietal cortex causes visually dominant multisensory decisions in freely navigating mice18
MeCP2 deficiency impairs motor cortical circuit flexibility associated with motor learning18
Atg7 deficiency in microglia drives an altered transcriptomic profile associated with an impaired neuroinflammatory response18
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 samples18
Impaired wakefulness and rapid eye movement sleep in dopamine-deficient mice18
The terpenes alpha-bisabolol and camphene modulate pruritus via an action on Cav3.2 T-type calcium channels18
Olfactory marker protein contains a leucine-rich domain in the Ω-loop important for nuclear export18
Synaptic potentiation of anterior cingulate cortex contributes to chronic pain of Parkinson’s disease17
Intravitreal injection of the Galectin-3 inhibitor TD139 provides neuroprotection in a rat model of ocular hypertensive glaucoma17
Increased social interaction in Shank2-deficient mice following acute social isolation16
The gut microbiota and metabolite profiles are altered in patients with spinal cord injury16
Moxibustion ameliorates chronic inflammatory visceral pain via spinal circRNA-miRNA-mRNA networks: a central mechanism study16
Pathophysiology of ion channels in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis16
Correction to: Networked neural spheroid by neuro-bundle mimicking nervous system created by topology effect16
Neurexin-3 in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus regulates body weight and glucose homeostasis independently of food intake16
Region-specific activation in the accumbens nucleus by itch with modified scratch efficacy in mice – a model-free multivariate analysis15
Spermidine treatment: induction of autophagy but also apoptosis?15
A natural marmoset model of genetic generalized epilepsy15
High glucose and palmitic acid induces neuronal senescence by NRSF/REST elevation and the subsequent mTOR-related autophagy suppression14
Changes in oligodendroglial subpopulations in Parkinson’s disease14
Novelty triggers time-dependent theta oscillatory dynamics in cortical-hippocampal-midbrain circuitry14
Chronic skin ultraviolet irradiation induces transcriptomic changes associated with microglial dysfunction in the hippocampus13
Reversibility of motor dysfunction in the rat model of NGLY1 deficiency13
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 discrimination13
Selectively increasing GHS-R1a expression in dCA1 excitatory/inhibitory neurons have opposite effects on memory encoding13
Toll-like receptors and their role in neuropathic pain and migraine13
Disruption of the astrocyte–neuron interaction is responsible for the impairments in learning and memory in 5XFAD mice: an Alzheimer’s disease animal model12
Comparative metabolic profiling of posterior parietal cortex, amygdala, and hippocampus in conditioned fear memory12
NEK7 induces lactylation in Alzheimer’s disease to promote pyroptosis in BV-2 cells12
Elucidation of the mechanisms underlying tumor aggravation by the activation of stress-related neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus12
Sonication dissociates the synaptic cleft and allows purification of postsynaptic densities with associated postsynaptic membrane12
Genetic deletion of nitric oxide synthase 2 ameliorates Parkinson’s disease pathology and neuroinflammation in a transgenic mouse model of synucleinopathy12
Spinal microglia contribute to sustained inflammatory pain via amplifying neuronal activity12
TREM2 improves microglia function and synaptic development in autism spectrum disorders by regulating P38 MAPK signaling pathway12
Profiling tyrosine kinase inhibitors as AD therapeutics in a mouse model of AD12
Age-related increase in caveolin-1 expression facilitates cell-to-cell transmission of α-synuclein in neurons12
Long-term inhibition of ODC1 in APP/PS1 mice rescues amyloid pathology and switches astrocytes from a reactive to active state11
Limitations of the human iPSC-derived neuron model for early-onset Alzheimer’s disease11
Analysis of neurexin-neuroligin complexes supports an isoform-specific role for beta-neurexin-1 dysfunction in a mouse model of autism11
Activation of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 produces an antidepressant-like effect via MAS receptors in mice11
Neuropathological and behavioral features of an APP/PS1/MAPT (6xTg) transgenic model of Alzheimer’s disease11
Splice-variant specific effects of a CACNA1H mutation associated with writer’s cramp11
Correction: Requirement for hippocampal CA3 NMDA receptors in artificial association of memory events stored in CA3 cell ensembles11
Integrated genomic and DNA methylation analysis of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastases11
The adaptor protein PICK1 targets the sorting receptor SorLA11
Y-27632, a ROCK inhibitor, improved laser-induced shock wave (LISW)-induced cochlear synaptopathy in mice11
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor produced long-term synaptic enhancement in the anterior cingulate cortex of adult mice10
Hypoxia with inflammation and reperfusion alters membrane resistance by dynamically regulating voltage-gated potassium channels in hippocampal CA1 neurons10
Crucial role of TFAP2B in the nervous system for regulating NREM sleep10
Loss of mitochondrial enzyme GPT2 leads to reprogramming of synaptic glutamate metabolism10
Behavioral phenotype, intestinal microbiome, and brain neuronal activity of male serotonin transporter knockout mice10
Nek6 regulates autophagy through the mTOR signaling pathway to alleviate cerebral ischemia–reperfusion injury10
Astrocytic activation increases blood flow in the adult olfactory bulb10
Involvement of Cdk5 activating subunit p35 in synaptic plasticity in excitatory and inhibitory neurons10
Age-related attenuation of cortical synaptic tagging in the ACC is rescued by BDNF or a TrkB receptor agonist in both sex of mice10
A new AAV tool for highly preferentially targeting hippocampal CA210
Correction: Extinction of contextual fear memory is facilitated in TRPM2 knockout mice10
Synergistic actions of corticosterone and BDNF on rat hippocampal LTP9
Disruption of protein geranylgeranylation in the cerebellum causes cerebellar hypoplasia and ataxia via blocking granule cell progenitor proliferation9
Peripheral-central network analysis of cancer cachexia status accompanied by the polarization of hypothalamic microglia with low expression of inhibitory immune checkpoint receptors9
Outer layer of Vb neurons in medial entorhinal cortex project to hippocampal dentate gyrus in mice9
Deleting IP6K1 stabilizes neuronal sodium–potassium pumps and suppresses excitability9
Inhibitory insula-ACC projections modulate affective but not sensory aspects of neuropathic pain9
Hypothalamic protein profiling from mice subjected to social defeat stress9
PV-IRES-Cre mouse line targets excitatory granule neurons in the cerebellum9
Inhibition of autophagy by CRMP2-derived peptide ST2-104 (R9-CBD3) via a CaMKKβ/AMPK/mTOR pathway contributes to ischemic postconditioning-induced neuroprotection against cerebral ischemia-reperfusion9
Correction to: Developmental up-regulation of NMDA receptors in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus of mGlu5 receptor knock-out mice9
Regulation of dendritic spine length in corticopontine layer V pyramidal neurons by autism risk gene β3 integrin9
Acute social defeat stress activated neurons project to the claustrum and basolateral amygdala9
Experience-dependent changes in affective valence of taste in male mice9
The absence of Neuroligin-1 shapes wake/sleep architecture, rhythmic and arrhythmic activities of the electrocorticogram in female mice9
Neurexin-1-dependent circuit activity is required for the maintenance of photoreceptor subtype identity in Drosophila9
The phosphorylation status of eukaryotic elongation factor-2 indicates neural activity in the brain9
Quercetin carbon quantum dots: dual-target therapy for intracerebral hemorrhage in mice9
Locus specific reduction of L1 expression in the cortices of individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis8
Astrocyte-derived dominance winning reverses chronic stress-induced depressive behaviors8
Disrupting the α7nAChR–NR2A protein complex exerts antidepressant-like effects8
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
Function of KCNQ2 channels at nodes of Ranvier of lumbar spinal ventral nerves of rats8
Circadian cilia transcriptome in mouse brain across physiological and pathological states8
Decreased expression of the clock gene Bmal1 is involved in the pathogenesis of temporal lobe epilepsy8
Targeted NMDA receptor knockdown in recall‐activated neuronal ensembles impairs remote fear extinction8
Minhee Analysis Package: an integrated software package for detection and management of spontaneous synaptic events8
Proteasome inhibition suppresses the induction of lipocalin-2 upon systemic lipopolysaccharide challenge in mice8
Sleep-driven prefrontal cortex coordinates temporal action and multimodal integration8
Cavβ surface charged residues contribute to the regulation of neuronal calcium channels8
Temporal pain processing in the primary somatosensory cortex and anterior cingulate cortex8
Mechanisms of glutamate receptors hypofunction dependent synaptic transmission impairment in the hippocampus of schizophrenia susceptibility gene Opcml-deficient mouse model7
Neural stem cell-specific deletion of Atg7 alleviates hippocampal dysfunction and neuronal alterations induced by chronic restraint stress7
Rapid generation of conditional knockout mice using the CRISPR-Cas9 system and electroporation for neuroscience research7
Long non-coding RNA lncC11orf54-1 modulates neuroinflammatory responses by activating NF-κB signaling during meningitic Escherichia coli infection7
Astrocyte metabolism of the medium-chain fatty acids octanoic acid and decanoic acid promotes GABA synthesis in neurons via elevated glutamine supply7
Modulating and monitoring the functionality of corticostriatal circuits using an electrostimulable microfluidic device7
Knockdown of myorg leads to brain calcification in zebrafish7
Hes5+ astrocytes potentiate primary afferent Aδ and C fiber-mediated excitatory synaptic transmission to spinal lamina I neurons7
Decreased in vivo glutamate/GABA ratio correlates with the social behavior deficit in a mouse model of autism spectrum disorder7
Prior episode of colitis impairs contextual fear memory7
The cyclin G-associated kinase (GAK) inhibitor SGC-GAK-1 inhibits neurite outgrowth and synapse formation7
Development of a rabies virus-based retrograde tracer with high trans-monosynaptic efficiency by reshuffling glycoprotein6
Blood–brain barrier: emerging trends on transport models and new-age strategies for therapeutics intervention against neurological disorders6
Spatiotemporal expression patterns of genes coding for plasmalemmal chloride transporters and channels in neurological diseases6
Distribution of five clinically important neuroglial proteins in the human brain6
Retina-attached slice recording reveals light-triggered tonic GABA signaling in suprachiasmatic nucleus6
Similarities of developmental gene expression changes in the brain between human and experimental animals: rhesus monkey, mouse, Zebrafish, and Drosophila6
Brain region networks for the assimilation of new associative memory into a schema6
De novo SCN8A and inherited rare CACNA1H variants associated with severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathy6
14-3-3γ haploinsufficiency leads to altered dopamine pathway and Parkinson’s disease-like motor incoordination in mice6
Homocysteine enhances the excitability of cultured hippocampal neurons without altering the gene expression of voltage-gated ion channels6
Correction: The properties of TREM1 and its emerging role in pain-related diseases6
Anxiolytic effect of GABAergic neurons in the anterior cingulate cortex in a rat model of chronic inflammatory pain6
Postmortem gene expression profiles in the habenulae of suicides: implication of endothelial dysfunction in the neurovascular system6
Hif1α-dependent hypoxia signaling contributes to the survival of deep-layer neurons and cortex formation in a mouse model6
Distinct neural responses of ventromedial prefrontal cortex-projecting nucleus reuniens neurons during aversive memory extinction6
BCAT1 controls embryonic neural stem cells proliferation and differentiation in the upper layer neurons6
Sodium valproate increases activity of the sirtuin pathway resulting in beneficial effects for spinocerebellar ataxia-3 in vivo6
Visualization of the existence of growth hormone secretagogue receptor in the rat nucleus accumbens5
Maturation of nucleus accumbens synaptic transmission signals a critical period for the rescue of social deficits in a mouse model of autism spectrum disorder5
A large-scale polygenic risk score analysis identified candidate proteins associated with anxiety, depression and neuroticism5
Running-induced neurogenesis reduces CA1 perineuronal net density without substantial temporal delay5
Dihydroartemisinin attenuates hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in neonatal rats by inhibiting oxidative stress5
Divergent disruptive effects of soluble recombinant tau assemblies on synaptic plasticity in vivo5
Modifiable risk factors that mediate the effect of educational attainment on the risk of stroke: a network Mendelian randomization study5
Virally mediated expression of a biologically active peptide to restrain the nuclear functions of ERK1/2 attenuates learning extinction but not acquisition5
Ameliorative effects of Fingolimod (FTY720) on microglial activation and psychosis-related behavior in short term cuprizone exposed mice5
Olfactory marker protein is unlikely to be cleaved by calpain 55
DYRK1A modulates fear memory formation via epigenetic modification5
Characterization of exosome-mediated propagation of systemic inflammatory responses into the central nervous system5
Ultrastructural characterization of hippocampal inhibitory synapses under resting and stimulated conditions5
Enhanced synchronization between prelimbic and infralimbic cortices during fear extinction learning5
Genome-wide translation control analysis of developing human neurons5
Ackr3-Venus knock-in mouse lights up brain vasculature5
Epigenetic signature of N-terminal acetyltransferases: a probable mediator of immune and neuropathogenesis in HIV infection5
Analgesia by intrathecal delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol is dependent on Cav3.2 calcium channels5
Globus pallidus is not independent from striatal direct pathway neurons: an up-to-date review5
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
Tyrosine phosphatase STEP61 in human dementia and in animal models with amyloid and tau pathology5
Association of CaMK2A and MeCP2 signaling pathways with cognitive ability in adolescents5
Cortical pain induced by optogenetic cortical spreading depression: from whole brain activity mapping5
Cerebellar damage with inflammation upregulates oxytocin receptor expression in Bergmann Glia5
Correction to: Oxytocin ameliorates impaired social behavior in a mouse model of 3q29 deletion syndrome5
Chemogenetic silencing of the subiculum blocks acute chronic temporal lobe epilepsy4
RNA-seq co-expression network analysis reveals anxiolytic behavior of mice with Efnb2 knockout in parvalbumin+ neurons4
Novel epigenetic clock for fetal brain development predicts prenatal age for cellular stem cell models and derived neurons4
Cell-line dependency in cerebral organoid induction: cautionary observations in Alzheimer’s disease patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells4
Roles of mediodorsal thalamus in observational fear-related neural activity in mouse anterior cingulate cortex4
Assessing the effect of interaction between C-reactive protein and gut microbiome on the risks of anxiety and depression4
The deficiency of Maged1 attenuates Parkinson's disease progression in mice4
Transcriptome atlases of rat brain regions and their adaptation to diabetes resolution following gastrectomy in the Goto-Kakizaki rat4
C1ql1-Bai3 signaling is necessary for climbing fiber synapse formation in mature Purkinje cells in coordination with neuronal activity4
Improving working memory by electrical stimulation and cross-frequency coupling4
Burst firing is required for induction of Hebbian LTP at lateral perforant path to hippocampal granule cell synapses4
In vitro modulation of mTOR and mGlur5 influence α-synuclein accumulation4
Transient inhibition of microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1 after status epilepticus blunts brain inflammation and is neuroprotective4
Antihyperalgesic effect of joint mobilization requires Cav3.2 calcium channels4
Comprehensive behavioral analyses of mice with a glycine receptor alpha 4 deficiency4
Antiallodynic effects of KDS2010, a novel MAO-B inhibitor, via ROS-GABA inhibitory transmission in a paclitaxel-induced tactile hypersensitivity model4
Functional characterization of a novel de novo CACNA1C pathogenic variant in a patient with neurodevelopmental disorder4
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
Surgery impairs glymphatic activity and cognitive function in aged mice4
Properties of Nav1.8ChR2-positive and Nav1.8ChR2-negative afferent mechanoreceptors in the hindpaw glabrous skin of mice4
Optogenetic activation of dopamine D1 receptors in island cells of medial entorhinal cortex inhibits temporal association learning4
Expression profile of synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A, B, and C paralogues in temporal neocortex tissue from patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE)4
Transcriptomic profiling of high- and low-spiking regions reveals novel epileptogenic mechanisms in focal cortical dysplasia type II patients4
Endosomal traffic and glutamate synapse activity are increased in VPS35 D620N mutant knock-in mouse neurons, and resistant to LRRK2 kinase inhibition4
Involvement of muscarinic receptors in psychomotor hyperactivity in dopamine-deficient 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
Paraventricular hypothalamic vasopressin neurons induce self-grooming in mice4
Deoxyhypusine synthase deficiency syndrome zebrafish model: aberrant morphology, epileptiform activity, and reduced arborization of inhibitory interneurons4
Development of a novel peptide to prevent entry of SARS-CoV-2 into lung and olfactory bulb cells of hACE2 expressing mice4
Exploration of new space elicits phosphorylation of GluA1(Ser831) and S6K and expression of Arc in the hippocampus in vivo as in long-term potentiation4
CaVβ-subunit dependence of forward and reverse trafficking of CaV1.2 calcium channels4
Somatostatin contributes to long-term potentiation at excitatory synapses onto hippocampal somatostatinergic interneurons4
Transcriptomic changes in oligodendrocytes and precursor cells associate with clinical outcomes of Parkinson’s disease4
Extinction of contextual fear memory is facilitated in TRPM2 knockout mice4
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