OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Physiological Sciences is 5. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Relationship between the thrombospondin-1/Toll-like receptor 4 (TSP1/TLR4) pathway and vitamin D levels in obese and normal weight subjects with different metabolic phenotypes	142
Pallidal GABA B receptors: involvement in cortex beta dynamics and thalamic reticular nucleus activity	39
Thermosensing ability of TRPC5: current knowledge and unsettled questions	29
Differences in the autonomic regulation of temperature in the lower lip and tongue during activation of the lingual nerve	22
Effects of endurance training on metabolic enzyme activity and transporter protein levels in the skeletal muscles of orchiectomized mice	22
Effect of ramosetron, a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist on the severity of seizures and memory impairment in electrical amygdala kindled rats	21
Dogs showed lower parasympathetic activity during mutual gazing while owners did not	20
Telocytes response to cardiac growth induced by resistance exercise training and endurance exercise training in adult male rats	19
Early donepezil monotherapy or combination with metoprolol significantly prevents subsequent chronic heart failure in rats with reperfused myocardial infarction	19
Pupil-linked arousal with very light exercise: pattern of pupil dilation during graded exercise	17
ATF4 transcriptionally activates NUPR1 to promote ferroptosis in chondrocytes and osteoarthritis development	16
Acute effects of empagliflozin on open-loop baroreflex function and urinary glucose excretion in rats with chronic myocardial infarction	16
Acute effects of empagliflozin on open-loop baroreflex function and urine output in streptozotocin-induced type 1 diabetic rats	14
Elevation of GABA levels in the globus pallidus disinhibits the thalamic reticular nucleus and desynchronized cortical beta oscillations	14
An interactive simulator to deepen the understanding of Guyton’s venous return curve	14
METTL14-mediated m6A modification of DUSP6 mRNA participating in postoperative cognitive dysfunction due to sevoflurane anesthesia	13
Acute effects of empagliflozin on open-loop baroreflex function and urine glucose excretion in Goto-Kakizaki diabetic rats	13
Cumulative effects of exercise training and consumption of propolis on managing diabetic dyslipidemia in adult women: a single-blind, randomized, controlled trial with pre–post-intervention assessment	13
Identification of three distinct cell populations for urate excretion in human kidneys	13
Negative regulation of thyroid adenoma-associated protein (THADA) in the cardiac glycoside-induced anti-cancer effect	12
High-intensity interval training alleviates exhaustive exercise-induced HSP70-assisted selective autophagy in skeletal muscle	12
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) suppress Na+- dependent Mg2+ efflux in rat ventricular myocytes	11
Identification of hypothermia-inducing neurons in the preoptic area and activation of them by isoflurane anesthesia and central injection of adenosine	11
Acute transcutaneous CO2 exposure: A feasibility study for the future investigation of CO2-specific exercise adaptations	10
Acupuncture improves spatial learning and memory impairment caused by herpes simplex virus type-1 in rats through the p38 MAPK/CREB pathway	9

Vidarabine, an anti-herpes agent, improves Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide-induced cardiac dysfunction in mice	9
Heart rate changes related to risky selections and outcomes in rat gambling tasks	9
Involvement of mechano-sensitive Piezo1 channel in the differentiation of brown adipocytes	8
Febuxostat ameliorates muscle degeneration and movement disorder of the dystrophin mutant model in Caenorhabditis elegans	8
ADAM8 promotes alcoholic liver fibrosis through the MAPK signaling pathway	8
Regulation of myocardial contraction as revealed by intracellular Ca2+ measurements using aequorin	7
Molecular biomarkers for assessing the heat-adapted phenotype: a narrative scoping review	7
Antioxidative properties of phenolic compounds and their effect on oxidative stress induced by severe physical exercise	7
TRPM3, TRPM4, and TRPM5 as thermo-sensitive channels	7
MiR-18a-3p improves cartilage matrix remodeling and inhibits inflammation in osteoarthritis by suppressing PDP1	7
Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 130th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Anatomists (JAA), the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan (PSJ), and the 98th Annual	6
Effects of systemic ventricular assist in failing Fontan patients: a theoretical analysis using a computational model	6
Circ_0114428 knockdown inhibits ROCK2 expression to assuage lipopolysaccharide-induced human pulmonary alveolar epithelial cell injury through miR-574-5p	6
Depletion of transit amplifying cells in the adult brain does not affect quiescent neural stem cell pool size	6
Correction to: Swimming training and Plantago psyllium ameliorate cognitive impairment and glucose tolerance in streptozotocin–nicotinamide-induced type 2 diabetic rats	6
Hsa:circ_0000345 inhibits cell proliferation, migration and invasion of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells via miR-513a-3p/PTEN axis	5
Role of the central nervous system in cell non-autonomous signaling mechanisms of aging and longevity in mammals	5
The influence of exercise intensity on comorbid anxious behavior in psychiatric conditions	5
Bicarbonate transport of airway surface epithelia in luminally perfused mice bronchioles	5
Molecular logic of salt taste reception in special reference to transmembrane channel-like 4 (TMC4)	5
Hypothalamic orexinergic neurons modulate pain and itch in an opposite way: pain relief and itch exacerbation	5
Two synergistic types of muscles were detected during forearm rotation exercise by T2 cumulative frequency curves using 0.2 T magnetic resonance imaging	5
Limitations and potential strategies of immune checkpoint blockade in age-related neurodegenerative disorders	5
The role of gut microbiota on cognitive development in rodents: a meta-analysis	5
Physiological functions of calcium signaling via Orai1 in cancer	5
Lactational exposure to perfluorooctane sulfonate remains a potential risk in brain function of middle-aged male mice	5
Effects of continuous hypoxia on flow-mediated dilation in the cerebral and systemic circulation: on the regulatory significance of shear rate phenotype	5