OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Neurobiology is 16. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	211
A metabolic perspective to sleep genetics	143
Midbrain KCC2 downregulation: Implications for stress-related and substance use behaviors	134
Signaling in autism: Relevance to nutrients and sex	128
Statistical neuroscience in the single trial limit	111
Reconciling neuronal representations of schema, abstract task structure, and categorization under cognitive maps in the entorhinal-hippocampal-frontal circuits	88
Avian pallial circuits and cognition: A comparison to mammals	81
Accelerated brain aging with opioid misuse and HIV: New insights on the role of glially derived pro-inflammation mediators and neuronal chloride homeostasis	77
Nonlinear slow-timescale mechanisms in synaptic plasticity	66
Ethological computational psychiatry: Challenges and opportunities	66
The visual evoked potential is a sensitive and powerful measure of experience-dependent visual cortical plasticity in mice	65
Biophysical models of intrinsic homeostasis: Firing rates and beyond	63
Surprise and novelty in the brain	61
Toward a neuroscience of natural behavior	59
Transient oscillations as computations for cognition: Analysis, modeling and function	57
The basal ganglia are a target for sensorimotor domains in posterior parietal, premotor, and motor cortex in primates	55
Visuomotor coordination and cognitive capacity in blindsight	55
T cell surveillance of Toxoplasma gondii: Basic insights into how T cells operate in the central nervous system	53
Trans-synaptic functions of non-canonical ionotropic glutamate receptors in circuit wiring and plasticity	52
The neural basis of tactile texture perception	50
Proteomics-based synapse characterization: From proteins to circuits	46
Neurotransmitter and neuropeptide regulation of gut immunity	45
From seconds to days: Neural plasticity viewed through a lipid lens	45
Dynamic skin behaviors in cephalopods	42
Cell type specificity for circuit output in the midbrain dopaminergic system	42

Mechanisms of NMDA receptor regulation	41
Fast Hebbian plasticity and working memory	41
The superior colliculus: New insights into an evolutionarily ancient structure	39
“Arc – A viral vector of memory and synaptic plasticity”	39
Store-operated Ca2+ entry regulates neuronal gene expression and function	37
A neuroethological view of the multifaceted sensory influences on birdsong	36
Molecular basis of somatosensation in insects	36
Ready or not: Neural mechanisms regulating female sexual behavior	35
Oligodendrocyte-derived transcellular signaling regulates axonal energy metabolism	35
Release your inhibitions: The cell biology of GABAergic postsynaptic plasticity	34
The zona incerta in control of novelty seeking and investigation across species	34
Locomotor efference copy signaling and gaze control: An evolutionary perspective	33
Current and emerging methods for probing neuropeptide transmission	33
Modulation of hippocampal plasticity in learning and memory	33
Arkypallidal neurons in basal ganglia circuits: Unveiling novel pallidostriatal loops?	32
Single-cell technology grows up: Leveraging high-resolution omics approaches to understand neurodevelopmental disorders	32
Ecological decision-making: From circuit elements to emerging principles	31
The role of moonlighting proteins in neurogenesis	31
Local regulation of striatal dopamine: A diversity of circuit mechanisms for a diversity of behavioral functions?	31
Secretases in Alzheimer's disease: Novel insights into proteolysis of APP and TREM2	31
Cajal-retzius cells: Recent advances in identity and function	30
On the targeting of voltage-gated calcium channels to neurotransmitter release sites	30
Building and modifying diverse synaptic properties: Insights from Drosophila	30
Cell biology of Parkinson's disease: Mechanisms of synaptic, lysosomal, and mitochondrial dysfunction	29
“Neural correlates of social signaling in rodents: An acoustic perspective”	28
Phase separation in the multi-compartment organization of synapses	28
Targeting B cell dysregulation with emerging therapies in autoimmune demyelinating disorders	28
Publisher’s Note	28
Understanding collective behavior through neurobiology	28
Novel therapeutics in development for the treatment of stimulant-use disorder	28
Spinal sensory innervation of the intestine	27
Microbial regulation of interoception	27
Cardiac vagal motor neurons	27
The role of the gut-brain axis in bariatric surgery	27
Neural-circuit architecture underlying non-image-forming visual functions	26
Editorial Board	26
Transcriptomic evidence for dense peptidergic networks within forebrains of four widely divergent tetrapods	26
Representational drift: Emerging theories for continual learning and experimental future directions	26
Roles of ANK2/ankyrin-B in neurodevelopmental disorders: Isoform functions and implications for autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy	26
CaMKII mechanisms that promote pathological LTP impairments	26
Genetic advances and translational phenotypes in rodent models for Tourette disorder	26
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of human cortical connectivity	25
Towards biologically constrained attractor models of schizophrenia	25
Redefining stroke rehabilitation: Mobilizing the embodied goal-oriented brain	25
Punctuated evolution of visual cortical circuits? Evidence from the large rodent Dasyprocta leporina, and the tiny primate Microcebus murinus	25
Dynamic functional connectivity in the static connectome of Caenorhabditis elegans	25
The microtubule cytoskeleton of radial glial progenitor cells	24
Polyglutamine diseases	24
Dopamine control of downstream motor centers	24
Editorial overview: Evolution of brains and computation	24

A Goldilocks theory of cognitive control: Balancing precision and efficiency with low-dimensional control states	24
Molecular programs specifying properties and plasticity of parvalbumin interneuron innervation	23
Neurobiological mechanisms underlying psychostimulant use	23
Human reaching control in dynamic environments	23
On the dynamic and even reversible nature of Leigh syndrome: Lessons from human imaging and mouse models	23
Postsynaptic signaling at glutamatergic synapses as therapeutic targets	23
How astrocytic ATP shapes neuronal activity and brain circuits	23
Next generation behavioral sequencing for advancing pain quantification	23
Genetics in hereditary spastic paraplegias: Essential but not enough	22
Molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia: Insights from human genetics	22
Connecting the dots in ethology: applying network theory to understand neural and animal collectives	22
Targeted cravings: Unraveling the drivers of nutrient-specific appetite	22
Multilevel visuomotor control of locomotion in Drosophila	21
Circuits for self-motion estimation and walking control in Drosophila	21
Jellyfish for the study of nervous system evolution and function	21
Editorial Board	21
Computation, wiring, and plasticity in synaptic clusters	21
Brains and speciation: Control of behavior	21
Design of mechanosensory feedback during undulatory locomotion to enhance speed and stability	21
Evolution of synapses and neurotransmitter systems: The divide-and-conquer model for early neural cell-type evolution	20
PTEN-induced kinase 1 (PINK1) and Parkin: Unlocking a mitochondrial quality control pathway linked to Parkinson's disease	20
Structural insights into gating mechanism and allosteric regulation of NMDA receptors	20
Renal interoception: form, function, and open questions	19
Computational role of sleep in memory reorganization	19
Immunobiology of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders	19
The different roles of learning recent and accumulative statistics	19
Editorial Board	19
Chemogenetic and optogenetic tools revolutionizing the study of astrocytes in memory	19
Leaving flatland: Advances in 3D behavioral measurement	19
Gut-brain communication: Functional anatomy of vagal afferents	19
How radial glia progenitor lineages generate cell-type diversity in the developing cerebral cortex	18
Toward the explainability, transparency, and universality of machine learning for behavioral classification in neuroscience	18
Mechanical transmission at spine synapses: Short-term potentiation and working memory	18
New insights and therapeutic opportunities for progranulin-deficient frontotemporal dementia	18
The power of human stem cell-based systems in the study of neurodevelopmental disorders	18
Stable continual learning through structured multiscale plasticity manifolds	18
Neuroinflammation and COVID-19	18
The influence of ovarian hormones on the putative mechanisms that promote female nicotine use	18
Querying hippocampal replay with subcortical inputs	18
RAN proteins in neurodegenerative disease: Repeating themes and unifying therapeutic strategies	17
Publisher’s Note	17
Editorial Board	17
Spike timing-dependent plasticity and memory	17
Editorial Board	17
Signatures of task learning in neural representations	17
Evolution of sensory systems	17
Editorial overview: Systems neuroscience	17
Diversity and specificity in location-based signaling outputs of neuronal GPCRs	16
Dendrites and efficiency: Optimizing performance and resource utilization	16
Mitochondrial regulation of local supply of energy in neurons	16
GBA mutations, glucosylceramide and Parkinson's disease	16
Measuring and modeling the motor system with machine learning	16
CA2 physiology underlying social memory	16
Principles of neural stem cell lineage progression: Insights from developing cerebral cortex	16