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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	218
Accelerated brain aging with opioid misuse and HIV: New insights on the role of glially derived pro-inflammation mediators and neuronal chloride homeostasis	146
Nonlinear slow-timescale mechanisms in synaptic plasticity	139
The visual evoked potential is a sensitive and powerful measure of experience-dependent visual cortical plasticity in mice	131
A metabolic perspective to sleep genetics	116
Midbrain KCC2 downregulation: Implications for stress-related and substance use behaviors	91
Toward a neuroscience of natural behavior	85
Surprise and novelty in the brain	80
Signaling in autism: Relevance to nutrients and sex	69
Avian pallial circuits and cognition: A comparison to mammals	67
Biophysical models of intrinsic homeostasis: Firing rates and beyond	67
Transient oscillations as computations for cognition: Analysis, modeling and function	64
Statistical neuroscience in the single trial limit	62
Ethological computational psychiatry: Challenges and opportunities	61
Reconciling neuronal representations of schema, abstract task structure, and categorization under cognitive maps in the entorhinal-hippocampal-frontal circuits	58
Visuomotor coordination and cognitive capacity in blindsight	56
The basal ganglia are a target for sensorimotor domains in posterior parietal, premotor, and motor cortex in primates	56
Trans-synaptic functions of non-canonical ionotropic glutamate receptors in circuit wiring and plasticity	55
From seconds to days: Neural plasticity viewed through a lipid lens	52
Proteomics-based synapse characterization: From proteins to circuits	52
T cell surveillance of Toxoplasma gondii: Basic insights into how T cells operate in the central nervous system	51
Dynamic skin behaviors in cephalopods	50
New insights into axonal regulators of dopamine transmission in health and disease	47
Neurotransmitter and neuropeptide regulation of gut immunity	45
Mechanisms of NMDA receptor regulation	43

Cell type specificity for circuit output in the midbrain dopaminergic system	43
Fast Hebbian plasticity and working memory	41
The neural basis of tactile texture perception	41
Release your inhibitions: The cell biology of GABAergic postsynaptic plasticity	40
The superior colliculus: New insights into an evolutionarily ancient structure	40
Store-operated Ca2+ entry regulates neuronal gene expression and function	39
Molecular basis of somatosensation in insects	38
Ready or not: Neural mechanisms regulating female sexual behavior	37
A neuroethological view of the multifaceted sensory influences on birdsong	37
“Arc – A viral vector of memory and synaptic plasticity”	35
Oligodendrocyte-derived transcellular signaling regulates axonal energy metabolism	35
Modulation of hippocampal plasticity in learning and memory	34
The zona incerta in control of novelty seeking and investigation across species	34
Cajal-retzius cells: Recent advances in identity and function	33
Statistical regularities and the sensory consequences of self-action: A multi-species, multi-modal perspective	33
On the targeting of voltage-gated calcium channels to neurotransmitter release sites	33
Current and emerging methods for probing neuropeptide transmission	32
Building and modifying diverse synaptic properties: Insights from Drosophila	31
Locomotor efference copy signaling and gaze control: An evolutionary perspective	31
Local regulation of striatal dopamine: A diversity of circuit mechanisms for a diversity of behavioral functions?	31
Ecological decision-making: From circuit elements to emerging principles	31
Single-cell technology grows up: Leveraging high-resolution omics approaches to understand neurodevelopmental disorders	31
The role of moonlighting proteins in neurogenesis	31
Secretases in Alzheimer's disease: Novel insights into proteolysis of APP and TREM2	31
Arkypallidal neurons in basal ganglia circuits: Unveiling novel pallidostriatal loops?	31
Phase separation in the multi-compartment organization of synapses	30
Publisher’s Note	30
Cell biology of Parkinson's disease: Mechanisms of synaptic, lysosomal, and mitochondrial dysfunction	30
Genetic advances and translational phenotypes in rodent models for Tourette disorder	29
Spinal sensory innervation of the intestine	29
Cardiac vagal motor neurons	28
“Neural correlates of social signaling in rodents: An acoustic perspective”	28
Microbial regulation of interoception	28
Targeting B cell dysregulation with emerging therapies in autoimmune demyelinating disorders	28
The role of the gut-brain axis in bariatric surgery	28
Representational drift: Emerging theories for continual learning and experimental future directions	27
Understanding collective behavior through neurobiology	27
Polyglutamine diseases	27
Editorial Board	27
Neural-circuit architecture underlying non-image-forming visual functions	27
Transcriptomic evidence for dense peptidergic networks within forebrains of four widely divergent tetrapods	27
Novel therapeutics in development for the treatment of stimulant-use disorder	27
CaMKII mechanisms that promote pathological LTP impairments	27
Punctuated evolution of visual cortical circuits? Evidence from the large rodent Dasyprocta leporina, and the tiny primate Microcebus murinus	27
Roles of ANK2/ankyrin-B in neurodevelopmental disorders: Isoform functions and implications for autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy	26
Redefining stroke rehabilitation: Mobilizing the embodied goal-oriented brain	26
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of human cortical connectivity	26
Dynamic functional connectivity in the static connectome of Caenorhabditis elegans	26
Towards biologically constrained attractor models of schizophrenia	26
Neurobiological mechanisms underlying psychostimulant use	25

The microtubule cytoskeleton of radial glial progenitor cells	25
Editorial overview: Evolution of brains and computation	25
Molecular programs specifying properties and plasticity of parvalbumin interneuron innervation	24
On the dynamic and even reversible nature of Leigh syndrome: Lessons from human imaging and mouse models	24
Targeted cravings: Unraveling the drivers of nutrient-specific appetite	24
A Goldilocks theory of cognitive control: Balancing precision and efficiency with low-dimensional control states	23
Human reaching control in dynamic environments	23
Next generation behavioral sequencing for advancing pain quantification	23
Postsynaptic signaling at glutamatergic synapses as therapeutic targets	23
Toward a multidisciplinary neurobiology of interoception and mental health	23
Dopamine control of downstream motor centers	23
Molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia: Insights from human genetics	23
Central regulation of cardio-behavioral responses: Circuit engagement during aversive emotional states	23
How astrocytic ATP shapes neuronal activity and brain circuits	23
Computational role of sleep in memory reorganization	22
Gut-brain communication: Functional anatomy of vagal afferents	22
Computation, wiring, and plasticity in synaptic clusters	21
Editorial Board	21
Design of mechanosensory feedback during undulatory locomotion to enhance speed and stability	21
Brains and speciation: Control of behavior	21
Chemogenetic and optogenetic tools revolutionizing the study of astrocytes in memory	21
Immunobiology of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders	20
The different roles of learning recent and accumulative statistics	20
Multilevel visuomotor control of locomotion in Drosophila	20
Memorability reflects statistical regularities of the environment	20
Renal interoception: form, function, and open questions	20
Jellyfish for the study of nervous system evolution and function	20
Genetics in hereditary spastic paraplegias: Essential but not enough	20
Circuits for self-motion estimation and walking control in Drosophila	20
Structural insights into gating mechanism and allosteric regulation of NMDA receptors	20
PTEN-induced kinase 1 (PINK1) and Parkin: Unlocking a mitochondrial quality control pathway linked to Parkinson's disease	19
Evolution of synapses and neurotransmitter systems: The divide-and-conquer model for early neural cell-type evolution	19
Leaving flatland: Advances in 3D behavioral measurement	19
Connecting the dots in ethology: applying network theory to understand neural and animal collectives	19
Signatures of task learning in neural representations	19
Editorial Board	19
Querying hippocampal replay with subcortical inputs	19
New insights and therapeutic opportunities for progranulin-deficient frontotemporal dementia	18
Stable continual learning through structured multiscale plasticity manifolds	18
Neuroinflammation and COVID-19	18
RAN proteins in neurodegenerative disease: Repeating themes and unifying therapeutic strategies	18
How radial glia progenitor lineages generate cell-type diversity in the developing cerebral cortex	18
Mechanical transmission at spine synapses: Short-term potentiation and working memory	18
The influence of ovarian hormones on the putative mechanisms that promote female nicotine use	18
Toward the explainability, transparency, and universality of machine learning for behavioral classification in neuroscience	18
Evolution of sensory systems	18
The power of human stem cell-based systems in the study of neurodevelopmental disorders	17
Editorial Board	17
Spike timing-dependent plasticity and memory	17
Publisher’s Note	17
CA2 physiology underlying social memory	16
Aging impact on amyloid precursor protein neuronal trafficking	16
GBA mutations, glucosylceramide and Parkinson's disease	16
Editorial overview: Systems neuroscience	16
Diversity and specificity in location-based signaling outputs of neuronal GPCRs	16
TRP channels in thermosensation	16
Principles of neural stem cell lineage progression: Insights from developing cerebral cortex	16
Dendrites and efficiency: Optimizing performance and resource utilization	16
Cortical contribution to visuomotor coordination in locomotion and reaching	16
Mitochondrial regulation of local supply of energy in neurons	16
Measuring and modeling the motor system with machine learning	16
Editorial Board	16