OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Neuroreport 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Galectin-3 ablation does not affect infarct size or inflammatory cytokines after experimental stroke in 24-month-old female mice	27
The effects of different types of emotion words on emotion picture processing – evidence from event-related potential	26
Hippocampal proteins discovery of diabetes-induced central neuropathy based on proteomics	23
Dexmedetomidine alleviates propofol-induced pyroptosis of hippocampal neurons through NLRP3 inflammasome pathway	18
MCTR1 alleviates remifentanil-induced hyperalgesia by regulating mitochondrial fission protein DRP1 in rats	18
miR-128-3p inhibits the inflammation by targeting MAPK6 in penicillin-induced astrocytes	15
Changes in topological properties of brain structural covariance networks and alertness in temporal lobe epilepsy with and without focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures	14
Ethanol depresses neurons in the lateral parabrachial nucleus by potentiating pre- and postsynaptic GABAA receptors	14
Ferroptosis involved in sevoflurane-aggravated young rats brain injury induced by liver transplantation	14
TRIM37 exacerbates cerebral ischemic injury by regulating the PPARγ/NF-κB pathway	14
Hypoxia-preconditioned human dental pulp stem cells transplantation alleviates hypoxic-ischemic brain damage via STAT3/NLRP3/Caspase-1 axis in neonatal rats	14
Sestrin2 attenuates depressive-like behaviors and neuroinflammation in CUMS mice through inhibiting ferroptosis	14
How does musical rhythm influence grammatical processing at the neurophysiological level?	13
Cortical oscillatory changes during thermal grill illusion	13
The effect of Iridoids effective fraction of Valeriana jatamansi Jones on movement function in rats after acute cord injury and the related mechanism	12
20(S)-Ginsenoside Rh1 alleviates sevoflurane-induced ototoxicity by reducing oxidative stress levels	12
A revisit to interactions of stimulus quality and semantic context on N400 in visual word recognition	12
Asymmetry of brain development in adolescent rats studied by 3.0 T magnetic resonance imaging	12
Rolipram promotes hippocampal regeneration in mice after trimethyltin-induced neurodegeneration	12
The mechanism of inhibition control in mathematical reasoning: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study	12
Overlapping functional micro-organization of orientation and spatial frequency maps in the visual cortex	12
Spermidine inhibits high glucose-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress in HT22 cells by upregulation of growth differentiation factor 11	11
Inhibition of SIRT1 in the nucleus accumbens attenuates heroin addiction-related behavior by decreasing D1 neuronal autophagy	11
Acupuncture improves the structure of spastic muscle and decreases spasticity by enhancing GABA, KCC2, and GABAAγ2 in the brainstem in rats after ischemic stroke	11
Gray matter density changes in children with congenital severe sensorineural deafness: a voxel-based morphometric study	11

The impacts of anesthetic regimens on the middle cerebral artery occlusion outcomes in male rats	11
Acupuncture improves perimenopausal depression via a mechanism involving activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/serine-threonine protein kinase/mechanistic target of rapamycin pathway in a ra	10
Palatable solution overconsumption in the Cntnap2−/− murine model of autism: a link with oxytocin	10
Panax notoginseng saponins regulate the polarization of microglia by inhibiting the hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1 signaling pathway	10
Reduced glutathione attenuates pediatric sepsis-associated encephalopathy by inhibiting inflammatory cytokine release and mitigating lipid peroxidation-induced brain injury	10
Spectral dynamic causal modeling of mindfulness, mind-wandering, and resting-state in the triple network using fMRI	10
Clusterin attenuates blood–brain barrier damage and cognitive impairment by inhibiting astrocyte aging in mice with sepsis-associated encephalopathy	10
Specific mode electroacupuncture stimulation opens the blood–brain barrier of the infarcted border zone in rats during MCAO/R recovery via modulation of tight junction protein expression by VEGFA and	10
Neuroprotective effects of different doses of Maresin1 pretreatment in aged rats after anesthesia/surgery	10
Bergenin has neuroprotective effects in mice with ischemic stroke through antioxidative stress and anti-inflammation via regulating Sirt1/FOXO3a/NF-κB signaling	10
Ferrostatin-1 attenuates brain injury in animal model of subarachnoid hemorrhage via phospholipase A2 activity of PRDX6	10
Tyrosinase deficiency impairs social novelty preference in mice	9
Treadmill training improves neural function recovery in rats with spinal cord injury via JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway and attenuating apoptosis	9
Long noncoding RNA MALAT1 promotes angiogenesis through the caveolin-1/VEGF pathway after cerebral ischemic injury	9
Acute and sub-acute metabolic change in different brain regions induced by moderate blunt traumatic brain injury	9
Identification and immunological characterization of cuproptosis-related molecular clusters in ischemic stroke	9
Acupuncture ameliorates depression-like behavior of poststroke depression model rats through the regulation of gut microbiota and NLRP3 inflammasome in the colon	9
Corpus callosum and cerebellum participate in semantic dysfunction of Parkinson’s disease: a diffusion tensor imaging-based cross-sectional study	9
Filial imprinting in domestic chicks; cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein 3, predispositions and learning	9
Glucose and fructose directly stimulate brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene expression in microglia	9
Abnormal degree centrality can be a potential imaging biomarker in first-episode, drug-naive bipolar mania	9
Imperatorin inhibits oxidative stress injury and neuroinflammation via the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in the MPTP-induced Parkinson’s disease mouse	9
Changes in gene expression due to aging in the hypothalamus of mice	8
Quercitrin improved cognitive impairment through inhibiting inflammation induced by microglia in Alzheimer’s disease mice	8
Disrupted functional topology of the white matter connectome in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: insights from graph theory and machine learning	8
The activation of hypothalamic AMP-activated protein kinase by oxidative stress is related to hyperphagia in diabetic rats	8
IRAK-M deficiency exacerbates dopaminergic neuronal damage in a mouse model of sub-acute Parkinson’s disease	8
Geniposide attenuates obesity-related depression: involvement of decreased neuroinflammation and synaptic engulfment	8
The miR-23b-3p from adipose-derived stem cell exosomes alleviate inflammation in mice experiencing kainic acid-induced epileptic seizures	8
Mendelian randomization combined with single-cell sequencing data analysis of chemokines and chemokine receptors and key genes and molecular mechanisms associated with epilepsy	8
The temporal and spatial signature of microglial transcriptome in neuropathic pain	8
Decrease in current perception thresholds of A-beta fibers by subthreshold noise stimulation using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation	8
Electroacupuncture alleviates motor dysfunction after intracerebral hemorrhage via the PPARγ-EAAT2 pathway	8
The predictive value of local to remote functional connectivity changes in comitant exotropia patients	8
Spontaneous brain activity in patients with central retinal artery occlusion: a resting-state functional MRI study using machine learning	8
Microscopic observation of morphological changes in cerebral arteries and veins in hyperacute phase after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage: an in-vivo analysis	8
Predicting the effectiveness of binaural beats on working memory	7
Effects of electroacupuncture on neural function and the expression of inflammation-related proteins NLRP3/caspase-1 in rats with ischemic stroke	7
Silent information regulator 1 mediates H2S-inhibited chronic restraint stress-induced depressive-like behaviors by regulating hippocampal autophagy	7
Centrally administered growth hormone secretagogue receptor antagonist DLys decreases alcohol intake and preference in male mice	7
Expression and clinical significance of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, insulin-like growth factor 1, and beta-2 microglobulin in cognitive dysfunction after ischemic stroke in the elderly	7
Altered static brain activity and functional connectivity after heat stroke	7
Gastrodin facilitates recovery of neurological function of MCAO rats through upregulating miR-20a-5p/XIAP pathway via exosome	7
Microstructural white matter changes in chronic migraine patients with liver-yang hyperactivity and qi-blood deficiency syndrome: a diffusion tensor imaging study	7
Activation of the MyD88-JNK pathway promotes pathogenetic Th17 differentiation by induction of activin-A secretion and enhances experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis	7
Loss of GBA in zebrafish leads to dopaminergic neurodegeneration, but overexpression of α-synuclein does not further worsen degeneration	7
Activation of HIF-1α/VEGF-A pathway by deferoxamine ameliorates retinal hypoxia in a rat subarachnoid hemorrhage model	7
Activation of autophagy after blast-induced traumatic brain injury in mice	7
Profiling microRNA from peripheral blood mononuclear cells in early-onset familial Alzheimer’s disease	7
Inhibition of miR-221-3p promotes axonal regeneration and repair of primary sensory neurons via regulating p27 expression	6

Pigmented Long-Evans rats demonstrate better visual ability than albino Wistar rats in slow angles-descent forepaw grasping test	6
Ginsenoside Rg1 alleviates sleep deprivation-induced learning and memory impairment by inhibiting excessive neuronal apoptosis in zebrafish	6
Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) ameliorates early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage in Sprague–Dawley (SD) rats via inhibiting STING-NLRP3 inflammatory signaling	6
Healthy and pathological pallidal regulation of thalamic burst versus tonic mode firing: a computational simulation	6
Effects of finger pinch motor imagery on short-latency afferent inhibition and corticospinal excitability	6
Tetrandrine mediates autophagy via sirtuin 3/adenosine 5-monophosphate-activated protein kinase/mammalian target of rapamycin signal pathway to attenuate early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrha	6
Altered functional connectivity between the default mode network in diabetic retinopathy patients	6
Language specificity in the processing of affirmative and negative sentences	6
Dancers’ resistance to vertigo cannot be explained by a generalized suppression of vestibular signaling	6
Abnormal brain morphology and morphological brain network in adults with acute mild traumatic brain injury	6
Prediction of possible new drug binding site for ATP-sensitive potassium channel inhibition: bupropion’s modulation of hippocampal CA1 neuron excitability	5
Hispolon inhibits neuronal ferroptosis by promoting the expression of Nrf-2	5
Differences in brain functional connectivity between tinnitus with or without hearing loss	5
Astrocytic mitochondria modulate poststroke splenic immune responses, promote interleukin 10 production, and mediate neuroprotection after intracerebral hemorrhage	5
TLR4-MyD88 signaling is involved in the spinal neurons during the full length of recovery from transection of the motor branch of the femoral nerve in mice	5
Maternal high-dense diet programs interferon type I signaling and microglia complexity in the nucleus accumbens shell of rats showing food addiction-like behavior	5
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy shows associations between neurometabolite levels and perivascular space volume in Parkinson’s disease: a pilot and feasibility study	5
The dissociating of reward feedback on familiarity and recollection processing: evidence from event-related potential	5
Electroacupuncture promotes functional recovery after spinal cord injury in rats by regulating P2X4R/p38 MAPK signaling pathway and suppressing inflammatory responses	5
Effect of early postmenopause and premenopause on resting-state electroencephalographic and their correlation with ovarian hormone levels	5
Decreased spontaneous brain activity in the dorsal visual pathway in age-related macular degeneration patients revealed by fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation	5
Recursive structures modulate the electrophysiological correlates of visual perspective taking	5
Tactile sensorimotor training does not alter short- and long-latency afferent inhibition	5
Altered cognitive control network mediates the association between long-term pain and anxiety symptoms in primary dysmenorrhea	5
Progesterone induces neuroprotection associated with immune/inflammatory modulation in experimental traumatic brain injury	5
Duloxetine alleviates oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy by regulating p53-mediated apoptosis	5
Connectome-based prediction of cognitive performance in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy	5
PEG-PEI/siROCK2 inhibits Aβ42-induced microglial inflammation via NLRP3/caspase 1 pathway	5
Disrupted functional connectivity of the striatum in patients with diffuse axonal injury: a resting-state functional MRI study	5
Effects of surrounding frames and inner targeted line segments on event-related potentials in geometric-optical illusions	4
Neurophysiological effects of frequency, length, phonological neighborhood density, and iconicity on sign recognition	4
Neuronal subset-specific phosphatase and tensin homolog knockout mice exhibit age and brain region-associated alterations in microglia/macrophage activation	4
Effects of Tai Chi Chuan on cortical sources of EEG rhythms in the resting state in elderly individuals: a cross-sectional study	4
An ERP study on the influence of mental abacus calculation on subthreshold arithmetic priming in children	4
Disrupted functional connectivity between the nucleus accumbens and posterior cingulate cortex in autism spectrum disorder	4
Electroacupuncture intervention on stress-induced cardiac autonomic imbalance in rats involves corticotropin-releasing hormone system activity	4
Restoration of aquaporin-4 polarization in the spinal glymphatic system by metformin in rats with painful diabetic neuropathy	4
Brain alterations in ovariohysterectomized rats revealed by diffusion tensor imaging	4
Role of LGL1 in cerebellar primordium of embryonic mice	4
NDUFC2 deficiency exacerbates endothelial mesenchymal transformation during ischemia-reperfusion via NLRP3	4
Effect of contextual prediction on emotional word processing: an evidence from ERPNR-D-24-00189	4
Resveratrol-mediated NRF2/HO-1 signaling pathway to improve postoperative cognitive dysfunction in elderly rats	4
Protective effects of orientin against spinal cord injury in rats	4
Disinhibition of short-latency but not long-latency afferent inhibition of the lower limb during upper-limb muscle contraction	4
Knockout of transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) modulates the glial phenotype and alleviates perihematomal neuroinflammation after intracerebral hemorrhage in mice via MAPK/NF-κB signaling	4
GSK-3β inhibitor TWS119 promotes neuronal differentiation after hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in neonatal rats	4
Febuxostat, a xanthine oxidase inhibitor, regulated long noncoding RNAs and protected the brain after intracerebral hemorrhage	4
The impact of physical exercise on hippocampal atrophy in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease: a meta-analysis	4
Different dorsolateral prefrontal activation during an emotionalautobiographical memory task between male and female depressed individuals: a fNIRS study	4
Danshensu reduces neuronal excitability by enhancing potassium currents in bushy cells in the mouse cochlear nucleus	4
Altered voxel-wise degree centrality associated with patients with comitant exotropia	4
Contingency learning on the proportional congruency effect of the Stroop task is manifest in deviant processing	4
Nerolidol reduces depression-like behavior in mice and suppresses microglia activation by down-regulating DNA methyltransferase 1	4
Functional imaging of time on task and habituation in passive exposure to faces with emotional expression	4
Alterations in white matter microstructural properties after lingual strength exercise in patients with dysphagia	4
Neurobeachin haploinsufficient mice display sex-independent alterations in cued and contextual fear conditioning	4
Effects of feedback reliability on event-related potentials in an arrow flanker task	4
The effect of electroacupuncture on the expression of Sirt1 and STAT3 in hippocampus and amygdala of vascular dementia rats	4
A specialized channel for encoding auditory transients in the magnocellular division of the human medial geniculate nucleus	4
Menthol preferentially inhibits persistent Na+ current mediated by NaV1.8 in small-sized dural afferent neurons of rats	4
Subcortical white matter differences according to presence of disorders of consciousness in hypoxic-ischemic brain injury: a tract-based spatial statistics study	4
Pathophysiological aspects of neonatal anoxia and temporal expression of S100β in different brain regions	4
Effects of motion type on motion-onset and steady-state visual evoked potentials: rotation vs. flicker	4
Code conflict in an event file task is reflected by aperiodic neural activity	4
Neuroprotection of β-caryophyllene against cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury by inhibiting P38 MAPK/NLRP3 signaling pathway	4
A corticostriatal projection for sound-evoked and anticipatory motor behavior following temporal expectation	4
Xenon attenuates hypoxic-ischemic brain damage by inhibiting autophagy in neonatal rats	4
Prenatal Zika virus exposure is associated with lateral geniculate nucleus abnormalities in juvenile rhesus macaques	4
The effect of referential and emotional information on novel word learning: an fNIRS study	4
Altered functional connectivity between the default mode network in primary angle-closure glaucoma patients	4
The difference between induced insight by hints and induced insight by answers: an event-related potential study	4
Effect of exercise from a very early stage after intracerebral hemorrhage on microglial and macrophage reactivity states in rats	4
Paclitaxel-induced cognitive decline was attenuated by necroptosis inhibition	4
State-dependent neural signatures of autistic traits: evidence from fNIRS-based fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation analysis during natural social interaction	4
Knockdown of miR-204-5p promotes nerve regeneration and functional recovery after HIBD in neonatal rats via Wnt2/Ephrin-A2/EphA7 pathway: Erratum	4