OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Brain Research is 26. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Astrocytes in heavy metal neurotoxicity and neurodegeneration	79
Factors influencing the blood-brain barrier permeability	75
Contribution of astrocytes to neuropathology of neurodegenerative diseases	67
NLRP3 and NLRP1 inflammasomes are up-regulated in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and may contribute to overexpression of caspase-1 and IL-β in sclerotic hippocampi	62
Ferritin reduction is essential for cerebral ischemia-induced hippocampal neuronal death through p53/SLC7A11-mediated ferroptosis	49
Motivation and reward mechanisms in health behavior change processes	45
Elderberry diet ameliorates motor function and prevents oxidative stress-induced cell death in rat models of Huntington disease	44
Amelioration of acrylamide induced neurotoxicity by benzo[b]thiophene analogs via glutathione redox dynamics in zebrafish larvae	42
Depletion of gut microbiota is associated with improved neurologic outcome following traumatic brain injury	38
Astragaloside IV prevents Aβ1-42 oligomers-induced memory impairment and hippocampal cell apoptosis by promoting PPARγ/BDNF signaling pathway	37
Potential ethical problems with human cerebral organoids: Consciousness and moral status of future brains in a dish	36
MRI detection of impairment of glymphatic function in rat after mild traumatic brain injury	36
Therapeutic modulation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3K) pathway in cerebral ischemic injury	35
Is there a special relationship between complex I activity and nigral neuronal loss in Parkinson’s disease? A critical reappraisal	33
Quercetin reverses chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depression-like behavior in vivo by involving nuclear factor-E2-related factor 2	33
Deficiency of NEAT1 prevented MPP+-induced inflammatory response, oxidative stress and apoptosis in dopaminergic SK-N-SH neuroblastoma cells via miR-1277-5p/ARHGAP26 axis	33
Endocannabinoid system alterations in Alzheimer’s disease: A systematic review of human studies	32
Baicalein ameliorates ischemic brain damage through suppressing proinflammatory microglia polarization via inhibiting the TLR4/NF-κB and STAT1 pathway	31
Identify abnormal functional connectivity of resting state networks in Autism spectrum disorder and apply to machine learning-based classification	30
Resveratrol exerts anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory actions and prevents oxaliplatin-induced mechanical and thermal allodynia	29
Curcumin-loaded nanoemulsion improves haemorrhagic stroke recovery in wistar rats	28
LncRNA-MIAT promotes neural cell autophagy and apoptosis in ischemic stroke by up-regulating REDD1	27
Effects of cannabinoid (CBD) on blood brain barrier permeability after brain injury in rats	27
Targeted Augmentation of Nuclear Gene Output (TANGO) of Scn1a rescues parvalbumin interneuron excitability and reduces seizures in a mouse model of Dravet Syndrome	27
Electroacupuncture promotes axonal regrowth by attenuating the myelin-associated inhibitors-induced RhoA/ROCK pathway in cerebral ischemia/reperfusion rats	26

Brain organoids: Human 3D models to investigate neuronal circuits assembly, function and dysfunction	26
Targeting neural oscillations with transcranial alternating current stimulation	26
Experimental investigation into the role of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) in motor control using optogenetics in mice	26
Baicalin suppresses neuron autophagy and apoptosis by regulating astrocyte polarization in pentylenetetrazol-induced epileptic rats and PC12 cells	26