OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neuropharmacology is 41. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Jeffrey Clifton Watkins FRS - The father of the glutamate receptor	104
Editorial Board	100
Editorial Board	95
Editorial Board	89
Electrophysiological analysis of paraventricular thalamic neurons co-expressing kappa and mu opioid receptors	87
Dopamine D1 receptors in the medial prefrontal cortex and basolateral amygdala cooperatively contribute to social defeat stress-induced augmentation of cocaine reward in mice	81
The PDE4 inhibitor apremilast modulates ethanol responses in Gabrb1-S409A knock-in mice via PKA-dependent and independent mechanisms	80
Postictal hypoxia involves reactive oxygen species and is ameliorated by chronic mitochondrial uncoupling	79
Genetic inactivation of the CRF2 receptor eliminates morphine-induced sociability deficits in female mice	79
Impact of prenatal amoxicillin exposure on hippocampal development deficiency	75
Adenosine is released during thalamic oscillations to provide negative feedback control	73
Chemogenetic inhibition of locus coeruleus to rostromedial tegmental nucleus noradrenergic pathway increases light cycle ethanol drinking in male and female mice and blunts ethanol-induced CTA	71
Neuronal and therapeutic perspectives on empathic pain: A rational insight	67
Age-dependent transcriptomic effects of morphine in the frontal cortex of female mice	65
Melatonin ameliorates copper accumulation-induced cognitive impairment in Wilson disease via activation of the SIRT3/FOXO3α signaling pathway	65
Glutamatergic neurons in the ventral hippocampal CA1 participate in the regulation of comorbidity of chronic pain and depression	63
Antidepressants in the post-ketamine Era: Pharmacological approaches targeting the glutamatergic system	62
Ageing-related changes in the regulation of microglia and their interaction with neurons	61
Serotonin modulates social responses to stressed conspecifics via insular 5-HT2C receptors in rat	60
Dose-dependent suppression of hippocampal contextual memory formation, place cells, and spatial engrams by the NMDAR antagonist (R)-CPP	58
Polysorbate 80 coated chitosan nanoparticles for delivery of α-melanocyte stimulating hormone analog (NDP-MSH) to the brain reverse cognitive impairment related to neuroinflammation produced by a high	58
Pre-traumatic antibiotic-induced microbial depletion reduces neuroinflammation in acute murine traumatic brain injury	55
Strategies to dissect microglia-synaptic interactions during aging and in Alzheimer's disease	55
Predator odor stress produces sex- and subpopulation-specific increases in alcohol drinking, anxiety-like behavior, and lateral hypothalamic Crh expression	55
Neuropeptide apelin presented in the dopaminergic neurons modulates the neuronal excitability in the substantia nigra pars compacta	52

Novel chimeric peptides of endomorphin-2 and the active fragments of ghrelin exhibit blood-brain barrier permeability and central antinociceptive effects with reduced opioid-related side effects	51
Conditional deletion of the AMPA-GluA1 and NMDA-GluN1 receptor subunit genes in midbrain D1 neurons does not alter cocaine reward in mice	47
Sirtuins modulators mitigate hypoxia-induced cell death due to changes in histone 3 acetylation, and mitochondrial function, dynamics, and content	47
Human milk oligosaccharides improve white matter and interneuron development in a double-hit rat model for preterm brain injury	47
Corticotropin-releasing factor potentiates glutamatergic input and excitability of presympathetic neurons in the hypothalamus in spontaneously hypertensive rats	47
Differential inhibition of the diverse behavioural effects of mu-opioid receptor agonists by progressive receptor depletion	46
TRPV1 modulation of contextual fear memory depends on stimulus intensity and endocannabinoid signalling in the dorsal hippocampus	46
Microglia phagocytosis of PNNs mediates PV-positive interneuron dysfunction and associated gamma oscillations in neuroinflammation-induced cognitive impairment in mice	45
Evidence for low affinity of GABA at the vesicular monoamine transporter VMAT2 – Implications for transmitter co-release from dopamine neurons	44
Kcc-ReHo and Cohe-ReHo in bipolar disorder: their associated genes and potential for diagnosis and treatment prediction	44
The first applications of mescaline in psychiatry: The case of Madame Louise Françoise R. and its contemporary relevance	44
Persistent COX-2 upregulation in L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia is unaffected by inhibition with celecoxib	43
Influence of the neurotensin signaling system on feeding and satiety	42
Imperatorin activates TRPV1/GRPR pathway to induce scratching behaviors in mice	42
Determining the neuronal ensembles underlying sex-specific social impairments following adolescent intermittent ethanol exposure	41
IP3-mediated Ca2+ transfer from ER to mitochondria stimulates ATP synthesis in primary hippocampal neurons	41