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Papers

(The median citation count of Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology is 8. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
How biological sex of the host shapes its gut microbiota	99
Sex and gender differences in cognitive and brain reserve: Implications for Alzheimer’s disease in women	80
Sex bias and omission in neuroscience research is influenced by research model and journal, but not reported NIH funding	78
Neuroimaging the menstrual cycle: A multimodal systematic review	72
Progesterone – Friend or foe?	71
A simple model of estrous cycle negative and positive feedback regulation of GnRH secretion	58
Sex hormone fluctuation and increased female risk for depression and anxiety disorders: From clinical evidence to molecular mechanisms	57
Blood-brain barrier integrity in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease	51
The scientific body of knowledge – Whose body does it serve? A spotlight on oral contraceptives and women’s health factors in neuroimaging	50
Sex matters in stroke: A review of recent evidence on the differences between women and men	46
Neuroimaging premenstrual dysphoric disorder: A systematic and critical review	40
Neurobiology of early life adversity: A systematic review of meta-analyses towards an integrative account of its neurobiological trajectories to mental disorders	38
How stress can influence brain adaptations to motherhood	37
Brain lipidomics as a rising field in neurodegenerative contexts: Perspectives with Machine Learning approaches	33
Pregnancy, postpartum and parity: Resilience and vulnerability in brain health and disease	31
Maternal stressors and the developmental origins of neuropsychiatric risk	31
Sex differences in the blood–brain barrier: Implications for mental health	31
Regulation of stress response on the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis via gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone	30
Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH): A new key neurohormone controlling reproductive physiology and behavior	28
A review of sex differences in the mechanisms and drivers of overeating	28
A multimodal meta-analysis of regional structural and functional brain alterations in type 2 diabetes	28
Towards an understanding of women’s brain aging: the immunology of pregnancy and menopause	28
The tumour microenvironment of pituitary neuroendocrine tumours	28
Neuropsychiatric effects of tamoxifen: Challenges and opportunities	26
Kisspeptins and the neuroendocrine control of reproduction: Recent progress and new frontiers in kisspeptin research	26

Effects of cannabis exposure in the prenatal and adolescent periods: Preclinical and clinical studies in both sexes	25
Brain to periphery in acute ischemic stroke: Mechanisms and clinical significance	23
On the role of sex steroids in biological functions by classical and non-classical pathways. An update	23
Allostatic load and women’s brain health: A systematic review	22
Role of melatonin in Alzheimer’s disease: From preclinical studies to novel melatonin-based therapies	22
Adaptations in reward-related behaviors and mesolimbic dopamine function during motherhood and the postpartum period	22
Exerkines and long-term synaptic potentiation: Mechanisms of exercise-induced neuroplasticity	22
Neuroendocrine interactions of the stress and reproductive axes	22
Physiopathological role of the enzymatic complex 5α-reductase and 3α/β-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase in the generation of progesterone and testosterone neuroactive metabolites	20
Maternal effects in mammals: Broadening our understanding of offspring programming	19
The peripartum human brain: Current understanding and future perspectives	19
Sexual health of women with schizophrenia: A review	19
Intermittent fasting and cognitive performance – Targeting BDNF as potential strategy to optimise brain health	19
Do different types of stress differentially alter behavioural and neurobiological outcomes associated with depression in rodent models? A systematic review	18
Osteocalcin, ovarian senescence, and brain health	18
Cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating the KNDy neuronal activities to generate and modulate GnRH pulse in mammals	18
Cerebral perfusion alterations in type 2 diabetes mellitus – a systematic review	18
Hypothalamic kisspeptin and kisspeptin receptors: Species variation in reproduction and reproductive behaviours	18
A meta-analysis of blood and salivary cortisol levels in first-episode psychosis and high-risk individuals	17
Child maltreatment and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning: A systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Fingernail cortisol – State of research and future directions	17
Hormonal contraceptive usage influences stress hormone effects on cognition and emotion	17
Perinatal depression: Heterogeneity of disease and in animal models	17
Role of thyroid hormones in normal and abnormal central nervous system myelination in humans and rodents	16
The impact of stress and stress hormones on endogenous clocks and circadian rhythms	15
The underlying sex differences in neuroendocrine adaptations relevant to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	15
Decoding signaling pathways involved in prolactin-induced neuroprotection: A review	15
The role of sex hormones in women with multiple sclerosis: From puberty to assisted reproductive techniques	15
Neurosteroidogenic enzymes: CYP11A1 in the central nervous system	15
A network meta-analysis of stress mediators in suicide behaviour	15
How exposure to chronic stress contributes to the development of type 2 diabetes: A complexity science approach	15
Environmental disruption of reproductive rhythms	14
Endometriosis, psychiatric comorbidities and neuroimaging: Estimating the odds of an endometriosis brain	14
Influence of ovarian hormones on value-based decision-making systems: Contribution to sexual dimorphisms in mental disorders	14
Gonadal hormones and stroke risk: PCOS as a case study	14
Conventional cardiovascular risk factors in Transient Global Amnesia: Systematic review and proposition of a novel hypothesis	14
A neural circuit perspective on brain aromatase	13
The scientific body of knowledge: Whose body does it serve? A spotlight on women’s brain health	12
Insulin-like growth factor 1 signaling in motor neuron and polyglutamine diseases: From molecular pathogenesis to therapeutic perspectives	12
Microbes and mental health: Can the microbiome help explain clinical heterogeneity in psychiatry?	12
The form, function, and evolutionary significance of neural aromatization	12
The impact of loneliness and social isolation on the development of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s Disease	12
Association of levonorgestrel intrauterine devices with stress reactivity, mental health, quality of life and sexual functioning: A systematic review	11
Sex hormones, vascular factors and cognition	11
Diabetes, insulin and new therapeutic strategies for Parkinson’s disease: Focus on glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists	11
Oral contraceptives in the central nervous system: Basic pharmacology, methodological considerations, and current state of the field	11
Kisspeptin neurons as a key player bridging the endocrine system and sexual behavior in mammals	11
Targeting the orexin/hypocretin system for the treatment of neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases: From animal to clinical studies	10
Central and peripheral neuropeptide RFRP-3: A bridge linking reproduction, nutrition, and stress response	10
Advancing reproductive neuroendocrinology through research on the regulation of GnIH and on its diverse actions on reproductive physiology and behavior	10

The role of oxytocin, vasopressin, and their receptors at nociceptors in peripheral pain modulation	10
Sodium background currents in endocrine/neuroendocrine cells: Towards unraveling channel identity and contribution in hormone secretion	10
Timing is everything: Circadian rhythms and their role in the control of sleep	10
Astroglial cells as neuroendocrine targets in forebrain development: Implications for sex differences in psychiatric disease	10
Variation in genes and hormones of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis in female mood disorders – A systematic review and meta-analysis	9
The impact of perceived stress on the hair follicle: Towards solving a psychoneuroendocrine and neuroimmunological puzzle	9
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs: Mechanisms of action and clinical applications in female reproduction	9
Hormonal contraceptive influences on cognition and psychopathology: Past methods, present inferences, and future directions	9
How hormonal contraceptives shape brain and behavior: A review of preclinical studies	9
Hormonal contraceptives, stress, and the brain: The critical need for animal models	9
Developmental aspects of the hypothalamic-pituitary network related to reproduction in teleost fish	9
Hormone-based models for comparing menstrual cycle and hormonal contraceptive effects on human resting-state functional connectivity	9
Therapeutic implications of hypothalamic-pituitaryadrenal-axis modulation in Alzheimer’s disease: A narrative review of pharmacological and lifestyle interventions	8
Methods and considerations for the use of hormonal contraceptives in rat models of neurobehavior	8
Role of microbes in the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric disorders	8
Neuropeptidergic control of neurosteroids biosynthesis	8
What is there to know about the effects of progestins on the human brain and cognition?	8
Modeling hormonal contraception in female rats: A framework for studies in behavioral neurobiology	8
Progesterone and contraceptive progestin actions on the brain: A systematic review of animal studies and comparison to human neuroimaging studies	8
Metabolic hormones mediate cognition	8
Multi-systemic evaluation of biological and emotional responses to the Trier Social Stress Test: A meta-analysis and systematic review	8
It takes a neural village: Circuit-based approaches for estrogenic regulation of episodic memory	8