OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Trends in Neurosciences is 23. 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
Subscription and Copyright Information	295
Advisory Board and Contents	198
A noncoding role of coding mRNA in monogenic olfactory receptor choice	185
Subscription and Copyright Information	174
Advisory Board and Contents	172
Advisory Board and Contents	171
Advisory Board and Contents	152
Subscription and Copyright Information	134
How do protein aggregates escape quality control in neurodegeneration?	124
Retinal receptive-field substructure: scaffolding for coding and computation	122
Advancing ALS research: public–private partnerships to accelerate drug and biomarker development	120
Construction of complex memories via parallel distributed cortical–subcortical iterative integration	120
The locus coeruleus as a global model failure system	119
Defining and characterizing neuronal senescence, ‘neurescence’, as GX arrested cells	119
Crossmodal plasticity in hearing loss	115
How cancer hijacks the body’s homeostasis through the neuroendocrine system	114
Emerging roles of antimicrobial peptides in innate immunity, neuronal function, and neurodegeneration	109
From aversive associations to defensive programs: experience-dependent synaptic modifications in the central amygdala	106
Do metabolic deficits contribute to sleep disruption in monogenic intellectual disability syndromes?	105
Links between the brain and body during sleep: implications for memory processing	105
Subscription and Copyright Information	101
Nature versus laboratory: how to optimize housing conditions for zebrafish neuroscience research	99
Differential regulation of cutaneous immunity by sensory neuron subsets	96
Fatty acid balance regulates α-synuclein pathology	94
Embracing sleep-onset complexity	94

Triggering ferroptosis in neurodegenerative diseases	90
Unraveling the dynamics of dopamine release and its actions on target cells	88
Translational approaches to understanding resilience to Alzheimer’s disease	87
Rethinking the role of TRKB in the action of antidepressants and psychedelics	83
Olfactory dysfunction in COVID-19: new insights into the underlying mechanisms	81
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in neuronal physiology and neurodegeneration	79
Subscription and Copyright Information	77
Shared gustatory sensor for acids and ammonium	74
Advisory Board and Contents	72
Modeling human mutations to understand TRIO GEF function during development	70
Rapid estrogen signaling drives binge drinking	67
Evolutionary neuroanatomical expansion of Broca’s region serving a human-specific function	66
Intercellular signaling by ectodomain shedding at the synapse	66
Functional interplay between central and autonomic nervous systems in human fear conditioning	65
Disentangling the roles of circadian rhythms and sleep drive in experimental pain sensitivity	64
PTEN mutations in autism spectrum disorder and congenital hydrocephalus: developmental pleiotropy and therapeutic targets	64
Life without microglia	64
α-Synuclein in synaptic function and dysfunction	63
The 'middle-aging' brain	62
Subscription and Copyright Information	61
Immune-related neurodegeneration in the midbrain causes pulmonary dysfunction in murine cryptococcal IRIS	61
Assessing brain-wide outcomes of dopamine system activation in the living rodent brain	61
Capturing postpandemic changes in research participants	60
The lateral thalamus: a bridge between multisensory processing and naturalistic behaviors	57
Integrating innate and learned behavior through brain circuits	56
α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the hippocampal circuit: taming complexity	56
Integrating and interpreting brain maps	56
Interacting corticobasal ganglia-thalamocortical loops shape behavioral control through cognitive maps and shortcuts	56
Progranulin function and regulation in the CNS	55
Latent-state and model-based learning in PTSD	54
Unravelling consciousness and brain function through the lens of time, space, and information	54
CK2-dependent SK channel dysfunction as contributor to neuronal hyperexcitability in Alzheimer’s disease	53
Advisory Board and Contents	53
The elusive varicose astrocytes	53
Targeting LRRK2 mRNA stability in Parkinson’s disease	52
Mechanistic insights into chemotherapy-induced circadian disruption using rodent models	52
Subscription and Copyright Information	52
SARS-CoV-2-specific neuropathology: fact or fiction?	52
Epigenetic and metabolic regulation of developmental timing in neocortex evolution	51
Disambiguating dimensions of external and internal brain processes	51
The ‘dispanins’ and related proteins in physiology and neurological disease	50
Copine-6 as a regulator of TRPM3 membrane trafficking and noxious heat sensation	50
Oxidized phospholipids as novel mediators of neurodegeneration	49
A novel suppressor of Piezo2 in rodent nociceptors	49
Advisory Board and Contents	48
Regulation of circuit organization and function through inhibitory synaptic plasticity	48
Insights and opportunities for deep brain stimulation as a brain circuit intervention	47
Origin, identity, and function of terminal Schwann cells	46
RNA granules in neuronal plasticity and disease	46
Astrocytes in selective vulnerability to neurodegenerative disease	45

Insulin action in the brain: cell types, circuits, and diseases	45
Advisory Board and Contents	44
Advisory Board and Contents	44
Understanding the aging hypothalamus, one cell at a time	44
Emerging approaches for decoding neuropeptide transmission	42
Induction of plasticity and metaplasticity using noninvasive brain stimulation	41
Advisory Board and Contents	41
Tau talk – synaptic and mitochondrial proteins interact with Tau in human neurons	40
Advisory Board and Contents	40
Advisory Board and Contents	38
Dopamine ramps for accurate value learning under uncertainty	38
A novel link between locus coeruleus activity and amyloid-related cognitive decline	37
Enteric glial cells mediate gut immunity and repair	37
Reassessing synaptic adhesion pathways	37
The therapeutic potential of natural killer cells in neuropathic pain	36
A predictive coding framework of allostatic–interoceptive overload in frontotemporal dementia	36
Proteostatic regulation in neuronal compartments	35
The integrated stress response in the brain: cell type-specific functions in health and neurological disorders	35
Lysosomal dysfunction in neurodegeneration: emerging concepts and methods	35
Magnetoencephalography with optically pumped magnetometers (OPM-MEG): the next generation of functional neuroimaging	34
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Genomic, molecular, and cellular divergence of the human brain	34
Mechanical stress connects cortical folding to fiber organization in the developing brain	34
Coordinating the energetic strategy of glia and neurons for memory	33
Mis-splicing in Huntington’s disease: harnessing the power of comparative transcriptomics	33
A neuro-journey across species	33
Meningeal brain borders and migraine headache genesis	32
A neurobiological taxonomy of sedentary behavior for brain health	32
Effect of host and strain factors on α-synuclein prion pathogenesis	32
Spatiotemporally resolved protein synthesis as a molecular framework for memory consolidation	31
Curiosity-driven exploration: foundations in neuroscience and computational modeling	31
Hidden variables in stress neurobiology research	31
Neocortical somatostatin neuron diversity in cognition and learning	31
The use of language in autism research	30
Outdoor air pollution and brain development in childhood and adolescence	30
Subscription and Copyright Information	30
Synaptic crossroads: navigating the circuits of movement	29
Advisory Board and Contents	29
Subscription and Copyright Information	29
Ontogeny of the circadian system: a multiscale process throughout development	29
The dorsal raphe nucleus in the control of energy balance	28
Hypothalamic prolactin signaling protects against overheating in pregnancy	28
From synapse to sensation: the role of circTulp4	28
Alterations in pain during adolescence and puberty	27
Reinforcement learning detuned in addiction: integrative and translational approaches	27
Contextualized hippocampal-cortical dynamics underlying traumatic memory	27
Foraging as an ethological framework for neuroscience	26
The potential of gene editing for Huntington’s disease	26
Redefining dopaminergic synapses beyond the classical paradigm	26
Mesenchymal stromal cell extracellular vesicles as immune modulators and drug carriers in neurodegenerative disorders	25
PET reporter systems for the brain	25
An expanding repertoire of circuit mechanisms for visual prediction errors	25
Where is the error? Hierarchical predictive coding through dendritic error computation	24
Moving beyond amyloid and tau to capture the biological heterogeneity of Alzheimer’s disease	24
Alcohol and the brain: from genes to circuits	24
Subscription and Copyright Information	23
The role of efferocytosis in ischemic stroke and insights from retinopathy	23
IGF2 in memory, neurodevelopmental disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases	23
Advisory Board and Contents	23