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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Subscription and Copyright Information	405
Advisory Board and Contents	269
A noncoding role of coding mRNA in monogenic olfactory receptor choice	233
Subscription and Copyright Information	226
Advisory Board and Contents	221
Subscription and Copyright Information	161
From aversive associations to defensive programs: experience-dependent synaptic modifications in the central amygdala	157
Advancing ALS research: public–private partnerships to accelerate drug and biomarker development	156
From illness to rest: neural circuits linking sickness and sleep	153
Transformation, again? Impact of a second pregnancy on the brain, cognition, and sense of self	153
Crossmodal plasticity in hearing loss	142
Third spaces for science: reimagining research beyond academia and industry	138
Brain rhythms of depression: A predictive processing perspective	134
The locus coeruleus as a global model failure system	130
Emerging roles of antimicrobial peptides in innate immunity, neuronal function, and neurodegeneration	123
Defining and characterizing neuronal senescence, ‘neurescence’, as GX arrested cells	119
How cancer hijacks the body’s homeostasis through the neuroendocrine system	118
Do metabolic deficits contribute to sleep disruption in monogenic intellectual disability syndromes?	114
Subscription and Copyright Information	109
Aging brain, brittle bone	103
Differential regulation of cutaneous immunity by sensory neuron subsets	99
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in neuronal physiology and neurodegeneration	98
Rethinking the role of TRKB in the action of antidepressants and psychedelics	96
Nature versus laboratory: how to optimize housing conditions for zebrafish neuroscience research	96
Ventral tegmental area circuits in defensive states: Emerging mechanisms of fear and anxiety	93

Epigenetic noise in the aging brain: tuning neuronal vulnerability to neurodegeneration	92
Unraveling the dynamics of dopamine release and its actions on target cells	89
Olfactory dysfunction in COVID-19: new insights into the underlying mechanisms	88
Triggering ferroptosis in neurodegenerative diseases	87
Embracing sleep-onset complexity	85
Subscription and Copyright Information	83
Modeling human mutations to understand TRIO GEF function during development	81
Shared gustatory sensor for acids and ammonium	81
Advisory Board and Contents	80
Evolution of collicular cell types, circuits, and modulatory pathways	80
Rapid estrogen signaling drives binge drinking	80
Dopamine’s secret agent: serotonin	79
Basal progenitors as drivers of neocortical expansion	78
Disentangling the roles of circadian rhythms and sleep drive in experimental pain sensitivity	75
α-Synuclein in synaptic function and dysfunction	75
The 'middle-aging' brain	74
DNA repair as a core function of sleep	74
Assessing brain-wide outcomes of dopamine system activation in the living rodent brain	73
Evolutionary neuroanatomical expansion of Broca’s region serving a human-specific function	73
Life without microglia	73
Capturing postpandemic changes in research participants	71
Progranulin function and regulation in the CNS	70
Unravelling consciousness and brain function through the lens of time, space, and information	68
Immune-related neurodegeneration in the midbrain causes pulmonary dysfunction in murine cryptococcal IRIS	68
Interacting cortico-basal ganglia-thalamocortical loops shape behavioral control through cognitive maps and shortcuts	68
Making of BDNF: role of promoters, enhancers, and untranslated regions	67
A large brain adds new types of neurons: Molecular and functional signatures of spindle neurons in the human neocortex	66
Epigenetic biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases: from molecular signatures to therapeutic targets	64
The lateral thalamus: a bridge between multisensory processing and naturalistic behaviors	64
Integrating innate and learned behavior through brain circuits	62
Integrating and interpreting brain maps	62
Latent-state and model-based learning in PTSD	60
CK2-dependent SK channel dysfunction as contributor to neuronal hyperexcitability in Alzheimer’s disease	60
Advisory Board and Contents	60
Subscription and Copyright Information	59
Understanding the aging hypothalamus, one cell at a time	56
A novel suppressor of Piezo2 in rodent nociceptors	56
Targeting LRRK2 mRNA stability in Parkinson’s disease	54
Copine-6 as a regulator of TRPM3 membrane trafficking and noxious heat sensation	54
Mechanistic insights into chemotherapy-induced circadian disruption using rodent models	54
Advisory Board and Contents	54
Disambiguating dimensions of external and internal brain processes	53
RNA granules in neuronal plasticity and disease	51
The ‘dispanins’ and related proteins in physiology and neurological disease	51
Cognitive functions of the GPe	50
Origin, identity, and function of terminal Schwann cells	49
Astrocytes in selective vulnerability to neurodegenerative disease	49
Regulation of circuit organization and function through inhibitory synaptic plasticity	47
Insights and opportunities for deep brain stimulation as a brain circuit intervention	46
Epigenetic and metabolic regulation of developmental timing in neocortex evolution	46

Advisory Board and Contents	45
Advisory Board and Contents	45
A novel link between locus coeruleus activity and amyloid-related cognitive decline	41
Subscription and Copyright Information	41
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Genomic, molecular, and cellular divergence of the human brain	39
Advisory Board and Contents	39
Advisory Board and Contents	39
Induction of plasticity and metaplasticity using noninvasive brain stimulation	38
Emerging approaches for decoding neuropeptide transmission	38
Advisory Board and Contents	38
The therapeutic potential of natural killer cells in neuropathic pain	37
The integrated stress response in the brain: cell type-specific functions in health and neurological disorders	36
A neurobiological perspective on prolonged grief disorder	36
A predictive coding framework of allostatic–interoceptive overload in frontotemporal dementia	36
Magnetoencephalography with optically pumped magnetometers (OPM-MEG): the next generation of functional neuroimaging	35
A neuro-journey across species	35
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Effect of host and strain factors on α-synuclein prion pathogenesis	34
Coordinating the energetic strategy of glia and neurons for memory	33
Neuronal STAT1 as a phase switch from antiviral defense to synaptopathy in encephalitis	33
Curiosity-driven exploration: foundations in neuroscience and computational modeling	33
The neural basis of laughter	33
Subscription and Copyright Information	31
A neurobiological taxonomy of sedentary behavior for brain health	31
Hidden variables in stress neurobiology research	31
Mechanical stress connects cortical folding to fiber organization in the developing brain	31
Meningeal brain borders and migraine headache genesis	31
Outdoor air pollution and brain development in childhood and adolescence	31
Subscription and Copyright Information	31
Neocortical somatostatin neuron diversity in cognition and learning	31
The use of language in autism research	31
Foraging as an ethological framework for neuroscience	30
Advisory Board and Contents	30
Redefining dopaminergic synapses beyond the classical paradigm	30
Synaptic crossroads: navigating the circuits of movement	30
Contextualized hippocampal-cortical dynamics underlying traumatic memory	30
An expanding repertoire of circuit mechanisms for visual prediction errors	29
PET reporter systems for the brain	29
The potential of gene editing for Huntington’s disease	29
From synapse to sensation: the role of circTulp4	29
Ontogeny of the circadian system: a multiscale process throughout development	29
Moving beyond amyloid and tau to capture the biological heterogeneity of Alzheimer’s disease	28
Mesenchymal stromal cell extracellular vesicles as immune modulators and drug carriers in neurodegenerative disorders	28
Hypothalamic prolactin signaling protects against overheating in pregnancy	28
Where is the error? Hierarchical predictive coding through dendritic error computation	26
IGF2 in memory, neurodevelopmental disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases	25
Alterations in pain during adolescence and puberty	25
Advisory Board and Contents	25
Subscription and Copyright Information	24
Unweaving type I interferons in age-related neuroinflammation	24
Prerequisites of language acquisition in the newborn brain	24
Advisory Board and Contents	24
Principles of intensive human neuroimaging	23
An integrative view on the cell-type-specific mechanisms of ketamine's antidepressant actions	23
Non-canonical roles of lysosomes in neurons	23
Beyond sex differences: short- and long-term effects of pregnancy on the brain	23
Apathy as a failure of active inference	23
From chromatin dynamics to brain disease: Polycomb–Trithorax mechanisms in neurodevelopment	23