OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Behavioural Brain Research is 27. 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
Temporo-spatial Theory of Consciousness (TTC) – Bridging the gap of neuronal activity and phenomenal states	67
Effects of physical activity on brain function and structure in older adults: A systematic review	67
Saikosaponin A improved depression-like behavior and inhibited hippocampal neuronal apoptosis after cerebral ischemia through p-CREB/BDNF pathway	60
AMPK: A bridge between diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer's disease	58
Quercetin alleviates chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depressive-like behaviors by promoting adult hippocampal neurogenesis via FoxG1/CREB/ BDNF signaling pathway	55
Effects of melatonin and resveratrol on recognition memory and passive avoidance performance in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease	51
Role of RhoA/ROCK signaling in Alzheimer’s disease	48
Dose-dependent effects of antipsychotics on efficacy and adverse effects in schizophrenia	45
Stress gets into the belly: Early life stress and the gut microbiome	45
A systematic review of cognitive event-related potentials in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease	45
Targeting muscarinic receptors to treat schizophrenia	44
Age-related cognitive decline is associated with microbiota-gut-brain axis disorders and neuroinflammation in mice	44
Acute effects of high-intensity interval training and moderate-intensity continuous exercise on BDNF and irisin levels and neurocognitive performance in late middle-aged and older adults	43
Incentive motivation: ‘wanting’ roles of central amygdala circuitry	41
Baicalin ameliorates chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depression through the BDNF/ERK/CREB signaling pathway	41
Investigating the role of 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptor activation in the effects of psilocybin, DOI, and citalopram on marble burying in mice	38
Roles of inflammation in intrinsic pathophysiology and antipsychotic drug-induced metabolic disturbances of schizophrenia	36
Isoorientin, a GSK-3β inhibitor, rescues synaptic dysfunction, spatial memory deficits and attenuates pathological progression in APP/PS1 model mice	33
Comparison of memory, affective behavior, and neuropathology in APPNLGF knock-in mice to 5xFAD and APP/PS1 mice	33
Central amygdala circuits in valence and salience processing	33
Role of Fto on CaMKII/CREB signaling pathway of hippocampus in depressive-like behaviors induced by chronic restraint stress mice	32
The effectiveness of (R)-ketamine and its mechanism of action differ from those of (S)-ketamine in a chronic unpredictable mild stress model of depression in C57BL/6J mice	31
Hippocampal proteomic analysis reveals activation of necroptosis and ferroptosis in a mouse model of chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depression	31
High-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation enhances layer II/III morphological dendritic plasticity in mouse primary motor cortex	31
Effects of optogenetic photoexcitation of infralimbic cortex inputs to the basolateral amygdala on conditioned fear and extinction	28

Increased alcohol self-administration following exposure to the predator odor TMT in active coping female rats	27
Adaptogenic effects of curcumin on depression induced by moderate and unpredictable chronic stress in mice	27
Maternal antibiotic administration during a critical developmental window has enduring neurobehavioural effects in offspring mice	27