OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neuroscience is 30. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Gabaergic neurons of central amygdala mediate anxiety-like behavior induced by social isolation in adolescent mice	73
The Effects of Ketogenic Diet on Brain Gene Expressions in Type 2 Diabetes Background	68
Antidepressant-like effects of the leaf extract of Mallotus oppositifolius (Geiseler) Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) in the chronic unpredictable mild stress model: A role of the gut-brain axis	64
Alcohol drinking modified the effect of plasma YKL-40 levels on stroke-specific mortality of acute ischemic stroke	61
Deleterious Sequestosome 1 mutations G262R and P438L in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cause autophagy and oxidative stress imbalance	56
Advances in diagnostic imaging and interventional treatment of aphasia after basal ganglia stroke	55
Astrocytes contribute to the functional differentiation of the hippocampal longitudinal axis during reward and aversion processing in the adult male rat	54
Identification of novel disease-causing variants and their influence on clinical presentation in dihydrofolate reductase deficiency	53
Impaired exploration induced by type 1 diabetes is related to locomotor activity rather than a reduction in motivation	52
Associations between morphometric similarity network and brain gene expression in type 2 diabetes mellitus	50
Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer’s and Metabolic Diseases: A Catecholaminergic Hypothesis	46
Regional Gray Matter Volume Is Associated with Growth Mindset: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study	45
A Single Model Deep Learning Approach for Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis	44
Abnormal Functional Connectivity of Thalamic Subdivisions in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study	44
A systematic review of deep learning in MRI-based cerebral vascular occlusion-based brain diseases	42
JAK2/STAT3 Axis Intermediates Microglia/Macrophage Polarization During Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury	42
Fear-Conditioning to Unpredictable Threats Reveals Sex and Strain Differences in Rat Fear-Potentiated Startle (FPS)	42
Mesenchymal Stem Cell-derived Extracellular Vesicle-enclosed microRNA-93 Prevents Hypoxic-ischemic Brain Damage in Rats	41
Peripheral neuropathy in the sciatic and vagus nerves of mice undergoing sub-chronic exposure to vanadium	40
SLC44A1 expression in oligodendroglial cells during aging and in Alzheimer’s disease	38
Brain-specific and time-dependent KCNQ1 knockout leads to cognitive and metabolic alterations in mice	37
Effects of the onset of rumination on sleep/wake architecture in camel and sheep newborns	37
Sex-specific long-term effects of prenatal stress in mice offspring	37
Exposure to ibuprofen differentially alters the morphology and synaptic integrity of the prefrontal cortex and amygdala of adult male Wistar rat	34
Reevaluating Alzheimer’s disease treatment: Can phytochemicals bridge the therapeutic Gap?	33

Bioassay-guided identification of potential Alzheimer’s disease therapeutic agents from kaempferol-enriched fraction of Aframomum melegueta seeds using in vitro and chemoinformatics approaches	32
Parkinson’s disease in Malawi: A cross-sectional Study of clinical profiles and risk factors	31
Hydrogen sulfide in the brain as a silent neuroprotector in Alzheimer’s disease	31
Neuroinflammation in long COVID: the role of the Val16Ala polymorphism of SOD2 and cognitive impairment	31
Adult Neurogenesis in the Mammalian Hypothalamus: Impact of Newly Generated Neurons on Hypothalamic Function	30
A review of the TGF-β1 pathway in Alzheimer’s disease and depression: Possible restoration potential of antidepressants	30
Editorial Board	30
Motor Unit Recruitment is Altered When Acute Experimental Pain is Induced at a Site Distant to the Contracting Muscle	30
Editorial Board	30
Oral, Nasal, and Gut Microbiota in Parkinson’s Disease	30