OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Brain Research Bulletin is 32. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Brain–gut–microbiota axis in depression: A historical overview and future directions	110
Melatonin improves hypoxic-ischemic brain damage through the Akt/Nrf2/Gpx4 signaling pathway	81
Adolescent drug exposure: A review of evidence for the development of persistent changes in brain function	75
Analysis of knowledge bases and research focuses of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion from the perspective of mapping knowledge domain	70
Revisiting the blood-brain barrier: A hard nut to crack in the transportation of drug molecules	70
Hypothermia protects neurons against ischemia/reperfusion-induced pyroptosis via m6A-mediated activation of PTEN and the PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β signaling pathway	69
Mental Health Issues During and After COVID-19 Vaccine Era	60
Case-fatality, disability and recurrence rates after first-ever stroke: A study from bigdata observatory platform for stroke of China	59
Brain-spleen axis in health and diseases: A review and future perspective	46
LncRNA BDNF-AS promotes autophagy and apoptosis in MPTP-induced Parkinson’s disease via ablating microRNA-125b-5p	45
Epilepsy and Alzheimer’s Disease: Potential mechanisms for an association	44
Mesenchymal stem cells-derived mitochondria transplantation mitigates I/R-induced injury, abolishes I/R-induced apoptosis, and restores motor function in acute ischemia stroke rat model	44
cGAS knockdown promotes microglial M2 polarization to alleviate neuroinflammation by inhibiting cGAS-STING signaling pathway in cerebral ischemic stroke	43
The interplay between sleep and gut microbiota	42
Gut microbiome improves postoperative cognitive function by decreasing permeability of the blood-brain barrier in aged mice	42
Naringenin improves depressive- and anxiety-like behaviors in mice exposed to repeated hypoxic stress through modulation of oxido-inflammatory mediators and NF-kB/BDNF expressions	42
Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomal microRNA-125a promotes M2 macrophage polarization in spinal cord injury by downregulating IRF5	41
Butyrate alleviates PTZ-induced mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress and neuron apoptosis in mice via Keap1/Nrf2/HO-1 pathway	40
Curcumin alleviates neuroinflammation, enhances hippocampal neurogenesis, and improves spatial memory after traumatic brain injury	40
Effects of vanillic acid on Aβ1-40-induced oxidative stress and learning and memory deficit in male rats	40
An Overview on the Mechanisms of Neuroprotection and Neurotoxicity of Isoflurane and Sevoflurane in Experimental Studies	37
Astrocyte-derived exosome-transported microRNA-34c is neuroprotective against cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury via TLR7 and the NF-κB/MAPK pathways	37
RNA demethylase Alkbh5 is widely expressed in neurons and decreased during brain development	36
Proteolytic cleavage of proBDNF to mBDNF in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases	36
Concomitant enlargement of perivascular spaces and decrease in glymphatic transport in an animal model of cerebral small vessel disease	35

Ferroptosis and traumatic brain injury	34
IN VITRO AND IN VIVO MODELS OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS: AN UPDATED OVERVIEW	34
Selenium inhibits ferroptosis and ameliorates autistic-like behaviors of BTBR mice by regulating the Nrf2/GPx4 pathway	33
Echinacoside protects dopaminergic neurons by inhibiting NLRP3/Caspase-1/IL-1β signaling pathway in MPTP-induced Parkinson’s disease model	33
Anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects of baicalin in cerebrovascular and neurological disorders	32
Impairment of learning and memory induced by perinatal exposure to BPA is associated with ERα-mediated alterations of synaptic plasticity and PKC/ERK/CREB signaling pathway in offspring rats	32
Geniposide protects depression through BTK/JAK2/STAT1 signaling pathway in lipopolysaccharide-induced depressive mice	32