OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Brain Research Bulletin 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Brain–gut–microbiota axis in depression: A historical overview and future directions	162
Mental Health Issues During and After COVID-19 Vaccine Era	75
Case-fatality, disability and recurrence rates after first-ever stroke: A study from bigdata observatory platform for stroke of China	66
Brain-spleen axis in health and diseases: A review and future perspective	61
cGAS knockdown promotes microglial M2 polarization to alleviate neuroinflammation by inhibiting cGAS-STING signaling pathway in cerebral ischemic stroke	59
The interplay between sleep and gut microbiota	54
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	54
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	53
Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomal microRNA-125a promotes M2 macrophage polarization in spinal cord injury by downregulating IRF5	51
Effects of vanillic acid on Aβ1-40-induced oxidative stress and learning and memory deficit in male rats	50
Gut microbiome improves postoperative cognitive function by decreasing permeability of the blood-brain barrier in aged mice	50
Butyrate alleviates PTZ-induced mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress and neuron apoptosis in mice via Keap1/Nrf2/HO-1 pathway	49
An Overview on the Mechanisms of Neuroprotection and Neurotoxicity of Isoflurane and Sevoflurane in Experimental Studies	48
Ferroptosis and traumatic brain injury	43
Selenium inhibits ferroptosis and ameliorates autistic-like behaviors of BTBR mice by regulating the Nrf2/GPx4 pathway	42
Proteolytic cleavage of proBDNF to mBDNF in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases	40
Geniposide protects depression through BTK/JAK2/STAT1 signaling pathway in lipopolysaccharide-induced depressive mice	38
Echinacoside protects dopaminergic neurons by inhibiting NLRP3/Caspase-1/IL-1β signaling pathway in MPTP-induced Parkinson’s disease model	37
Melatonin ameliorates anxiety-like behaviors induced by sleep deprivation in mice: Role of oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, autophagy and apoptosis	37
Sodium orthovanadate improves learning and memory in intracerebroventricular-streptozotocin rat model of Alzheimer’s disease through modulation of brain insulin resistance induced tau pathology	36
Anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects of baicalin in cerebrovascular and neurological disorders	35
Treadmill exercise ameliorates chronic REM sleep deprivation-induced anxiety-like behavior and cognitive impairment in C57BL/6J mice	33
Hydrogen sulfide antagonizes sleep deprivation-induced depression- and anxiety-like behaviors by inhibiting neuroinflammation in a hippocampal Sirt1-dependent manner	32
Exosomal microRNA-23b-3p from bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells maintains T helper/Treg balance by downregulating the PI3k/Akt/NF-κB signaling pathway in intracranial aneurysm	32
Mirror therapy in upper limb motor recovery and activities of daily living, and its neural correlates in stroke individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis	31

The barrier and interface mechanisms of the brain barrier, and brain drug delivery	31
Cannabidiol in the prelimbic cortex modulates the comorbid condition between the chronic neuropathic pain and depression-like behaviour in rats: The role of medial prefrontal cortex 5-HT1A and CB1 rec	30
Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides ameliorated depression-like behaviors in the chronic social defeat stress depression model via modulation of Dectin-1 and the innate immune system	30
Antidepressant effect of catalpol on corticosterone-induced depressive-like behavior involves the inhibition of HPA axis hyperactivity, central inflammation and oxidative damage probably via dual regu	30
IGF-1R stimulation alters microglial polarization via TLR4/NF-κB pathway after cerebral hemorrhage in mice	30