OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Brain Behavior and Immunity is 52. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial board	233
Response to comment on: Fibroblast-derived PI16 sustains inflammatory pain via regulation of CD206+ myeloid cells	220
A systematic approach to identify gaps in neuroimmunology: TNF-α and fear learning deficits, a worked example	217
Obesity and immune challenge modulate the willingness to expend effort for reward	191
Though shall not pass: Blocking lymphocytes from recirculating to the gut as a potential therapeutic approach for autism	143
War, Ukraine, Russia, scientist, boycott and support	120
Monkeypox outbreaks and global health emergency declaration: Can such declarations influence public interest in the disease?	112
Food allergy elicits behavioral and neurological pathologies via central histaminergic dysregulation	109
Associations of sleep duration, quality, and timing with infection risk in female and male adults	108
J147 is Effective in prevention of postoperative cognitive dysfunction in a rat model	104
Queries regarding retrospective study design and the recruitment of people with psychiatric disorders	101
The impact of a murine coronavirus in a neuron-glial co-culture system: LRRK2 mutation and neurodegeneration	94
Comment regarding: “COVID-19 vaccination may enhance hippocampal neurogenesis in adults”	92
Effects of anti-inflammatory drug treatment on psychological and bodily sickness symptoms during experimental endotoxemia: A randomized controlled study in healthy volunteers	92
Epigenetic priming by stress and a sarin analog in response to LPS in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness	90
Editorial Board	90
Chronic stress decreases IgA secretion and its pIgR-mediated transport in lung of BALB/c mice	88
Loss of sodium leak channel (NALCN) in the ventral dentate gyrus impairs neuronal activity of the glutamatergic neurons for inflammation-induced depression in male mice	86
Dependence of fasting-induced hypothalamic anti-inflammatory microglia mechanisms on adrenal glucocorticoid secretion	85
Opening KATP channels induces inflammatory tolerance and prevents chronic pain	84
Variation in infant rhesus monkeys’ (Macaca mulatta) neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with environmental conditions, emotionality, and cortisol concentrations, and predicts disease-related	80
The link between post-traumatic stress disorder and systemic lupus erythematosus	78
Train your T cells: How skeletal muscles and T cells keep each other fit during aging	78
Depressive symptoms predict antibody titers after a second dose of the SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccine among hospital workers in Japan	76
Differences in Emotional Awareness Moderate Cytokine-Symptom Associations Among Breast Cancer Survivors	76

The paradoxical protective effect of chronic stress on advanced Alzheimer’s disease pathology	75
Early neutrophil trajectory following clozapine may predict clozapine response – Results from an observational study using electronic health records	74
Tumor–Macrophage–Nerve interactions drive neuroinflammation and neuropathic pain in prostate cancer perineural invasion	73
Electrical stimulation of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus in male mice can regulate inflammation without affecting the heart rate	72
Cytokines, Somatosensory Functioning, and Psychological Distress in Post-Breast Cancer Surgery Pain: A longitudinal study	72
Astrocytic FKBP5 regulates neuroinflammation and cognitive outcomes in male mouse models of excitotoxic epilepsy	71
Mutation S139N on Zika virus prM protein shifts immune response from Asian to contemporary strain	70
Adaptive/innate immunity balance in a complex social world	70
Beneficial and adverse effects of THC on cognition in the HIV-1 transgenic rat model: Importance of exploring task- and sex-dependent outcomes	70
Irisin reprograms microglia through activation of STAT6 and prevents cognitive dysfunction after surgery in mice	68
Effect of modernized collaborative care for depression on depressive symptoms and cardiovascular disease risk biomarkers: eIMPACT randomized controlled trial	67
Regional brain structural alterations in reward and salience networks in asthma	66
Pathophysiology, blood biomarkers, and functional deficits after intimate partner violence-related brain injury: Insights from emergency department patients and a new rat model	66
Prefrontal microglia deficiency during adolescence disrupts adult cognitive functions and synaptic structures: A follow-up study in female mice	66
A rapidly progressive multiple system atrophy-cerebellar variant model presenting marked glial reactions with inflammation and spreading of α-synuclein oligomers and phosphorylated α-synuclein aggrega	64
Nod2 deficiency exacerbates schizophrenia-related alterations in offspring of maternal immune activation in a sex-dependent manner	62
Immunometabolism perturbations in post-COVID-19 condition: interleukin-6 and monoamine oxidase interactions drive neuropsychiatric syndromes	60
Can catastrophes be opportunities? A randomized clinical trial testing a brief mindset intervention for reducing inflammation and depression following COVID-19	59
The association of maternal COVID-19-infection during pregnancy on the neonatal immune profile and associations with later diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders	58
Resolving neuroinflammatory and social deficits in ASD model mice: Dexmedetomidine downregulates NF-κB/IL-6 pathway via α2AR	58
Neuroinflammation in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) as assessed by [11C]PBR28 PET correlates with vascular disease measures	58
Excess body weight and specific types of depressive symptoms: Is there a mediating role of systemic low-grade inflammation?	57
Greater executive dysfunction in patients post-COVID-19 compared to those not infected	56
Author reply: Improving the validity of studies on the relationship between social health and immunity of older adults	56
Oral vancomycin treatment alters levels of indole derivatives and secondary bile acids modulating the expression of mTOR pathway genes in astrocytes during EAE	56
Response Letter to “Cumulative infection burden, cognitive impairment and dementia”	56
The role of the microglial phagocytic receptor, MerTK, in ELA-induced changes in excitatory synapses and behavior	55
Stress and inflammatory biology among adolescents	52
Inverse associations between plasma docosahexaenoic acid and pTau181 in the preclinical stages of Alzheimer’s disease	52
The basolateral amygdala and striatum propagate alpha-synuclein pathology causing increased fear response in a Parkinson’s disease model	52