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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial board	1232
Response to comment on: Fibroblast-derived PI16 sustains inflammatory pain via regulation of CD206+ myeloid cells	262
Sleep fragmentation enhances inflammation and compromises stress-responsive neuronal activity following traumatic brain injury	200
DHA prevents diet-induced memory impairments in inflammatory gene expression in aged rats and cultured microglia	185
182 Spinal interleukin-10 maintains remission of neuropathic pain via delta opioid receptor upregulation in dorsal root ganglia	175
Neutropenic mice experience exaggerated hypothermia and brain/peripheral inflammatory responses during LPS-induced systemic inflammation	173
Cytokines in relation to perinatal anxiety: Shifts in immune balance	163
A systematic approach to identify gaps in neuroimmunology: TNF-α and fear learning deficits, a worked example	143
Resolving neuroinflammatory and social deficits in ASD model mice: Dexmedetomidine downregulates NF-κB/IL-6 pathway via α2AR	135
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	103
Electrical stimulation of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus in male mice can regulate inflammation without affecting the heart rate	103
Variation in infant rhesus monkeys’ (Macaca mulatta) neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with environmental conditions, emotionality, and cortisol concentrations, and predicts disease-related	98
Excess body weight and specific types of depressive symptoms: Is there a mediating role of systemic low-grade inflammation?	91
COVID-19 vaccination refusal among college students: Global trends and action priorities	88
The association of maternal COVID-19-infection during pregnancy on the neonatal immune profile and associations with later diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders	87
Differences in Emotional Awareness Moderate Cytokine-Symptom Associations Among Breast Cancer Survivors	86
Editorial Board	85
Epigenetic priming by stress and a sarin analog in response to LPS in a mouse model of Gulf War Illness	84
Regional brain structural alterations in reward and salience networks in asthma	84
Chronic stress decreases IgA secretion and its pIgR-mediated transport in lung of BALB/c mice	81
Dependence of fasting-induced hypothalamic anti-inflammatory microglia mechanisms on adrenal glucocorticoid secretion	79
Can catastrophes be opportunities? A randomized clinical trial testing a brief mindset intervention for reducing inflammation and depression following COVID-19	79
Immunometabolism perturbations in post-COVID-19 condition: interleukin-6 and monoamine oxidase interactions drive neuropsychiatric syndromes	77
Prefrontal microglia deficiency during adolescence disrupts adult cognitive functions and synaptic structures: A follow-up study in female mice	74
Mutation S139N on Zika virus prM protein shifts immune response from Asian to contemporary strain	72

Pathophysiology, blood biomarkers, and functional deficits after intimate partner violence-related brain injury: Insights from emergency department patients and a new rat model	71
Nod2 deficiency exacerbates schizophrenia-related alterations in offspring of maternal immune activation in a sex-dependent manner	69
Irisin reprograms microglia through activation of STAT6 and prevents cognitive dysfunction after surgery in mice	69
Beneficial and adverse effects of THC on cognition in the HIV-1 transgenic rat model: Importance of exploring task- and sex-dependent outcomes	69
Train your T cells: How skeletal muscles and T cells keep each other fit during aging	67
Queries regarding retrospective study design and the recruitment of people with psychiatric disorders	65
Depressive symptoms predict antibody titers after a second dose of the SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccine among hospital workers in Japan	62
The impact of a murine coronavirus in a neuron-glial co-culture system: LRRK2 mutation and neurodegeneration	62
Effects of anti-inflammatory drug treatment on psychological and bodily sickness symptoms during experimental endotoxemia: A randomized controlled study in healthy volunteers	61
Early neutrophil trajectory following clozapine may predict clozapine response – Results from an observational study using electronic health records	61
Obesity and immune challenge modulate the willingness to expend effort for reward	60
Though shall not pass: Blocking lymphocytes from recirculating to the gut as a potential therapeutic approach for autism	58
War, Ukraine, Russia, scientist, boycott and support	58
Opening KATP channels induces inflammatory tolerance and prevents chronic pain	57
PNIRS Society Announcements	56
Waiting for Godot: Progress in the measurement of human neuroinflammation with existing tools	55
Comment regarding: “COVID-19 vaccination may enhance hippocampal neurogenesis in adults”	55
Effect of modernized collaborative care for depression on depressive symptoms and cardiovascular disease risk biomarkers: eIMPACT randomized controlled trial	55
Food allergy elicits behavioral and neurological pathologies via central histaminergic dysregulation	55
Inflammatory markers, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and the symptomatic course of adolescent bipolar disorder: A prospective repeated-measures study	55
Monkeypox outbreaks and global health emergency declaration: Can such declarations influence public interest in the disease?	55
Adaptive/innate immunity balance in a complex social world	55
Associations of sleep duration, quality, and timing with infection risk in female and male adults	54
Probiotics and Parkinson's disease: A long way to go!	54
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	53
J147 is Effective in prevention of postoperative cognitive dysfunction in a rat model	53
The link between post-traumatic stress disorder and systemic lupus erythematosus	52
Neuroinflammation in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) as assessed by [11C]PBR28 PET correlates with vascular disease measures	52