OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Neurotoxicology and Teratology is 3. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Introduction to “Effects of stress exposure during development on neurobehavioral and neuroendocrine function”	112
Earlier pubertal timing, not tempo, links time-limited early adversity with psychopathology	41
Organophosphorus compounds and neurological conditions: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	34
Follow-up of breastfed infants exposed to maternal flecainide treatment	30
An apparent increase in medial frontal cortical glutamatergic neurons following loss of the dopamine D2R in a GABAergic interneuron subpopulation	21
Pregnancy and neonatal outcome following agomelatine and pipamperone exposure during pregnancy: A case series from the Netherlands	20
Designing and executing neurobehavioral assessment batteries in longitudinal studies of exposure	19
Sexual dimorphism in the programming effects of prenatal manganese on timing perception in children	19
Developmental impacts of deprivation and threat on emotion recognition	19
Fatty acid ethyl esters in meconium and language development in poly-drug exposed children	18
Interaction of latrophilin-3, an ADHD risk gene, and deltamethrin in Sprague Dawley rats on learning and memory	17
Salvianolic acid A enhances sedative effect of diazepam through the GABAergic pathway: In vivo, molecular docking, and pharmacokinetics approaches	17
Stress-related adaptations following loss of dopamine D1 receptors in cerebral cortical interneurons	17
Expert consensus on neurodevelopmental outcomes in pregnancy pharmacovigilance studies	16
Prenatal tobacco and tobacco-cannabis co-exposure: Relationship with attention and memory in middle childhood	16
A 12-month follow-up of infant neurodevelopmental outcomes of prenatal opioid exposure and polysubstance use	15
Associations of prenatal tobacco and insecticide co-exposures with neurobehavioral responses among children born to pregnant women exposed to cannabis	15
Editorial Board	14
Development of a toolkit to stimulate reporting and participation in studies/registries for pregnant and breastfeeding women	14
Maternal prenatal lead levels and neonatal brain volumes: Testing moderations by maternal depressive symptoms and family income	13
Evaluation of paternal drug use in a teratology information service	13
Embryonic exposures to cadmium and PAHs cause long-term and interacting neurobehavioral effects in zebrafish	12
Transient developmental exposure to tributyltin reduces optomotor responses in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio)	12
Cellular responses to developmental exposure to pyriproxyfen in chicken model: Contrasting embryos with and without exencephaly	11
Retraction notice to “Screening for novel central nervous system biomarkers in veterans with Gulf War Illness” [Neurotoxicology and Teratology 61 (2017) 36–46]	11

Neurobehavioral and neurochemical effects of perinatal arsenite exposure in Sprague-Dawley rats	10
Reverse translation in animals and cell models: Methods to accelerate therapeutic development and mechanisms	10
Methylmercury exposure-induced reproductive effects are mediated by dopamine in Caenorhabditis elegans	10
Associations between a prenatal stress mixture and preschoolers’ temperament: Impact of race/ethnicity	10
Prenatal fentanyl disrupts long-term social dominance behaviors and gene expression patterns	10
Proteomic changes and pathway analysis of brain tissues following exposure to the glutamatergic excitotoxin, kainic acid in Long Evans rats	10
Adolescent exposure to bisphenol-a antagonizes androgen regulation of social behavior in male mice	10
Applying cumulative risk methods to evaluate prenatal phthalate and stress exposures on adverse antiandrogenic health effects	10
Artificial intelligence for determination of medication compatible with breastfeeding	10
Sex moderated and RSA mediated effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on behavior problems at age 7	10
Hindbrain defects induced by Di-butyl phthalate (DBP) in developing zebrafish embryos	9
Differential cognitive, behavioral, and neurochemical responses to acute chlorpyrifos exposure in normotensive compared to hypertensive adult rats	9
Safety of monoclonal antibodies targeting PCSK9 in pregnancy: Analysis of the WHO's global pharmacovigilance database	9
PFOS-induced dyslipidemia and impaired cholinergic neurotransmission in developing zebrafish: Insight into its mechanisms	9
Pregnancy protects nervous tissues against the neurotoxicity of intrathecal bupivacaine in rabbits	8
Editorial Board	8
Impact of acute nicotine exposure on monoaminergic systems in adolescent and adult male and female rats	8
Conditioned eye blink reflex in rabbits	8
Editorial Board	7
Monitoring of lamotrigine concentrations in five breastfed newborns	7
Editorial Board	7
Sensorimotor dysfunction due to developmental manganese exposure is less severe in adult female than male rats and partially improved by acute methylphenidate treatment	7
Impacts of climate change, and fossil fuel pollution on children’s health and brain development	7
Novel insights into choline and methyl donor nutrients: Mitigating inflammation during pregnancy	7
The effects of long-term methylphenidate administration and withdrawal on progressive ratio responding and T2 MRI in the male rhesus monkey	6
Cold stress during the perinatal period leads to developmental and neurobehavioral toxicity in zebrafish larvae	6
Editorial Board	6
Prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposures and the risk of cannabis use in offspring: Findings from a population-based cohort study	6
Tricresylphosphate isomers: A review of toxicity pathways	6
Editorial Board	6
Self-reported mental health outcomes in prenatally cocaine exposed adolescents at 17 years of age	6
Comparing impact of pesticide exposure on cognitive abilities of Latinx children from rural farmworker and urban non-farmworker families in North Carolina.	6
A new Teratology Information Service in Milan: The experience from the first nine months (Presented at the ENTIS business meeting)	6
Sources, occurrence and toxic effects of emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)	5
The impact of prenatal alcohol, synthetic cannabinoid and co-exposure on behavioral adaptations in adolescent offspring and alcohol self-administration in adulthood	5
Cannabinoids in hair and their prospective association with mental and physical health outcomes in adolescents	5
Tyrosinase inhibition prevents non-coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers-induced hyperactivity in developing zebrafish: Interaction between pigmentation and neurobehavi	5
Prenatal buprenorphine/naloxone exposure and neonatal neurobehavioral functioning: A preliminary report	5
Constellation of traits of disorders? Challenging our definition of autism as an adverse outcome	5
Exploring how pregnant people in recovery from opioid use disorder describe their child during pregnancy	5
Differences in withdrawal symptoms, microglia activity, and cognitive functioning in rats exposed to continuous low-dose heroin in-utero	5
Editorial Board	5
Manganese and related neurotoxic pathways: A potential therapeutic target in neurodegenerative diseases	4
Through a teratological lens: A narrative review of exposure to stress and drugs of abuse during pregnancy on neurodevelopment	4
Traffic-generated air pollution – Exposure mediated expression of factors associated with demyelination in a female apolipoprotein E−/− mouse model	4
Sevoflurane induced hippocampal neuron cell injury via the miR-132-5p/BDNF axis and further caused cognitive impairment in rats	4
Associations of prenatal maternal psychosocial stress and depression with neurodevelopmental outcomes in 7.5-month-old infants in the ECHO.CA.IL prospective birth cohorts	4
Metal exposure in Brazilian children of waste pickers from the largest open garbage dump in Latin America: Use of deciduous teeth as biomarker	4
Vitamin D macro dosing in pregnancy: A case report of D hypervitaminosis in pregnancy according to non-conventional Coimbra protocol and perinatal toxicity	4
An expert-driven literature review of “negative” chemicals for developmental neurotoxicity (DNT) in vitro assay evaluation	4

Long-term outcomes associated with neonatal abstinence syndrome	4
Critical windows of susceptibility for the effects of prenatal exposure to heat and heat variability on gestational growth	4
Role of the nucleoside-metabolizing enzymes on pain responses in zebrafish larvae	4
Antiepileptic drugs lamotrigine and valproate differentially affect neuronal maturation in the developing chick embryo, yet with PAX6 as a potential common mediator	4
Editorial Board	4
Hydrogen activated the Nrf2/HO pathway to alleviate the cognitive decline in PD Drosophila after long-term sevoflurane exposure	3
Neonatal sevoflurane exposure induces plasma biomarkers of inflammation in infant rhesus macaques	3
Cognitive and functional outcomes at age 21 after prenatal cocaine/polydrug exposure and foster/adoptive care	3
A neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome: Diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes	3
Risk of major congenital malformation following maternal use of oral fluconazole during the first trimester of pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Prenatal cocaine exposure, early cannabis use, and risky sexual behavior at age 25	3
Micro(nano)plastics in the brain: Epigenetic perturbations in progression to neurodegenerative diseases	3
Discontinuation of methylphenidate after long-term exposure in nonhuman primates	3
A novel preclinical model of environment-like combined benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) exposure: Behavioral and neurochemical findings	3
Retraction notice to “On the in vivo early toxic properties of Aβ25–35 peptide in the rat hippocampus: Involvement of the Receptor-for-Advanced Glycation-End-Products and changes in gene expression” [	3
Use of medication for gastroesophageal reflux during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes	3
Safety of Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy – The Finnish TIS experience	3
The U.S. PFAS exposure burden calculator for 2017–2018: Application to the HOME Study, with comparison of epidemiological findings from NHANES	3
Prenatal and current phthalate exposure and cognitive development in 7-year-old children from the Odense child cohort	3
Editorial Board	3
Associations of prenatal phthalate exposure with neurobehavioral outcomes in 4.5- and 7.5-month-old infants	3