OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Neurobiology is 43. 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
Neuroprotective Effect of Vitamin D on Behavioral and Oxidative Parameters of Male and Female Adult Wistar Rats Exposed to Mancozeb (manganese/zinc ethylene bis-dithiocarbamate)	318
Potential Risks of Minoxidil in Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma: A Commentary on Safety Concerns and Mechanisms	182
Evaluation of the Protective Effects of Noscapine on Paraquat-Induced Parkinson's Disease in Rats	143
Elevated Acetylation of MFN2 is Accompanied by the Disruption of Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism and Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Depression	116
Dermorphin [D-Arg2, Lys4] (1–4) Amide Attenuates Burn Pain by Inhibiting TRPV1/NR2B Mediated Neuroinflammatory Signalling	94
Orphan Receptor GPRC5B Controls Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Affects Retinoic Acid-Mediated Behaviors	92
HDAC6 Inhibition Drives Synaptic Protein Acetylation and Enhances Long-Term Memory in Mice	92
Methylprednisolone Restores Cognitive Impairment in mdx Mice by Inhibiting NF-κB/CCL5-mediated Neuroinflammation	82
The 4E-BPs as Translational Regulators in Neurological Disorders: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential	78
Unravelling the Mechanism of N-Acetylcysteine in Alleviating Smoke-Induced Hypoxia-Driven Ocular Defects in Drosophila melanogaster	77
The Role of Ion-Transporting Proteins on Crosstalk Between the Skeletal Muscle and Central Nervous Systems Elicited by Physical Exercise	76
Pentoxifylline as Adjuvant Therapy in Patients with Generalized Epilepsy Treated with Phenytoin: A Randomized Controlled Study	74
Mechanisms and Clinical Significance of Endosomal Toll-Like Receptors in Neurological Diseases	73
Evaluating the Genetic Role of Circadian Clock Genes in Parkinson’s Disease	66
Genetic Manipulation in Organoid Models and Their Applications in Central Nervous System Pathologies	66
Impact of Microglia-Derived Extracellular Vesicles on Resident Central Nervous System Cell Populations After Acute Brain Injury Under Various External Stimuli Conditions	66
Oral Supplementation of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (n-3-PUFA) Can Prevent TBI-Induced Visual, Motor, and Emotional Deficits in Mice	63
Deletion of Small GTPase H-Ras Rescues Memory Deficits and Reduces Amyloid Plaque-Associated Dendritic Spine Loss in Transgenic Alzheimer’s Mice	61
Phenserine Mitigates Neuroinflammation, Apoptosis, and Behavioural Deficits to Enhance Motor Function and Recovery in a Mouse Model of Spinal Cord Injury	57
Topotecan Reduces Neuron Death after Spinal Cord Injury by Suppressing Caspase-1-Dependent Pyroptosis	56
Empagliflozin Dampens Doxorubicin-Induced Chemobrain in Rats: The Possible Involvement of Oxidative Stress and PI3K/Akt/mTOR/NF-κB/TNF-α Signaling Pathways	56
Impaired Synaptic Plasticity Mediated by Decreased GLUT1 in Hippocampal Astrocytes is Involved in Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Elderly Mice	56
Role of Neuronal Cholecystokinin Receptor: An Emerging Therapeutic Target for Ameliorating Neurological Diseases	54
Mechanisms of Alcohol Interference with Hippocampal Neurogenesis and its Repair Strategies	54
Upregulation of NLRP3 Inflammasome in Specific Hippocampal Regions: Strengthening the Link Between Neuroinflammation and Selective Vulnerability in Alzheimer’s Disease	53

Correction: Advanced Immunolabeling Method for Optical Volumetric Imaging Reveals Dystrophic Neurites of Dopaminergic Neurons in Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Brain	52
Environmental Deprivation Effects on Myelin Ultrastructure in Huntington Disease and Wildtype Mice	50
Identification of Potential Intervention Targets Involved in Prior Exercise that Attenuates Peripheral Neuropathic Pain by Integrating Transcriptome and Whole-genome Bisulfite Sequencing Analyses	50
Meta-analysis of the Selected Genetic Variants in Immune-Related Genes and Multiple Sclerosis Risk	49
The Vitamin D Receptor Ortholog Hr96 Modulates Neuronal and Mitochondrial Dynamics in a Drosophila Model of Alzheimer’s Disease	49
Activating MC4R Promotes Functional Recovery by Repressing Oxidative Stress-Mediated AIM2 Activation Post-spinal Cord Injury	48
Tau Protein Disrupts Mitochondrial Homeostasis in a Yeast Model: Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease	48
Komagataella pastoris KM71H Attenuates Cognitive Deficits and Depressive-Like Behavior by the TLR4/NF-κB Signaling Pathway in an Aβ1-40-Induced AD-Like Mouse Model	48
Glycomic Profiling Reveals Enhanced Sialylation and Plasma-Derived Fibrinogen Accumulation in the Parkinson’s Disease Cerebellum	48
Glucose may Contribute to Retrieval and Reconsolidation of Contextual Fear Memory Through Hippocampal Nr4a3 and Bdnf mRNA Expression and May Act Synergically with Adrenaline	47
Targeted Inhibition of Upregulated Sodium-Calcium Exchanger in Rat Inferior Colliculus Suppresses Alcohol Withdrawal Seizures	47
Ablated Sonic Hedgehog Signaling in the Dentate Gyrus of the Dorsal and Ventral Hippocampus Impairs Hippocampal-Dependent Memory Tasks and Emotion in a Rat Model of Depression	46
Correction: Metformin Improves the Impairment of Cognitive Function Caused by Total Abdominal Irradiation via the miR-34a-5p/BDNF/CREB Axis	45
Correction: Systematic Phenotyping and Molecular Analysis of the Woozy Mouse: A Preclinical Model of Cerebellar Ataxia	45
The Inflammation/NF-κB and BDNF/TrkB/CREB Pathways in the Cerebellum Are Implicated in the Changes in Spatial Working Memory After Both Morphine Dependence and Withdrawal in Rat	44
The Antioxidative, Anti-inflammatory and Anti-apoptotic Effects of Tetrapleura Tetraptera (Aidan) Ethanol Leaf Extract in the Brain of Wistar Rats Exposed to Aspartame	44
Transcription Factor TFAP2B Exerts Neuroprotective Effects Targeting BNIP3-Mediated Mitophagy in Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury	44
Par6 Enhances Glioma Invasion by Activating MEK/ERK Pathway Through a LIN28/let-7d Positive Feedback Loop	44
Exosomes in Amyloid Propagation—Roles in Neurodegeneration	43
Allocryptopine Attenuates Inflammatory Responses in Microglial Cells Via TLR4-Dependent NF-κB and p38 MAPK Pathways	43
SIRT6 Improves Hippocampal Neurogenesis Following Prolonged Sleep Deprivation Through Modulating Energy Metabolism in Developing rats	43
Non-invasive Biomarkers for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease: a New-Age Perspective	43