OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neuron is 89. 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
Appoptosin-Mediated Caspase Cleavage of Tau Contributes to Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Pathogenesis	1393
A look into the future: Your biological sex may guide chronic pain treatment	532
Molecular neuroscience community shares perspectives	425
Flexible recoding of visual input for memory storage	378
Passing the baton: Information transfer between neurons enables continuity of the decision process	341
Lawrence Baruch Cohen (1939–2023)	300
Hanna and Antonio Damasio	252
Driving valence-specific behavior through single-cell resolution control in the amygdala	251
A GPI-anchored Neurexin 3 proteoform mediates dendritic inhibition	249
Single genomic enhancers drive experience-dependent GABAergic plasticity to maintain sensory processing in the adult cortex	239
Novel approaches to clinical trial design in cancer neuroscience	228
Collaterals and stroke reperfusion: Too few leads to too much	227
Of pride and groom: The gains and limits of studying the neuroanatomy of rodent self-grooming in translational research	203
ILC2 instructs neural stem and progenitor cells to potentiate neurorepair after stroke	195
Making sense of Timothy syndrome with 3D human neuronal models	189
Hunger modulates exploration through suppression of dopamine signaling in the tail of the striatum	181
Molecular and circuit determinants in the globus pallidus mediating control of cocaine-induced behavioral plasticity	181
Spinal VGLUT3 lineage neurons drive visceral mechanical allodynia but not sensitized visceromotor reflexes	172
Microglia are not necessary for maintenance of blood-brain barrier properties in health, but PLX5622 alters brain endothelial cholesterol metabolism	171
ApoE4 makes microglia trem2bling	169
High-density single-unit human cortical recordings using the Neuropixels probe	163
Direction-selective laterodorsal thalamic nucleus encodes optic flow and turning in spatial navigation	158
An inhibitory brainstem input to dopamine neurons encodes nicotine aversion	155
Rev or restrain: Mechanisms of human-specific synaptic neoteny	152
Out of LINE: Transposons, genome integrity, and neurodegeneration	151

Mature enteric neurons have the capacity to reinnervate the intestine with glial cells as their guide	149
Feed or breed: Hypothalamic mechanisms linking energy availability to puberty onset	148
Thalamic bursting and the role of timing and synchrony in thalamocortical signaling in the awake mouse	148
The sodium-bicarbonate cotransporter Slc4a5 mediates feedback at the first synapse of vision	148
Shear stress activates nociceptors to drive Drosophila mechanical nociception	141
Putative cell-type-specific multiregional mode in posterior parietal cortex during coordinated visual behavior	133
Cryo-EM structures of pathogenic fibrils and their impact on neurodegenerative disease research	133
Rethinking retrosplenial cortex: Perspectives and predictions	131
The unbearable slowness of being: Why do we live at 10 bits/s?	130
Brain-region-specific changes in neurons and glia and dysregulation of dopamine signaling in Grin2a mutant mice	128
Deciphering enhancers of hearing loss genes for efficient and targeted gene therapy of hereditary deafness	127
Mono-methylation of lysine 27 at histone 3 confers lifelong susceptibility to stress	125
Brainstem circuits encoding start, speed, and duration of swimming in adult zebrafish	122
Cortical somatostatin interneuron subtypes form cell-type-specific circuits	120
TDP-43 seeding induces cytoplasmic aggregation heterogeneity and nuclear loss of function of TDP-43	120
Disruption of the ATXN1-CIC complex reveals the role of additional nuclear ATXN1 interactors in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1	118
A hypothalamic node for the cyclical control of female sexual rejection	118
A brainstem circuit amplifies aversion	117
Spatial navigation and memory: A review of the similarities and differences relevant to brain models and age	116
New mechanisms highlight the complex relationship of Apolipoprotein E and tau pathogenesis	113
Prefrontal cortex modulation of stress by primary cilia	113
Stem cell sidekicks: ILC2s boost brain healing with a dash of Areg	113
Orchestrating prefrontal cognitive control: The thalamus in command	113
Munc13-1 is a Ca2+-phospholipid-dependent vesicle priming hub that shapes synaptic short-term plasticity and enables sustained neurotransmission	110
APOE loss of function: A genetic shield against Alzheimer’s disease	110
Sequence variations and accessory proteins adapt TMC functions to distinct sensory modalities	109
Fibromyalgia pain may have a gut solution	107
Immunoregulator multitasking in neurons is not just a WHIM	107
Theory of hierarchically organized neuronal oscillator dynamics that mediate rodent rhythmic whisking	107
A parallel tonotopically arranged thalamocortical circuit for sound processing	106
Effects of α-Synuclein Immunization in a Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease	106
Mounting evidence suggests human adult neurogenesis is unlikely	106
Regionally mapped astrocytic responses to cortical and white matter stroke show differential roles in astrocyte-induced vascular remodeling	102
Value representations: Fast and slow	101
Forming new connections: Advances in human stem-cell-derived interneuron therapy for treating epilepsy	101
Compartment-specific dendritic information processing in striatal cholinergic interneurons is reconfigured by peptide neuromodulation	100
Targeting oxidative distress to treat chemobrain: Go with the choroid plexus-cerebrospinal fluid flow	100
Rostral and Caudal Ventral Tegmental Area GABAergic Inputs to Different Dorsal Raphe Neurons Participate in Opioid Dependence	100
An iterative neural processing sequence orchestrates feeding	99
Interoception: Probing internal state is inherent to perception and cognition	98
A matter of space and time: Emerging roles of disease-associated proteins in neural development	98
Mitochondrial cannabinoid receptors gate corticosterone impact on novel object recognition	98
The lateral septum returns to the center stage of brain reward	98
A novel reticular node in the brainstem synchronizes neonatal mouse crying with breathing	97
Sleep stages antagonistically modulate reactivation drift	97
Brain aging and rejuvenation at single-cell resolution	97
Threat-dependent scaling of prelimbic dynamics to enhance fear representation	97
Cardiovascular baroreflex circuit moonlights in sleep control	96
Synaptic priming: A framework for pharmacotherapy in depression	96
The indirect pathway of the basal ganglia promotes transient punishment but not motor suppression	95

Subcellular mRNA localization and local translation of Arhgap11a in radial glial progenitors regulates cortical development	94
Dynamin is primed at endocytic sites for ultrafast endocytosis	94
Absence of familiarity triggers hallmarks of autism in mouse model through aberrant tail-of-striatum and prelimbic cortex signaling	94
Conformational transitions and ligand-binding to a muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor	94
Responsive deep brain stimulation guided by ventral striatal electrophysiology of obsession durably ameliorates compulsion	94
The interpeduncular nucleus blunts the rewarding effect of nicotine	94
Cannabidiol modulates excitatory-inhibitory ratio to counter hippocampal hyperactivity	93
Antisense drugs for rare and ultra-rare genetic neurological diseases	93
Brain rhythms define distinct interaction networks with differential dependence on anatomy	92
Principles of large-scale neural interactions	91
Synapse-specific burst coding sustained by local axonal translation	91
A small population of stress-responsive neurons in the hypothalamus-habenula circuit mediates development of depression-like behavior in mice	90
Interaction of an α-synuclein epitope with HLA-DRB1∗15:01 triggers enteric features in mice reminiscent of prodromal Parkinson’s disease	90
Mechanisms of sex differences in Alzheimer’s disease	90
Reconstructing a new hippocampal engram for systems reconsolidation and remote memory updating	89
Circadian rhythms and mood disorders: Time to see the light	89