OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neuron is 85. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Molecular and circuit determinants in the globus pallidus mediating control of cocaine-induced behavioral plasticity	1044
Shear stress activates nociceptors to drive Drosophila mechanical nociception	452
Mortimer Mishkin (1926–2021): A life of science with humility and grace	359
Molecular neuroscience community shares perspectives	332
Functional specificity of afferent connections in visual thalamus	291
Delay tactics for action in the cortex	286
Time in the brain: Encoding does not mean perceiving	284
Flexible recoding of visual input for memory storage	252
Passing the baton: Information transfer between neurons enables continuity of the decision process	231
Of pride and groom: The gains and limits of studying the neuroanatomy of rodent self-grooming in translational research	220
Appoptosin-Mediated Caspase Cleavage of Tau Contributes to Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Pathogenesis	215
Putative cell-type-specific multiregional mode in posterior parietal cortex during coordinated visual behavior	210
Hanna and Antonio Damasio	206
Feed or breed: Hypothalamic mechanisms linking energy availability to puberty onset	200
Disruption of the ATXN1-CIC complex reveals the role of additional nuclear ATXN1 interactors in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1	194
Lawrence Baruch Cohen (1939–2023)	179
Making sense of Timothy syndrome with 3D human neuronal models	171
ApoE4 makes microglia trem2bling	169
A GPI-anchored Neurexin 3 proteoform mediates dendritic inhibition	168
Rev or restrain: Mechanisms of human-specific synaptic neoteny	167
A hypothalamic node for the cyclical control of female sexual rejection	164
A look into the future: Your biological sex may guide chronic pain treatment	158
Out of LINE: Transposons, genome integrity, and neurodegeneration	155
TDP-43 seeding induces cytoplasmic aggregation heterogeneity and nuclear loss of function of TDP-43	154
ILC2 instructs neural stem and progenitor cells to potentiate neurorepair after stroke	145

Mature enteric neurons have the capacity to reinnervate the intestine with glial cells as their guide	143
The unbearable slowness of being: Why do we live at 10 bits/s?	140
Cryo-EM structures of pathogenic fibrils and their impact on neurodegenerative disease research	139
A precise and adaptive neural mechanism for predictive temporal processing in the frontal cortex	135
Spinal VGLUT3 lineage neurons drive visceral mechanical allodynia but not sensitized visceromotor reflexes	135
Driving valence-specific behavior through single-cell resolution control in the amygdala	133
Single genomic enhancers drive experience-dependent GABAergic plasticity to maintain sensory processing in the adult cortex	133
A human colliculus-pulvinar-amygdala pathway encodes negative emotion	132
Spatial navigation and memory: A review of the similarities and differences relevant to brain models and age	131
The sodium-bicarbonate cotransporter Slc4a5 mediates feedback at the first synapse of vision	129
Cortical somatostatin interneuron subtypes form cell-type-specific circuits	128
An inhibitory brainstem input to dopamine neurons encodes nicotine aversion	127
Highly selective brain-to-gut communication via genetically defined vagus neurons	124
Deciphering enhancers of hearing loss genes for efficient and targeted gene therapy of hereditary deafness	124
Rapid suppression and sustained activation of distinct cortical regions for a delayed sensory-triggered motor response	124
A brainstem circuit amplifies aversion	118
A cortical circuit mechanism for structural knowledge-based flexible sensorimotor decision-making	116
Thalamic bursting and the role of timing and synchrony in thalamocortical signaling in the awake mouse	115
Brain-region-specific changes in neurons and glia and dysregulation of dopamine signaling in Grin2a mutant mice	111
High-density single-unit human cortical recordings using the Neuropixels probe	109
Enhancer viruses for combinatorial cell-subclass-specific labeling	109
Mono-methylation of lysine 27 at histone 3 confers lifelong susceptibility to stress	109
Microglia are not necessary for maintenance of blood-brain barrier properties in health, but PLX5622 alters brain endothelial cholesterol metabolism	109
Brainstem circuits encoding start, speed, and duration of swimming in adult zebrafish	108
Rethinking retrosplenial cortex: Perspectives and predictions	108
The population doctrine in cognitive neuroscience	107
Collaterals and stroke reperfusion: Too few leads to too much	104
New mechanisms highlight the complex relationship of Apolipoprotein E and tau pathogenesis	104
Brain aging and rejuvenation at single-cell resolution	103
Sequence variations and accessory proteins adapt TMC functions to distinct sensory modalities	103
A matter of space and time: Emerging roles of disease-associated proteins in neural development	103
Munc13-1 is a Ca2+-phospholipid-dependent vesicle priming hub that shapes synaptic short-term plasticity and enables sustained neurotransmission	103
Synapse-specific burst coding sustained by local axonal translation	102
Antisense drugs for rare and ultra-rare genetic neurological diseases	101
Absence of familiarity triggers hallmarks of autism in mouse model through aberrant tail-of-striatum and prelimbic cortex signaling	96
Prefrontal cortex modulation of stress by primary cilia	96
Cannabidiol modulates excitatory-inhibitory ratio to counter hippocampal hyperactivity	95
Sleep stages antagonistically modulate reactivation drift	94
APOE loss of function: A genetic shield against Alzheimer’s disease	94
Perception and memory in the medial temporal lobe: Deep learning offers a new lens on an old debate	94
Threat-dependent scaling of prelimbic dynamics to enhance fear representation	94
A parallel tonotopically arranged thalamocortical circuit for sound processing	93
Interaction of an α-synuclein epitope with HLA-DRB1∗15:01 triggers enteric features in mice reminiscent of prodromal Parkinson’s disease	93
Subcellular mRNA localization and local translation of Arhgap11a in radial glial progenitors regulates cortical development	93
Responsive deep brain stimulation guided by ventral striatal electrophysiology of obsession durably ameliorates compulsion	93
Interoception: Probing internal state is inherent to perception and cognition	93
Compartment-specific dendritic information processing in striatal cholinergic interneurons is reconfigured by peptide neuromodulation	90
Preformed Ω-profile closure and kiss-and-run mediate endocytosis and diverse endocytic modes in neuroendocrine chromaffin cells	90
Aligning one’s sights: The pulvinar provides context for visual information processing	90
Cardiovascular baroreflex circuit moonlights in sleep control	90

A novel reticular node in the brainstem synchronizes neonatal mouse crying with breathing	89
Targeting oxidative distress to treat chemobrain: Go with the choroid plexus-cerebrospinal fluid flow	89
Mounting evidence suggests human adult neurogenesis is unlikely	88
The lateral septum returns to the center stage of brain reward	88
Rostral and Caudal Ventral Tegmental Area GABAergic Inputs to Different Dorsal Raphe Neurons Participate in Opioid Dependence	87
Forming new connections: Advances in human stem-cell-derived interneuron therapy for treating epilepsy	87
Value representations: Fast and slow	86
Ripples for recall: The hippocampus constructing the context?	86
Memory suppressor genes: Modulating acquisition, consolidation, and forgetting	85
The indirect pathway of the basal ganglia promotes transient punishment but not motor suppression	85
Mitochondrial cannabinoid receptors gate corticosterone impact on novel object recognition	85