OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Behavioural Pharmacology is 5. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The role of the gut microbiome in opioid use	38
‘Reinventing the wheel’ to advance the development of pain therapeutics	25
Cannabidiol disrupts conditioned fear expression and cannabidiolic acid reduces trauma-induced anxiety-related behaviour in mice	25
Peripherally acting opioid analgesics and peripherally-induced analgesia	24
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, exendin-4, reduces reinstatement of heroin-seeking behavior in rats	24
Neuroprotective effect of chronic administration of cannabidiol during the abstinence period on methamphetamine-induced impairment of recognition memory in the rats	23
Investigation of the anti-inflammatory effects of stigmasterol in mice: insight into its mechanism of action	22
The influence of the duration of chronic unpredictable mild stress on the behavioural responses of C57BL/6J mice	19
Translational models of cannabinoid vapor exposure in laboratory animals	18
Morus nigra leaves extract revokes the depressive-like behavior, oxidative stress, and hippocampal damage induced by corticosterone: a pivotal role of the phenolic syringic acid	15
A further assessment of a role for Toll-like receptor 4 in the reinforcing and reinstating effects of opioids	14
Oxycodone decreases anxiety-like behavior in the elevated plus-maze test in male and female rats	13
Early adolescent subchronic low-dose nicotine exposure increases subsequent cocaine and fentanyl self-administration in Sprague–Dawley rats	13
Repeated nicotine vapor inhalation induces behavioral sensitization in male and female C57BL/6 mice	12
The kappa-opioid receptor agonist, nalfurafine, blocks acquisition of oxycodone self-administration and oxycodone’s conditioned rewarding effects in male rats	11
Antinociception produced by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in female vs male rats	11
The antinociceptive mechanisms of melatonin: role of l-arginine/nitric oxide/cyclic GMP/KATP channel signaling pathway	10
TRPV1 blockers as potential new treatments for psychiatric disorders	10
Norepinephrine as a spatial memory reset signal	10
Baclofen and naltrexone, but not N-acetylcysteine, affect voluntary alcohol drinking in rats regardless of individual levels of alcohol intake	10
The antinociceptive effects of a dual kappa-delta opioid receptor agonist in the mouse formalin test	9
The selective 5-HT2A receptor agonist 25CN-NBOH does not affect reversal learning in mice	9
Discriminative stimulus effects of 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) and structurally related synthetic cathinones	9
The aroylhydrazone INHHQ prevents memory impairment induced by Alzheimer’s-linked amyloid-β oligomers in mice	9
Cannabinoid drugs against chemotherapy-induced adverse effects: focus on nausea/vomiting, peripheral neuropathy and chemofog in animal models	9

Combined nicotine and ethanol age-dependently alter neural and behavioral responses in male rats	9
Tetracyclines, a promise for neuropsychiatric disorders: from adjunctive therapy to the discovery of new targets for rational drug design in psychiatry	9
Acute glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist liraglutide prevents cue-, stress-, and drug-induced heroin-seeking in rats	8
Effects of 5-HT2A receptor agonist 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine on alcohol consumption in Long–Evans rats	8
Current rodent models for the study of empathic processes	8
Opioid system modulation of cognitive affective bias: implications for the treatment of mood disorders	8
Effects of naltrexone on alcohol, sucrose, and saccharin binge-like drinking in C57BL/6J mice: a study with a multiple bottle choice procedure	8
Kissorphin improves spatial memory and cognitive flexibility impairment induced by ethanol treatment in the Barnes maze task in rats	8
Antinociceptive effects of minor cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids in Cannabis	8
Deletion of mu opioid receptors reduces palatable solution intake in a mouse model of binge eating	8
TrkB agonist 7,8-dihydroxyflavone reverses an induced prepulse inhibition deficit selectively in maternal immune activation offspring: implications for schizophrenia	8
Altered sleep during spontaneous cannabinoid withdrawal in male mice	7
The orexin receptors in the ventral tegmental area are involved in the development of sensitization to expression of morphine-induced preference in rats	7
Pain and stress: functional evidence that supra-spinal mechanisms involved in pain-induced analgesia mediate stress-induced analgesia	7
Effects of the GluN2B antagonist, Ro 25-6981, on extinction consolidation following adolescent- or adult-onset methamphetamine self-administration in male and female rats	7
Combined effects of mephedrone and cocaine on locomotor activity and conditioned place preference in male Sprague–Dawley rats	7
D1- but not D2-like dopamine receptor antagonist in the CA1 region of the hippocampus reduced stress-induced reinstatement in extinguished morphine-conditioning place preference in the food-deprived r	7
Behavioral pharmacology of five novel synthetic cannabinoids	6
Naturalistic operant responses in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) and its response to outcome manipulation and serotonergic intervention	6
Positive effects of roflumilast on behavior, neuroinflammation, and white matter injury in mice with global cerebral ischemia	6
Neonatal exposure to genistein affects reproductive physiology and behavior in female and male Long-Evans rats	6
Reward-enhancing effects of d-amphetamine and its interactions with nicotine were greater in female rats and persisted across schedules of reinforcement	6
No antinociceptive synergy between morphine and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in male and female rats with persistent inflammatory pain	6
Evaluation of the antidepressive property of β-hydroxybutyrate in mice	6
Effects of N-acetylcysteine treatment on ethanol’s rewarding properties and dopaminergic alterations in mesocorticolimbic and nigrostriatal pathways	6
The role of glutamate receptors and their interactions with dopamine and other neurotransmitters in the development of tardive dyskinesia: preclinical and clinical results	6
The effects of subchronic agmatine on passive avoidance memory, anxiety-like behavior and hippocampal Akt/GSK-3β in mice	6
Roflumilast attenuates cognitive deficits in estrogen insufficient rats	6
Repeated ketamine administration induces recognition memory impairment together with morphological changes in neurons from ventromedial prefrontal cortex, dorsal striatum, and hippocampus	6
Escalating morphine dosage fails to elicit conditioned analgesia in a preclinical chronic neuropathic pain model	5
Significant association of nicotine reinforcement and cue reactivity: a translational study in humans and rats	5
Effects of treadmill exercise and sex hormones on learning, memory and hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in transient congenital hypothyroid rats	5
Effects of cannabidiol and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the elevated plus maze in mice	5
Effects of opioid/cannabinoid mixtures on impulsivity and memory in rhesus monkeys	5
Impact of order of fixed-ratio presentation on demand for self-administered remifentanil in male rats	5
Effects of oxycodone and diazepam alone and in combination on operant nociception	5
The endocannabinoid system and drug-associated contextual memories	5
Trait specific modulatory effects of caffeine exposure on compulsive-like behaviors in a spontaneous mouse model of obsessive-compulsive disorder	5
Astaxanthin engages the l-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP channel signaling pathway toward antinociceptive effects	5
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine-like discriminative stimulus effects of seven cathinones in rats	5
Effects of remifentanil/histamine mixtures in rats responding under a choice procedure	5