OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Behavioural Pharmacology is 4. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Investigation of the anti-inflammatory effects of stigmasterol in mice: insight into its mechanism of action	28
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, exendin-4, reduces reinstatement of heroin-seeking behavior in rats	26
Oxycodone decreases anxiety-like behavior in the elevated plus-maze test in male and female rats	16
Translational models of cannabinoid vapor exposure in laboratory animals	15
Effects of 5-HT2A receptor agonist 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine on alcohol consumption in Long–Evans rats	13
TrkB agonist 7,8-dihydroxyflavone reverses an induced prepulse inhibition deficit selectively in maternal immune activation offspring: implications for schizophrenia	13
Antinociceptive effects of minor cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids in Cannabis	12
Norepinephrine as a spatial memory reset signal	12
The selective 5-HT2A receptor agonist 25CN-NBOH does not affect reversal learning in mice	11
Antinociception produced by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in female vs male rats	11
Tetracyclines, a promise for neuropsychiatric disorders: from adjunctive therapy to the discovery of new targets for rational drug design in psychiatry	11
Combined nicotine and ethanol age-dependently alter neural and behavioral responses in male rats	10
Acute glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist liraglutide prevents cue-, stress-, and drug-induced heroin-seeking in rats	10
Baclofen and naltrexone, but not N-acetylcysteine, affect voluntary alcohol drinking in rats regardless of individual levels of alcohol intake	9
Cannabinoid drugs against chemotherapy-induced adverse effects: focus on nausea/vomiting, peripheral neuropathy and chemofog in animal models	9
No antinociceptive synergy between morphine and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in male and female rats with persistent inflammatory pain	9
Discriminative stimulus effects of 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) and structurally related synthetic cathinones	9
Ketamine as a pharmacological tool for the preclinical study of memory deficit in schizophrenia	9
Altered sleep during spontaneous cannabinoid withdrawal in male mice	8
The effects of subchronic agmatine on passive avoidance memory, anxiety-like behavior and hippocampal Akt/GSK-3β in mice	8
Buspirone, a 5-HT1A agonist attenuates social isolation-induced behavior deficits in rats: a comparative study with fluoxetine	8
Behavioral pharmacology of five novel synthetic cannabinoids	7
Cholinergic models of memory impairment in animals and man: scopolamine vs. biperiden	7
The modulatory role of dopamine receptors within the hippocampal cornu ammonis area 1 in stress-induced analgesia in an animal model of persistent inflammatory pain	7
Effects of remifentanil/histamine mixtures in rats responding under a choice procedure	6

Fenofibrate promotes neuroprotection in a model of rotenone-induced Parkinson’s disease	6
Astaxanthin engages the l-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP channel signaling pathway toward antinociceptive effects	6
Spontaneous alternation and stereotypical behaviour in deer mice: response to escitalopram and levetiracetam	6
Effects of N-acetylcysteine treatment on ethanol’s rewarding properties and dopaminergic alterations in mesocorticolimbic and nigrostriatal pathways	6
Modeling spontaneous opioid withdrawal in male and female outbred mice using traditional endpoints and hyperalgesia	6
Antidepressant-like effects of dezocine in mice: involvement of 5-HT1A and κ opioid receptors	6
The endocannabinoid system and drug-associated contextual memories	6
Evidence for spontaneous cannabinoid withdrawal in mice	6
Reward-enhancing effects of d-amphetamine and its interactions with nicotine were greater in female rats and persisted across schedules of reinforcement	6
Positive effects of roflumilast on behavior, neuroinflammation, and white matter injury in mice with global cerebral ischemia	6
Significant association of nicotine reinforcement and cue reactivity: a translational study in humans and rats	5
Prenatal exposure to valproic acid and treatment with intranasal oxytocin have sex-specific effects on behavior in Long Evans rats	5
Relapse to cotinine seeking in rats: differential effects of sex	5
Effects of cannabidiol and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the elevated plus maze in mice	5
Escalating morphine dosage fails to elicit conditioned analgesia in a preclinical chronic neuropathic pain model	5
Granisetron, a selective 5-HT3 antagonist, reduces L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine-induced abnormal involuntary movements in the 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rat	5
Subanesthetic ketamine with an AMPAkine attenuates motor impulsivity in rats	5
Pharmacological evaluation of NO/cGMP/KATP channels pathway in the antidepressant-like effect of carbamazepine in mice	5
Amelioration of cognition impairments in the valproic acid-induced animal model of autism by ciproxifan, a histamine H3-receptor antagonist	5
Methamphetamine-induced locomotor sensitization in mice is not associated with deficits in a range of cognitive, affective and social behaviours: interaction with brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val	5
Pinocembrin ameliorates depressive-like behaviors by regulating P2X7/TRL4 receptors expression in mouse hippocampus	5
The anti-nociceptive activity of naringenin passes through L-arginine/NO/cGMP/KATP channel pathway and opioid receptors	5
Prenatal exposure to fluoxetine modulates emotionality and aversive memory in male and female rat offspring	5
The interactive effects of verapamil and CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonist/inverse agonist, AM251 on passive avoidance learning and memory in rat	5
Some effects of putative G-protein biased mu-opioid receptor agonists in male rhesus monkeys	4
Orexin-2 receptor antagonism in the cornu ammonis 1 region of hippocampus prevented the antinociceptive responses induced by chemical stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus in the animal model of per	4
Sodium butyrate enhances fear extinction and rescues hippocampal acetylcholinesterase activity in a rat model of posttraumatic stress disorder	4
Blockade of α1 subtype GABAA receptors attenuates the development of tolerance to the antinociceptive effects of midazolam in rats	4
Involvement of GABAA receptors of lateral habenula in the acquisition and expression phases of morphine-induced place preference in male rats	4
Valproate selectively suppresses adolescent anabolic/androgenic steroid-induced aggressive behavior: implications for a role of hypothalamic γ-aminobutyric acid neural signaling	4
Use of drug purchase tasks in medications development research: orexin system regulation of cocaine and drug demand	4
Development of a nicotine aerosol self-administration model in rats and the effects of e-liquid flavors	4
Gait analysis as a robust pain behavioural endpoint in the chronic phase of the monoiodoacetate-induced knee joint pain in the rat	4
Nicotinic aspects of the discriminative stimulus effects of arecoline	4
Fenofibrate ameliorates olanzapine’s side effects without altering its central effect: emphasis on FGF-21–adiponectin axis	4
Dual effects of anandamide in the antiepileptic activity of diazepam in pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in mice	4
Opposite genotype-specific effects of serotoninergic treatments on Pavlovian Conditioned Approach in mice of two inbred strains C57 BL/6J and DBA/2J	4