OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Neurobiology is 18. 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
Editorial Board	288
A metabolic perspective to sleep genetics	182
Nonlinear slow-timescale mechanisms in synaptic plasticity	125
Midbrain KCC2 downregulation: Implications for stress-related and substance use behaviors	120
Biophysical models of intrinsic homeostasis: Firing rates and beyond	115
Statistical neuroscience in the single trial limit	100
Ethological computational psychiatry: Challenges and opportunities	93
Accelerated brain aging with opioid misuse and HIV: New insights on the role of glially derived pro-inflammation mediators and neuronal chloride homeostasis	86
The role of NMDA receptor and neuroligin rare variants in synaptic dysfunction underlying neurodevelopmental disorders	73
Avian pallial circuits and cognition: A comparison to mammals	69
Reconciling neuronal representations of schema, abstract task structure, and categorization under cognitive maps in the entorhinal-hippocampal-frontal circuits	69
Transient oscillations as computations for cognition: Analysis, modeling and function	62
Surprise and novelty in the brain	61
Toward a neuroscience of natural behavior	60
Signaling in autism: Relevance to nutrients and sex	59
Cell type specificity for circuit output in the midbrain dopaminergic system	59
Editorial overview: Molecular neuroscience	58
The basal ganglia are a target for sensorimotor domains in posterior parietal, premotor, and motor cortex in primates	56
Visuomotor coordination and cognitive capacity in blindsight	55
T cell surveillance of Toxoplasma gondii: Basic insights into how T cells operate in the central nervous system	53
Dynamic skin behaviors in cephalopods	51
The neural basis of tactile texture perception	51
Regulatory roles of mitochondria and metabolism in neurogenesis	48
Fast Hebbian plasticity and working memory	47
Proteomics-based synapse characterization: From proteins to circuits	45

Body language signals for rodent social communication	44
Distinct functions of ventral CA1 and dorsal CA2 in social memory	44
Mechanisms of NMDA receptor regulation	43
From seconds to days: Neural plasticity viewed through a lipid lens	43
Release your inhibitions: The cell biology of GABAergic postsynaptic plasticity	39
Dynamic interplay between GABAergic networks and developing neurons in the adult hippocampus	38
The zona incerta in control of novelty seeking and investigation across species	38
The superior colliculus: New insights into an evolutionarily ancient structure	37
Oligodendrocyte-derived transcellular signaling regulates axonal energy metabolism	37
Store-operated Ca2+ entry regulates neuronal gene expression and function	36
“Arc – A viral vector of memory and synaptic plasticity”	36
A neuroethological view of the multifaceted sensory influences on birdsong	36
Molecular basis of somatosensation in insects	36
Modulation of hippocampal plasticity in learning and memory	34
Translational opportunities for circuit-based social neuroscience: advancing 21st century psychiatry	33
On the targeting of voltage-gated calcium channels to neurotransmitter release sites	33
Locomotor efference copy signaling and gaze control: An evolutionary perspective	32
Putting the axonal periodic scaffold in order	32
Dissecting neural mechanisms of prosocial behaviors	32
Secretases in Alzheimer's disease: Novel insights into proteolysis of APP and TREM2	31
Arkypallidal neurons in basal ganglia circuits: Unveiling novel pallidostriatal loops?	31
Autophagy in axonal and presynaptic development	31
Current and emerging methods for probing neuropeptide transmission	31
Ecological decision-making: From circuit elements to emerging principles	31
Cajal-retzius cells: Recent advances in identity and function	31
Local regulation of striatal dopamine: A diversity of circuit mechanisms for a diversity of behavioral functions?	31
Publisher’s Note	30
The social network: Neural control of sex differences in reproductive behaviors, motivation, and response to social isolation	30
Cell biology of Parkinson's disease: Mechanisms of synaptic, lysosomal, and mitochondrial dysfunction	30
Genetic advances and translational phenotypes in rodent models for Tourette disorder	29
Presynaptic and postsynaptic long-term plasticity in sleep homeostasis	29
Phase separation in the multi-compartment organization of synapses	29
“Neural correlates of social signaling in rodents: An acoustic perspective”	29
Novel therapeutics in development for the treatment of stimulant-use disorder	29
Understanding collective behavior through neurobiology	28
Targeting B cell dysregulation with emerging therapies in autoimmune demyelinating disorders	28
Affective empathy and prosocial behavior in rodents	27
Spinal sensory innervation of the intestine	27
Representational drift: Emerging theories for continual learning and experimental future directions	27
Redefining stroke rehabilitation: Mobilizing the embodied goal-oriented brain	26
Editorial Board	26
Roles of ANK2/ankyrin-B in neurodevelopmental disorders: Isoform functions and implications for autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy	26
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of human cortical connectivity	26
CaMKII mechanisms that promote pathological LTP impairments	26
Punctuated evolution of visual cortical circuits? Evidence from the large rodent Dasyprocta leporina, and the tiny primate Microcebus murinus	26
Polyglutamine diseases	25
Towards biologically constrained attractor models of schizophrenia	25
Dynamic functional connectivity in the static connectome of Caenorhabditis elegans	25
Dopamine control of downstream motor centers	24
The microtubule cytoskeleton of radial glial progenitor cells	24

On the dynamic and even reversible nature of Leigh syndrome: Lessons from human imaging and mouse models	24
How astrocytic ATP shapes neuronal activity and brain circuits	24
Neurobiological mechanisms underlying psychostimulant use	24
Transcriptomic evidence for dense peptidergic networks within forebrains of four widely divergent tetrapods	24
A Goldilocks theory of cognitive control: Balancing precision and efficiency with low-dimensional control states	24
Postsynaptic signaling at glutamatergic synapses as therapeutic targets	24
Editorial overview: Evolution of brains and computation	24
Jellyfish for the study of nervous system evolution and function	23
Genetics in hereditary spastic paraplegias: Essential but not enough	23
Human reaching control in dynamic environments	23
Molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia: Insights from human genetics	23
Next generation behavioral sequencing for advancing pain quantification	23
Immunobiology of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders	23
Design of mechanosensory feedback during undulatory locomotion to enhance speed and stability	22
Computation, wiring, and plasticity in synaptic clusters	22
Brains and speciation: Control of behavior	22
Computational role of sleep in memory reorganization	21
Structural insights into gating mechanism and allosteric regulation of NMDA receptors	21
Evolution of synapses and neurotransmitter systems: The divide-and-conquer model for early neural cell-type evolution	21
Connecting the dots in ethology: applying network theory to understand neural and animal collectives	21
Expressions of emotions across species	20
PTEN-induced kinase 1 (PINK1) and Parkin: Unlocking a mitochondrial quality control pathway linked to Parkinson's disease	20
Learning in the time of COVID: insights from the zebra finch – a social vocal-learner	20
Circuits for self-motion estimation and walking control in Drosophila	20
The power of human stem cell-based systems in the study of neurodevelopmental disorders	20
Stable continual learning through structured multiscale plasticity manifolds	20
Multilevel visuomotor control of locomotion in Drosophila	20
Signatures of task learning in neural representations	20
Mechanical transmission at spine synapses: Short-term potentiation and working memory	19
Editorial Board	19
Toward the explainability, transparency, and universality of machine learning for behavioral classification in neuroscience	19
Leaving flatland: Advances in 3D behavioral measurement	19
The influence of ovarian hormones on the putative mechanisms that promote female nicotine use	19
Neuroinflammation and COVID-19	19
Querying hippocampal replay with subcortical inputs	19
New insights and therapeutic opportunities for progranulin-deficient frontotemporal dementia	18
Mitochondrial regulation of local supply of energy in neurons	18
Spike timing-dependent plasticity and memory	18
RAN proteins in neurodegenerative disease: Repeating themes and unifying therapeutic strategies	18
Evolution of sensory systems	18
Editorial Board	18
Publisher’s Note	18
Lessons from helping behavior in rats	18
Principles of neural stem cell lineage progression: Insights from developing cerebral cortex	18