OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Neurobiology is 14. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Neural mechanisms of persistent aggression	250
Mosquitoes as a model for understanding the neural basis of natural behaviors	155
Toward a neuroscience of natural behavior	113
The microtubule cytoskeleton of radial glial progenitor cells	95
Neuronal migration and disorders – an update	86
Dopamine control of downstream motor centers	75
The gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) as a model for early primate brain evolution	75
Regulation of synaptic nanodomain by liquid–liquid phase separation: A novel mechanism of synaptic plasticity	70
Data-driven multiscale computational models of cortical and subcortical regions	68
Nonlinear slow-timescale mechanisms in synaptic plasticity	54
Neurobiological mechanisms underlying psychostimulant use	53
Extending neural systems for navigation to hunting behavior	52
The role of NMDA receptor and neuroligin rare variants in synaptic dysfunction underlying neurodevelopmental disorders	51
Structural LTP: Signal transduction, actin cytoskeleton reorganization, and membrane remodeling of dendritic spines	50
Role of the endoplasmic reticulum in synaptic transmission	50
How engram mediates learning, extinction, and relapse	50
Biophysical models of intrinsic homeostasis: Firing rates and beyond	46
Cortical interneuron specification and diversification in the era of big data	44
Molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia: Insights from human genetics	44
Avian pallial circuits and cognition: A comparison to mammals	43
Nanoscale organization of the pre-synapse: Tracking the neurotransmitter release machinery	43
Flexibility of memory for future-oriented cognition	42
Accelerated brain aging with opioid misuse and HIV: New insights on the role of glially derived pro-inflammation mediators and neuronal chloride homeostasis	42
Editorial overview: Evolution of brains and computation	42
A computational view of short-term plasticity and its implications for E-I balance	40

Mitochondrial control of sleep	40
Transcription factor encoding of neuron subtype: Strategies that specify arbor pattern	39
Central respiratory command and microglia: An early-life partnership	37
A goal pointer for a cognitive map in the orbitofrontal cortex	36
Energetically efficient learning in neuronal networks	36
Editorial Board	36
Network attractors and nonlinear dynamics of neural computation	35
Cellular and molecular basis of drug addiction: The role of neuronal ensembles in addiction	35
Editorial Board	34
The epigenome under pressure: On regulatory adaptation to chronic stress in the brain	34
Reshaping sensory representations by task-specific brain states: Toward cortical circuit mechanisms	34
Modeling human neuronal migration deficits in 3D	32
How astrocytic ATP shapes neuronal activity and brain circuits	32
Recent insights into the role of glia and oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease gained from Drosophila	32
Glia as antigen-presenting cells in the central nervous system	31
Modeling brain development and diseases with human cerebral organoids	30
Statistical neuroscience in the single trial limit	30
The two-body problem: Proprioception and motor control across the metamorphic divide	29
Non-REM and REM/paradoxical sleep dynamics across phylogeny	29
The brain's dark transcriptome: Sequencing RNA in distal compartments of neurons and glia	28
Physical associations of microglia and the vascular blood-brain barrier and their importance in development, health, and disease	28
Recent advances in molecular studies on cochlear development and regeneration	28
Postsynaptic signaling at glutamatergic synapses as therapeutic targets	28
Homeostatic plasticity and excitation-inhibition balance: The good, the bad, and the ugly	28
Transient oscillations as computations for cognition: Analysis, modeling and function	28
Surprise and novelty in the brain	27
Astrocyte-synapse interactions during brain development	27
A current view on Tau protein phosphorylation in Alzheimer's disease	27
Modulation of the dynamical state in cortical network models	27
Signaling in autism: Relevance to nutrients and sex	27
On the dynamic and even reversible nature of Leigh syndrome: Lessons from human imaging and mouse models	26
Neural mechanisms necessary for empathy-related phenomena across species	26
Parenting as a model for behavioural switches	26
A Goldilocks theory of cognitive control: Balancing precision and efficiency with low-dimensional control states	26
Linking active sensing and spatial learning in weakly electric fish	26
Imaging dendritic spines: molecular organization and signaling for plasticity	25
Next generation behavioral sequencing for advancing pain quantification	25
Learning, fast and slow	25
Reconciling neuronal representations of schema, abstract task structure, and categorization under cognitive maps in the entorhinal-hippocampal-frontal circuits	25
APOE signaling in neurodegenerative diseases: an integrative approach targeting APOE coding and noncoding variants for disease intervention	24
CAMK2; four genes, one syndrome? Delineation of genotype–phenotype correlations	24
Paying the brain's energy bill	24
Human reaching control in dynamic environments	24
Ethological computational psychiatry: Challenges and opportunities	23
Studying dominance and aggression requires ethologically relevant paradigms	23
The multifunctionality of the brainstem breathing control circuit	23
Midbrain KCC2 downregulation: Implications for stress-related and substance use behaviors	23
Emerging X-linked genes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders in females	23
A metabolic perspective to sleep genetics	23
Multiple layers of spatial regulation coordinate axonal cargo transport	22

Editorial Board	22
The avian olfactory system and hippocampus: Complementary roles in the olfactory and visual guidance of homing pigeon navigation	22
Breaking the neural code of a cnidarian: Learning principles of neuroscience from the “vulgar” Hydra	22
PIEZO2 ion channels in proprioception	21
Apolipoprotein E4 targets mitochondria and the mitochondria-associated membrane complex in neuropathology, including Alzheimer's disease	21
Context-dependent control of behavior in Drosophila	21
Body language signals for rodent social communication	21
Novel insights into Parkin-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction and neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease	21
New insights from small rhythmic circuits	20
Interpreting neural computations by examining intrinsic and embedding dimensionality of neural activity	20
One messenger shared by two systems: How cytokines directly modulate neurons	20
Multilevel visuomotor control of locomotion in Drosophila	20
Jellyfish for the study of nervous system evolution and function	20
From tadpole to adult frog locomotion	20
Editorial Board	19
Expressions of emotions across species	19
Neural implementations of Bayesian inference	19
Emerging GPCR targets for AUD: Insights from preclinical studies	19
Computation, wiring, and plasticity in synaptic clusters	19
Intracellular signaling mechanisms that shape postsynaptic GABAergic synapses	19
Stuck on you: Meninges cellular crosstalk in development	19
Recent advances in sleep genetics	19
Navigating through the ebbs and flows of language	18
Editorial Board	18
Immunobiology of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders	18
Information and the single cell	18
Editorial Board	18
Editorial overview: Molecular neuroscience	18
Connecting the dots in ethology: applying network theory to understand neural and animal collectives	18
Brains and speciation: Control of behavior	18
Neuroimmune dysfunction in frontotemporal dementia: Insights from progranulin and C9orf72 deficiency	18
Experience-dependent structural plasticity of pyramidal neurons in the developing sensory cortices	17
T cell surveillance of Toxoplasma gondii: Basic insights into how T cells operate in the central nervous system	17
From seconds to days: Neural plasticity viewed through a lipid lens	17
The neural basis of tactile texture perception	17
Cell type specificity for circuit output in the midbrain dopaminergic system	17
Immune signaling in sex-specific neural and behavioral development: Adolescent opportunity	17
Cell-type specification in the retina: Recent discoveries from transcriptomic approaches	16
Computational role of sleep in memory reorganization	16
Learning-dependent neuronal activity across the larval zebrafish brain	16
Visuomotor coordination and cognitive capacity in blindsight	16
Fast Hebbian plasticity and working memory	16
Circuits for self-motion estimation and walking control in Drosophila	16
The basal ganglia are a target for sensorimotor domains in posterior parietal, premotor, and motor cortex in primates	16
Design of mechanosensory feedback during undulatory locomotion to enhance speed and stability	16
Editorial overview: Developmental neuroscience	16
Low- and high-level coordination of orofacial motor actions	15
Dynamical self-organization and efficient representation of space by grid cells	15
Regulatory roles of mitochondria and metabolism in neurogenesis	15
Evolution of synapses and neurotransmitter systems: The divide-and-conquer model for early neural cell-type evolution	15
Gap junctions regulate the development of neural circuits in the neocortex	15
Neuronal replacement: Concepts, achievements, and call for caution	15
Neuroimmunology of healthy brain aging	15
Distinguishing subtypes of spinal locomotor neurons to inform circuit function and dysfunction	15
Environmental-temperature and internal-state dependent thermotaxis plasticity of nematodes	14
SARM1 signaling mechanisms in the injured nervous system	14
Distinct functions of ventral CA1 and dorsal CA2 in social memory	14
In vitro models of spinal motor circuit’s development in mammals: achievements and challenges	14
New insights into CNS development from multiomics approaches	14
Learning from inhibition: Functional roles of hippocampal CA1 inhibition in spatial learning and memory	14
Orienting our view of the superior colliculus: specializations and general functions	14
Proteomics-based synapse characterization: From proteins to circuits	14
Computational modeling of neuron–glia signaling interactions to unravel cellular and neural circuit functioning	14
Computational roles of intrinsic synaptic dynamics	14
The facets of olfactory learning	14
Making time and space for calcium control of neuron activity	14
Genetics in hereditary spastic paraplegias: Essential but not enough	14
From cell types to population dynamics: Making hippocampal manifolds physiologically interpretable	14
Molecular determinants of mechanosensation in the muscle spindle	14
Amphibian behavioral diversity offers insights into evolutionary neurobiology	14
Building population models for large-scale neural recordings: Opportunities and pitfalls	14
Right place, right time - Spatial guidance of neuronal morphogenesis by septin GTPases	14
Structural insights into gating mechanism and allosteric regulation of NMDA receptors	14