OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Autonomic Neuroscience-Basic & Clinical is 2. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Hypertonic saline solution evokes cardiovascular recovery in hemorrhagic rats dependent on GABA A and β-adrenergic transmission in the subfornical organ	121
How to approach baseline imbalance in cross-randomised studies?	52
Autonomic nerve activity and cardiovascular changes during discrete seizures in rats	36
Anatomical characterization of vagal nodose afferent innervation and ending morphologies at the murine heart using a transgenic approach	36
The effects of rhythmic handgrip exercise on muscle sympathetic nerve activity: A systematic review and meta-analysis	32
Voluntary wheel running as a promising strategy to promote autonomic resilience to social stress in females: Vagal tone lies at the heart of the matter	29
Dissecting the exercise pressor reflex in heart failure: A multi-step failure	28
Associations between cardiac autonomic function and cognition across the adult female lifespan	28
Exploring metrics for the characterization of the cerebral autoregulation during head-up tilt and propofol general anesthesia	26
Asymmetric neuroplasticity in stellate ganglia: Unveiling side-specific adaptations to aerobic exercise	25
The potential of taVNS in attenuating blood-brain barrier damage, promoting angiogenesis and improving impaired cognitive function in a rat model of vascular cognitive impairment and dementia by activ	25
Innate and adaptive immune system consequences of post-traumatic stress disorder	24
The influence of sleep on autonomic nervous system regulation in women across the lifespan	21
Editorial Board	18
Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension and afferent baroreflex failure secondary to brainstem lesions	18
Functional knock out of Acid Sensing Ion Channel 3 prevents the exaggerated exercise pressor reflex in rats exercising on a treadmill	17
Exploring the interplay between mechanisms of neuroplasticity and cardiovascular health in aging adults: A multiple linear regression analysis study	17
Wearable ANS monitoring in real life: A critical review of context-sensitive interpretation and implications for psychophysiology	17
Examination of the periaqueductal gray as a site for controlling arterial pressure in the conscious spontaneously hypertensive rat	15
Investigating the possible mechanisms of autonomic dysfunction post-COVID-19	15
Targeted stimulation of the vagus nerve reduces renal injury in female mice with systemic lupus erythematosus	15
Cerebral blood flow response to cardiorespiratory oscillations in healthy humans	15
Spontaneous HRV fluctuations are linked to functional changes in resting state brain activation in younger and older adults	14
Editorial Board	12
Spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity is attenuated in male UCD-type 2 diabetes mellitus rats: A link between metabolic and autonomic dysfunction	12

Autonomic and sensory dysfunction in hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: How do small fibers contribute?	12
Editorial Board	12
Anatomical reappraisal of the relationship between vagal preganglionic motor neurons and the spleen in the male mouse	12
CSF LRRK2: A biomarker for slower autonomic dysfunction progression in sporadic Parkinson's disease	11
Advances in the study of Parkinson's disease-related salivation and associated mechanisms	11
Autonomic control of blood pressure in women: The roles of hypertension and aging	10
Sex-related differences in temperature regulation during heat stress from childhood to older age	10
Cardiovascular effects of early maternal separation and escitalopram treatment in rats with depressive-like behaviour	10
Stress, hypoglycemia, and the autonomic nervous system	10
Cardiac Vagal Nerve Activity During Exercise: New insights and future directions	9
Editorial Board	9
Exaggerated blood pressure elevation in response to orthostatic challenge, a post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) after hospitalization	9
Piezo1, but not ATP, is required for mechanotransduction by bladder mucosal afferents in cystitis	9
Diencephalic and brainstem circuit mechanisms underlying autonomic cardiovascular adjustments to exercise: Recent insights from rodent studies	9
Novel role for purinergic 2× subtype 4 (P2X4) receptors in the exercise pressor reflex and mechanoreflex: Effect of heart failure	8
The orthostatic tolerance of service personnel of the Household Division of the British Army	8
Autonomic function testing in long-COVID syndrome patients with orthostatic intolerance	8
Ex vivo calcium imaging of sympathetic neurons in intact mouse stellate ganglia	8
Phenotyping autonomic neuropathy using principal component analysis	8
Correlation between heart rate variability and cerebral autoregulation in septic patients	8
Inter-individual variability in muscle sympathetic nerve activity at rest and during exercise: Disconnection with blood pressure	8
Age and orthostatic hypotension are associated with baroreflex sensitivity and cerebral oxygenation after postural change	8
Selective sympathetic action on heart rate variability after ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion block	8
Antioxidant tempol reverses autonomic dysregulation and neurogenic hypertension in acid-sensing ion channel 2 deficient mice	8
Mechanosensitive channels in the mechanical component of the exercise pressor reflex	7
Optogenetic modulation of cardiac autonomic nervous system	7
Mechanistic involvement of noradrenergic neuronal neurotransmitter release in cutaneous vasoconstriction during autonomic dysreflexia in persons with spinal cord injury	7
Assessment of cardiovascular functioning following sport-related concussion: A physiological perspective	7
Age-related decrease in heat pain tolerance is associated with a simultaneous decline in C-fiber functionality and local cutaneous vasodilation	7
Autonomic dysfunction in polycystic ovary syndrome	6
Inflammation of some visceral sensory systems and autonomic dysfunction in cardiovascular disease	6
Sympathetic transduction to blood pressure following three days in hypobaric hypoxia: Influence of nocturnal periodic breathing	6
The role of the autonomic nervous system in cerebral blood flow regulation in dementia: A review	6
Prognosis value of pupillometry in COVID-19 patients admitted in intensive care unit	6
Aging impairs urethral function in male rats: Increased outlet resistance and oxidative stress	6
The clinical utility of the Breathing Pattern Assessment Tool (BPAT) to identify dysfunctional breathing (DB) in individuals living with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)	6
Gamma secretase activity modulates BMP-7-induced dendritic growth in primary rat sympathetic neurons	6
Limb-specific muscle sympathetic nerve activity responses to the cold pressor test	6
Role of beta-adrenergic modulation of action potential duration in arrhythmogenesis in Long QT Syndrome Type 1 & 2	6
The role of the autonomic nervous system in cerebral blood flow regulation in stroke: A review	6
Anticipating noxious stimulation rather than afferent nociceptive input may evoke pupil asymmetry	6
Exploring quality of life in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: A conceptual analysis	6
Specific heart rate variability features in four ethnic groups of young adults residing in the United States: Association with socioeconomic status	6
Editorial Board	5
Patient-reported perspectives of a temporal relationship between autonomic dysfunction and mental health symptoms in a pediatric population	5
Respiratory and heart rate dynamics during peripheral chemoreceptor deactivation compared to targeted sympathetic and sympathetic/parasympathetic (co-)activation	5
Is cardiovascular disease risk in transgender, gender-diverse, and non-binary adults associated with autonomic imbalance?	5
Neural mechanisms of respiratory interoception	5
Sacral nerve electrical stimulation (SNES) ameliorates bladder dysfunction and detrusor fibrosis in early-stage spinal cord injury: A randomized controlled experimental study in rats	5
Heart rate variability as a marker and predictor of inflammation, nosocomial infection, and sepsis – A systematic review	5

Monotherapy with tolterodine or mirabegron is insufficient for ameliorating cyclophosphamide-induced bladder overactivity in rats	5
Mechanisms underpinning peripheral chemoreceptor modulation of hypertension	5
Intrinsic versus extrinsic contribution to intraindividual sweat rate variability of individual eccrine glands	5
Sympathetic reactivity to emotional stress in women with major depressive disorder	5
Editorial Board	5
Characterisation of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS): Findings from a physician chart-audit pre- and post-COVID-19	5
Editorial Board	4
Editorial Board	4
Situational triggers of urinary urgency episodes in Parkinson's disease	4
Action potential identification in rodent sympathetic nerve recordings using a wavelet-based approach	4
Transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation during lower body negative pressure	4
Renal nerve afferents drive preferential renal sympathoexcitation in response to acute renal ischemia/reperfusion in rats	4
The relationship between mental health disorders and LUTS	4
Colonic mucosal TRPA1 expression profiles in irritable bowel syndrome and its correlation to symptom severity: An exploratory study	4
Carotid body interoception in health and disease	4
Pooled rates and demographics of POTS following SARS-CoV-2 infection versus COVID-19 vaccination: Systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Small fiber neuropathy in children, adolescents, and young adults with chronic orthostatic intolerance and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: A retrospective study	4
Validation of symptom measures in patients under investigation for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS): The Orthostatic Grading Scale (OGS) and the Symptom Screen for Small-fiber Polyneur	4
Hepatic interoception in health and disease	4
Sympathetic nervous system control across the menstrual cycle	4
Neuroimmune interplay in kidney health and disease: Role of renal nerves	4
Integrated signalling networks in the healthy lower urinary tract: A narrative review	4
Role of circadian rhythms and melatonin in bladder function in health and diseases	4
Self-reported symptom burden in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS): A narrative review of observational and interventional studies	4
Relationship between very low frequency heart rate variability and interleukin-6 levels in healthy young individuals	4
How does head position induced intracranial pressure changes impact sympathetic activity and cerebral blood flow?	3
Adrenal gland response to adrenocorticotropic hormone is intact in patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome	3
Sympathetic and vagal interaction in the control of cardiac pacemaker rhythm in the guinea-pig heart: Importance of expressing heart rhythm using an appropriate metric	3
Elevating blood pressure in neurogenic orthostatic hypotension: Investigating the efficacy and tolerability of rebreathing therapy	3
Microneedle-assisted iontophoretic transdermal administration of adrenergic antagonists does not modulate palmar sweating induced by static exercise in healthy young adults	3
Editorial Board	3
Inspiratory muscle training enhances cardiac autonomic response to orthostatic stress in patients with Parkinson's disease: a preliminary study	3
Quantitative serum proteomic analysis for biomarker discovery in post-COVID-19 postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (PC-POTS) patients	3
Women, orthostatic tolerance, and POTS: a narrative review	3
Understanding neurogenic urogenital dysfunction and the clinical application of the EAN/EFAS/INUS NEUROGED guidelines	3
Co-occurrence of Loeys-Dietz syndrome with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: A case series	3
Cerebrovascular regulation in patients with vasovagal syncope and autonomic failure due to familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy	3
Editorial Board	3
Interoception in Parkinson's disease: A narrative review and framework for translational research	3
Blunted pressor response to peripheral sensory afferent nerve stimulation in intracerebroventricular-streptozotocin injected rats	3
Reduction of long COVID symptoms after stellate ganglion block: A retrospective chart review study	3
The effects of isometric handgrip and post-exercise circulatory occlusion on muscle sympathetic nerve activity: A systematic review and meta-analysis	3
A single dose of nicotine modulates heart rate variability in rats with induced-ulcerative colitis	3
Reduced resting beat-to-beat blood pressure variability in patients with Parkinson's disease	3
Stress and the autonomic nervous system	3
Effects of oral administration of ondansetron, a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, on anxiety-related behaviors and colonic hypercontractility in repeated stress-induced mice	3
Dysautonomia and related outcomes in Guillain-Barre syndrome	3
Sympathetic innervation of the temporomandibular joint modulates local hyperalgesia and IL-6 levels in zymosan-induced inflammatory pain	2
To tilt or not? Role of the active stand test in the evaluation of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)	2
Hypothalamic excitatory input to AT1AR and TH expressing neurons of the nucleus of the solitary tract in mice	2
Editorial Board	2
Clinical features of paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity in brain tumor: a retrospective case series study and literature review	2
Autonomic phenotyping, brain blood flow control, and cognitive-motor-integration in Long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A pilot study	2
Direct vagal input to the gastrointestinal tract and other viscera: Re-definition of autonomic neuroscience or experimental artifacts?	2
Functional characterization and classification of enteric neurons, and regional differences in neural control of digestive functions	2
Vagus nerve stimulation alleviates cardiac dysfunction and inflammatory markers during heart failure in rats	2
Exploring mechanisms of blood pressure regulation in response to device-guided and non-device-guided slow breathing: A mini review	2
From lab to life: Wearables, real-world data, and the future of autonomic research	2
Acute hypernatremia increases functional connectivity of NaCl sensing regions in the human brain: An fMRI pilot study	2
Stellate ganglion blockade for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Editorial Board	2
Neuroendocrine, behavioral, cardiovascular and autonomic responses to acute and repeated restraint stress in male rats	2
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The multiple roles of dopamine receptor activation in the modulation of gastrointestinal motility and mucosal function	2
Sympathetic remodeling and altered angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 localization occur in patients with cardiac disease but are not exacerbated by severe COVID-19	2
Orthostatic cardiovascular responses to postural sway and discreet counterpressure maneuvers	2
Neurogastroenterology: Current insights into gastrointestinal innervation in health and disease	2
Supportive self-management in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS): A systematic review	2
The role of cardiopulmonary baroreflex on sympathetic vasomotor outflow and blood pressure regulation during dynamic exercise	2
Acute hyperoxia elicits decreases in muscle sympathetic nerve activity and action potential activation in a sex-dependent manner	2
Localization of sensory nerve terminals containing calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) on striated muscle fibers in the rat esophagus: Evidence for triple innervation via motor endplates	2
Sex differences in heart rate and heart rate variability responses to transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation in rats	2
Neural networks involved in nausea in adult humans: A systematic review	2
The use and effectiveness of exercise for managing postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome in young adults with joint hypermobility and related conditions: A scoping review	2
Varicella-zoster virus infection and autonomic dysfunction	2