OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Genes Brain and Behavior is 1. 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
Reconsidering animal models used to study autism spectrum disorder: Current state and optimizing future	67
Manifestations of domination: Assessments of social dominance in rodents	32
Visuo‐spatial learning and memory impairments in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease: Effects of age, sex, albinism, and motor impairments	25
Orexin deficiency modulates cognitive flexibility in a sex‐dependent manner	23
New frontiers in translational research: Touchscreens, open science, and the mouse translational research accelerator platform	21
The heritability of insomnia: A meta‐analysis of twin studies	19
Generation and basic characterization of a gene‐trap knockout mouse model of Scn2a with a substantial reduction of voltage‐gated sodium channel Na_v1.2 expression	18
From fruitless to sex: On the generation and diversification of an innate behavior	18
Reciprocal processes of sensory perception and social bonding: an integrated social‐sensory framework of social behavior	17
Sex‐dependent effects of anHnrnph1mutation on fentanyl addiction‐relevant behaviors but not antinociception in mice	16
Heritable variation in locomotion, reward sensitivity and impulsive behaviors in a genetically diverse inbred mouse panel	16
Sex differences in the reward value of familiar mates in prairie voles	14
Polygenic risk scores for alcohol involvement relate to brain structure in substance‐naïve children: Results from the ABCD study	14
BDNF VAL66MET polymorphism and memory decline across the spectrum of Alzheimer's disease	14
Spatial reference learning deficits in absence of dysfunctional working memory in the TgF344‐AD rat model of Alzheimer's disease	14
Mice with an autism‐associated R451C mutation in neuroligin‐3 show a cautious but accurate response style in touchscreen attention tasks	14
Safety and efficacy of genetic MECP2 supplementation in the R294X mouse model of Rett syndrome	13
Integration of evidence across human and model organism studies: A meeting report	13
Hidden talents: Poly (I:C)‐induced maternal immune activation improves mouse visual discrimination performance and reversal learning in a sex‐dependent manner	13
The role of SIRT1 in the basolateral amygdala in depression‐like behaviors in mice	13
Learning and reaction times in mouse touchscreen tests are differentially impacted by mutations in genes encoding postsynaptic interacting proteins SYNGAP1, NLGN3, DLGAP1	13
Deficiency of the paternally inherited gene Magel2 alters the development of separation‐induced vocalization and maternal behavior in mice	12
Correlation between octopaminergic signalling and foraging task specialisation in honeybees	12
Binge‐like ethanol drinking activates anaplastic lymphoma kinase signaling and increases the expression of STAT3 target genes in the mouse hippocampus and prefrontal cortex	11
Forager age and foraging state, but not cumulative foraging activity, affect biogenic amine receptor gene expression in the honeybee mushroom bodies	11

Impaired working memory, cognitive flexibility and reward processing in mice genetically lacking Gpr88: Evidence for a key role for Gpr88 in multiple cortico‐striatal‐thalamic circuits	11
Correlation between intestinal microbiotal imbalance and 5‐HT metabolism, immune inflammation in chronic unpredictable mild stress male rats	11
Crucial involvement of catecholamine neurotransmission in postoperative nausea and vomiting: Whole‐transcriptome profiling in the rat nucleus of the solitary tract	10
Emergent intra‐pair sex differences and organized behavior in pair bonded prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)	10
Ultrasonic vocalizations in laboratory mice: strain, age, and sex differences	10
Experience of a hierarchical relationship between a pair of mice specifically influences their affective empathy toward each other	10
The role of food odor in invertebrate foraging	10
Social behavior in 16p11.2 and 22q11.2 copy number variations: Insights from mice and humans	10
Sex and heredity are determinants of drug intake in a novel model of rat oral oxycodone self‐administration	9
The collaborative study on the genetics of alcoholism: Genetics	9
Reelin deficiency exacerbates cocaine‐induced hyperlocomotion by enhancing neuronal activity in the dorsomedial striatum	9
The Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism: Overview	9
Genetic and environmental influences on quality of life: The COVID‐19 pandemic as a natural experiment	9
The complexity of ventral CA1 and its multiple functionalities	8
Association between temperament related traits and single nucleotide polymorphisms in the serotonin and oxytocin systems in Merino sheep	8
An assessment of executive function in two different rat models of attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder: Spontaneously hypertensive versus Lphn3 knockout rats	8
Effects of pairing on color change and central gene expression in lined seahorses	8
Combined change of behavioral traits for domestication and gene‐networks in mice selectively bred for active tameness	8
Profiling beneficial and potential adverse effects of MeCP2 overexpression in a hypomorphic Rett syndrome mouse model	8
Selective behavioural impairments in mice heterozygous for the cross disorder psychiatric risk gene DLG2	7
A mutant allele of glycoprotein M6‐B (Gpm6b) facilitates behavioral flexibility but increases delay discounting	7
PACAP‐expressing neurons in the lateral habenula diminish negative emotional valence	7
Deletion of the voltage‐gated calcium channel, Ca_V1.3, causes deficits in motor performance and associative learning	7
The collaborative study on the genetics of alcoholism: Sample and clinical data	7
Social isolation and group size are associated with divergent gene expression in the brain of ant queens	7
Biological functions of α2‐adrenergic‐like octopamine receptor in Drosophila melanogaster	7
Systems genetic analysis of nicotine withdrawal deficits in hippocampus‐dependent learning	7
Altered nociceptive behavior and emotional contagion of pain in mouse models of autism	7
Individual differences in social attachment: A multi‐disciplinary perspective	7
Educational attainment polygenic score predicts inhibitory control and academic skills in early and middle childhood	6
A genome‐wide association study identifies a new variant associated with word reading fluency in Chinese children	6
Sex‐specific role of the circadian transcription factor NPAS2 in opioid tolerance, withdrawal and analgesia	6
Phenotypic architecture of sociality and its associated genetic polymorphisms in zebrafish	6
Comparative analyses of the Pan lineage reveal selection on gene pathways associated with diet and sociality in bonobos	6
Social deficits in BTBR T+ Itpr3tf/J mice vary with ecological validity of the test	6
Leveraging related health phenotypes for polygenic prediction of impulsive choice, impulsive action, and impulsive personality traits in 1534 European ancestry community adults	5
Oxytocin variation and brain region‐specific gene expression in a domesticated avian species	5
The Drosophila dopamine 2‐like receptor D2R (Dop2R) is required in the blood brain barrier for male courtship	5
The collaborative study on the genetics of alcoholism: Brain function	5
Paternal exposure to exercise and/or caffeine and alcohol modify offspring behavioral and pathophysiological recovery from repetitive mild traumatic brain injury in adolescence	5
Functional validation of a finding from a mouse genome‐wide association study shows that Azi2 influences the acute locomotor stimulant response to methamphetamine	5
A humanized version of Foxp2 affects ultrasonic vocalization in adult female and male mice	5
Alteration of neural activity and neuroinflammatory factors in the insular cortex of mice with corneal neuropathic pain	5
Sex differences in GABA_A receptor subunit transcript expression are mediated by genotype in subjects with alcohol‐related cirrhosis of the liver	5
A quantitative trait variant inGabra2underlies increased methamphetamine stimulant sensitivity	5
Heterozygosity of murine Crkl does not recapitulate behavioral dimensions of human 22q11.2 hemizygosity	4
Impaired instrumental learning in Spred1^−/− mice, a model for a rare RASopathy	4
Conditional loss of Engrailed1/2 in Atoh1‐derived excitatory cerebellar nuclear neurons impairs eupneic respiration in mice	4
Morphological and sensorimotor phenotypes in a zebrafish CHARGE syndrome model are domain‐dependent	4
Oxytocin receptor activation does not mediate associative fear deficits in a Williams Syndrome model	4

Sex effects for the interaction of dopamine related genetic variants for COMT and BDNF on declarative memory performance	4
MST1‐knockdown protects against impairment of working memory via regulating neural activity in depression‐like mice	4
Speech‐language profiles in the context of cognitive and adaptive functioning in SATB2‐associated syndrome	4
To hum or not to hum: Neural transcriptome signature of male courtship vocalization in a teleost fish	4
Heritability in corpus callosum morphology and its association with tool use skill in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Reproducibility in two genetically isolated populations	4
Global loss of Neuron‐specific gene 1 causes alterations in motor coordination, increased anxiety, and diurnal hyperactivity in male mice	4
Systems genetic analysis of binge‐like eating in a C57BL/6J x DBA/2J‐F2 cross	4
Gene therapy for Rett syndrome	4
Exploring gene‐culture coevolution in humans by inferring neuroendophenotypes: A case study of the oxytocin receptor gene and cultural tightness	4
CRISPR/Cas9‐induced nos2b mutant zebrafish display behavioral abnormalities	4
Identification of candidate genes for nicotine withdrawal in C57BL/6J × DBA/2J recombinant inbred mice	3
Association of tameness and sociability but no sign of domestication syndrome in mice selectively bred for active tameness	3
Anxiety‐related defensive behavioral responses in mice selectively bred for High and Low Activity	3
Chronic stress induces NPD‐like behavior in APPPS1 and WT mice with subtle differences in gene expression	3
A mild impairment in reversal learning in a bowl‐digging substrate deterministic task but not other cognitive tests in the Dlg2+/− rat model of genetic risk for psychiatric disorder	3
Focus on autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders	3
Nature and nurture: Comparing mouse behavior in classic versus revised anxiety‐like and social behavioral assays in genetically or environmentally defined groups	3
Mice lacking proSAAS display alterations in emotion, consummatory behavior and circadian entrainment	3
Rapamycin improves social and stereotypic behavior abnormalities induced by pre‐mitotic neuronal subset specific Pten deletion	3
Characterizing maternal isolation‐induced ultrasonic vocalizations in a gene–environment interaction rat model for autism	3
Principal and independent genomic components of brain structure and function	3
Allele‐specificcis‐regulatory methylation of the gene for vasoactive intestinal peptide in white‐throated sparrows	3
iRhom1 rescues cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis via preventing myelin injury	3
Increased burden of rare protein‐truncating variants in constrained, brain‐specific and synaptic genes in extremely impulsively violent males with antisocial personality disorder	2
Ccdc134 deficiency impairs cerebellar development and motor coordination	2
The relationship between temperament, polygenic score for intelligence and cognition: A population‐based study of middle‐aged adults	2
5. Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism: Functional genomics	2
Progression of behavioral deficits during periadolescent development differs in female and male DISC1 knockout rats	2
Abnormal sensory perception masks behavioral performance of Grin1 knockdown mice	2
Behavioural and molecular characterisation of the Dlg2 haploinsufficiency rat model of genetic risk for psychiatric disorder	2
CB1 receptors in corticotropin‐releasing factor neurons selectively control the acoustic startle response in male mice	2
Under warm ambient conditions, Drosophila melanogaster suppresses nighttime activity via the neuropeptide pigment dispersing factor	2
The microbial community dynamics of cocaine sensitization in two behaviorally divergent strains of collaborative cross mice	2
Quantitative trait locus mapping identifies a locus linked to striatal dopamine and points to collagen IV alpha‐6 chain as a novel regulator of striatal axonal branching in mice	2
Home cage measures of Alzheimer's disease in the rTg4510 mouse model	2
ChAT::Cre transgenic rats show sex‐dependent altered fear behaviors, ultrasonic vocalizations and cholinergic marker expression	2
Partner‐seeking and limbic dopamine system are enhanced following social loss in male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)	2
Large analysis of genetic manipulations reveals an inverse correlation between initial alcohol resistance and rapid tolerance phenotypes	2
A genome‐wide association study identified new variants associated with mathematical abilities in Chinese children	2
Abnormal whisker movements in the 3xTg‐AD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease	2
Neuropathic pain as a trigger for histone modifications in limbic circuitry	2
Testing associations between human anxiety and genes previously implicated by mouse anxiety models	2
Extensive characterization of a Williams syndrome murine model shows Gtf2ird1‐mediated rescue of select sensorimotor tasks, but no effect on enhanced social behavior	1
RNA‐sequencing reveals a shared neurotranscriptomic profile in the medial preoptic area of highly social songbirds and rats	1
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Visual search: Heritability and association with general intelligence	1
Conditioned place avoidance is associated with a distinct hippocampal phenotype, partly preserved pattern separation, and reduced reactive oxygen species production after stress	1
Differentially expressed genes of esophageal tissue in male acute and chronic sleep deprivation mice	1
Polygenic risk score for attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder and brain functional networks segregation in a community‐based sample	1
Re‐wiring of the bonded brain: Gene expression among pair bonded female prairie voles changes as they transition to motherhood	1
Rapid auditory processing and medial geniculate nucleus anomalies in Kiaa0319 knockout mice	1
Behavioural effects of cage systems on theG93ASuperoxide Dismutase 1transgenic mouse model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	1
Deepening the understanding of social bonding and dynamics of social interactions	1
Impaired erythropoietin‐producing hepatocellular B receptors signaling in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus following maternal immune activation in male rats	1
Maternal upbringing and selective breeding for voluntary exercise behavior modify patterns of DNA methylation and expression of genes in the mouse brain	1
Genetic and environmental influences on one‐trial conditioned context aversion in mice	1
The developmental impact of sex chromosome trisomies on emerging executive functions in young children: Evidence from neurocognitive tests and daily life skills	1
PAC1 receptor modulation of freezing and flight behavior in periaqueductal gray	1
HippocampalRNAsequencing in mice selectively bred for high and low activity	1
Extracellular vesicles from cerebrospinal fluid revealed changes in miR‐19a‐3p and miR‐4516 expression in Slovene male suicides	1
Genome‐wide assessment reveals a significant association between ACSS3 and physical activity	1
Integrated analysis of gait parameters and gene expression profiles in a murine model of subarachnoid hemorrhage	1
Patterns of ethanol intake in male rats with partial dopamine transporter deficiency	1