OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Genes Brain and Behavior is 7. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Reconsidering animal models used to study autism spectrum disorder: Current state and optimizing future	52
Using the tools of genetic epidemiology to understand sex differences in neuropsychiatric disorders	38
Ecotype differences in aggression, neural activity and behaviorally relevant gene expression in cichlid fish	24
Phenotypic profiling of mGlu₇ knockout mice reveals new implications for neurodevelopmental disorders	24
Critical mass: The rise of a touchscreen technology community for rodent cognitive testing	20
Manifestations of domination: Assessments of social dominance in rodents	20
Visuo‐spatial learning and memory impairments in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease: Effects of age, sex, albinism, and motor impairments	18
Diverse phenotypic measurements of wellbeing: Heritability, temporal stability and the variance explained by polygenic scores	18
An in‐depth neurobehavioral characterization shows anxiety‐like traits, impaired habituation behavior, and restlessness in male Cryptochrome‐deficient mice	17
Male‐specific alterations in structure of isolation call sequences of mouse pups with 16p11.2 deletion	17
Category learning in rodents using touchscreen‐based tasks	17
Mu opioid receptors in the medial preoptic area govern social play behavior in adolescent male rats	17
Orexin deficiency modulates cognitive flexibility in a sex‐dependent manner	17
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	17
New frontiers in translational research: Touchscreens, open science, and the mouse translational research accelerator platform	17
From fruitless to sex: On the generation and diversification of an innate behavior	16
Heritable variation in locomotion, reward sensitivity and impulsive behaviors in a genetically diverse inbred mouse panel	15
Exposure to the predator odor TMT induces early and late differential gene expression related to stress and excitatory synaptic function throughout the brain in male rats	15
Reciprocal processes of sensory perception and social bonding: an integrated social‐sensory framework of social behavior	15
A long non‐coding RNA (Lrap) modulates brain gene expression and levels of alcohol consumption in rats	14
BDNF VAL66MET polymorphism and memory decline across the spectrum of Alzheimer's disease	14
Noise during mouthbrooding impairs maternal care behaviors and juvenile development and alters brain transcriptomes in the African cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni	14
Sex‐dependent effects of anHnrnph1mutation on fentanyl addiction‐relevant behaviors but not antinociception in mice	13
Correlation between octopaminergic signalling and foraging task specialisation in honeybees	12
The heritability of insomnia: A meta‐analysis of twin studies	12

Safety and efficacy of genetic MECP2 supplementation in the R294X mouse model of Rett syndrome	12
Learning and reaction times in mouse touchscreen tests are differentially impacted by mutations in genes encoding postsynaptic interacting proteins SYNGAP1, NLGN3, DLGAP1	12
Hidden talents: Poly (I:C)‐induced maternal immune activation improves mouse visual discrimination performance and reversal learning in a sex‐dependent manner	11
Polygenic risk scores for alcohol involvement relate to brain structure in substance‐naïve children: Results from the ABCD study	11
Hippocampal knockdown of α2 nicotinic or M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in C57BL/6J male mice impairs cued fear conditioning	11
Spatial reference learning deficits in absence of dysfunctional working memory in the TgF344‐AD rat model of Alzheimer's disease	11
The effect of background strain on the behavioral phenotypes of the MDGA2^+/− mouse model of autism spectrum disorder	10
Innate chemical, but not visual, threat cues have been co‐opted as unconditioned stimulus for social fear learning in zebrafish	10
Mice with an autism‐associated R451C mutation in neuroligin‐3 show a cautious but accurate response style in touchscreen attention tasks	10
Crucial involvement of catecholamine neurotransmission in postoperative nausea and vomiting: Whole‐transcriptome profiling in the rat nucleus of the solitary tract	10
Depression‐like behavior is associated with lower Per2 mRNA expression in the lateral habenula of rats	10
Sex differences in the reward value of familiar mates in prairie voles	10
Integration of evidence across human and model organism studies: A meeting report	10
Clock gene polygenic risk score and seasonality in major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder	9
The role of SIRT1 in the basolateral amygdala in depression‐like behaviors in mice	9
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	9
Correlation between intestinal microbiotal imbalance and 5‐HT metabolism, immune inflammation in chronic unpredictable mild stress male rats	9
Do gene expression findings from mouse models of cocaine use recapitulate human cocaine use disorder in reward circuitry?	9
Deficiency of the paternally inherited gene Magel2 alters the development of separation‐induced vocalization and maternal behavior in mice	9
From conifers to cognition: Microbes, brain and behavior	9
Forager age and foraging state, but not cumulative foraging activity, affect biogenic amine receptor gene expression in the honeybee mushroom bodies	9
Genetic and environmental influences on quality of life: The COVID‐19 pandemic as a natural experiment	9
A new “sudden fright paradigm” to explore the role of (epi)genetic modulations of the DAT gene in fear‐induced avoidance behavior	9
Social behavior in 16p11.2 and 22q11.2 copy number variations: Insights from mice and humans	8
Profiling beneficial and potential adverse effects of MeCP2 overexpression in a hypomorphic Rett syndrome mouse model	8
Binge‐like ethanol drinking activates anaplastic lymphoma kinase signaling and increases the expression of STAT3 target genes in the mouse hippocampus and prefrontal cortex	8
The circadian geneCryptochrome 2influences stress‐induced brain activity and depressive‐like behavior in mice	8
Comparison between touchscreen operant chambers and water maze to detect early prefrontal dysfunction in mice	8
Tameness correlates with domestication related traits in a Red Junglefowl intercross	8
Cognitive disturbances in the cuprizone model of multiple sclerosis	8
Reelin deficiency exacerbates cocaine‐induced hyperlocomotion by enhancing neuronal activity in the dorsomedial striatum	8
Mice lacking paternal expression of imprinted Grb10 are risk‐takers	7
Maternal care of heterozygous dopamine receptor D4 knockout mice: Differential susceptibility to early‐life rearing conditions	7
Mouse model systems of autism spectrum disorder: Replicability and informatics signature	7
Effects of pairing on color change and central gene expression in lined seahorses	7
The role of food odor in invertebrate foraging	7
Over‐expressed MST1 impaired spatial memory via disturbing neural oscillation patterns in mice	7
An assessment of executive function in two different rat models of attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder: Spontaneously hypertensive versus Lphn3 knockout rats	7
Experience of a hierarchical relationship between a pair of mice specifically influences their affective empathy toward each other	7
Combined change of behavioral traits for domestication and gene‐networks in mice selectively bred for active tameness	7
Different mating contexts lead to extensive rewiring of female brain coexpression networks in the guppy	7
Emergent intra‐pair sex differences and organized behavior in pair bonded prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)	7