OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neural Regeneration Research is 40. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Mechanosensitivity of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDAR) is the key through which amyloid beta oligomers activate them	290
Human endogenous retrovirus type-W and multiple sclerosis–related smoldering neuroinflammation	258
SCFD1 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: reconciling a genetic association with in vivo functional analysis	171
Porcine decellularized nerve matrix hydrogel attenuates neuroinflammation after peripheral nerve injury by inhibiting the TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB axis	120
Contribution of adult-born neurons to memory consolidation during rapid eye movement sleep	108
LL-37 and CsgC exemplify the crosstalk between anti-amyloid, antimicrobial, and anti-biofilm protein activities	97
Ethanol changes Nestin-promoter induced neural stem cells to disturb newborn dendritic spine remodeling in the hippocampus of mice	88
Functions of nuclear factor Y in nervous system development, function and health	81
The role of miRNA in retinal ganglion cell health and disease	79
Enhancement of lysosome biogenesis as a potential therapeutic approach for neurodegenerative diseases	64
Prolonged intermittent theta burst stimulation restores the balance between A2AR- and A1R-mediated adenosine signaling in the 6-hydroxidopamine model of Parkinson’s disease	62
Transcription factors promote neural regeneration after spinal cord injury	59
Eph receptor A4 regulates motor neuron ferroptosis in spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats	58
Axonal protein synthesis in central nervous system regeneration: is building an axon a local matter?	56
Generating oligodendroglia from adult mesenchymal cells for transplantation: cell reprogramming or direct lineage conversion?	52
Phosphorylation-driven aggregative proteins in neurodegenerative diseases: implications and therapeutics	50
Bradykinin postconditioning protects rat hippocampal neurons after restoration of spontaneous circulation following cardiac arrest via activation of the AMPK/mTOR signaling pathway	50
NECAB family of neuronal calcium-binding proteins in health and disease	50
Protocadherin gamma C3: a new player in regulating vascular barrier function	49
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: genes load the gun and repeated concussion pulls the trigger	49
Mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles therapy in traumatic central nervous system diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis	48
Rbm8a regulates neurogenesis and reduces Alzheimer’s disease-associated pathology in the dentate gyrus of 5×FAD mice	47
Exercise-with-melatonin therapy improves sleep disorder and motor dysfunction in a rat model of ischemic stroke	47
Chx10+V2a interneurons in spinal motor regulation and spinal cord injury	47
Retraction: Emerging concepts underlying selective neuromuscular dysfunction in infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy	46

Role of copper chelating agents: between old applications and new perspectives in neuroscience	45
Increased activation of the caudate nucleus and parahippocampal gyrus in Parkinson’s disease patients with dysphagia after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: a case-control study	45
Neuroserpin alleviates cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury by suppressing ischemia-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress	44
Neuropsychiatric symptoms and apolipoprotein E genotypes in neurocognitive disorders	44
Synaptopathy in CHMP2B frontotemporal dementia highlights the synaptic vesicle cycle as a therapeutic target	44
Clemastine in remyelination and protection of neurons and skeletal muscle after spinal cord injury	43
Involvement of glucose transporter overexpression in the protection or damage after ischemic stroke	43
Could inorganic polyphosphate be a valid target against neuronal senescence?	43
Therapeutic potential of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor and cell reprogramming for hippocampal-related neurological disorders	43
Rapid GFAP and Iba1 expression changes in the female rat brain following spinal cord injury	42
Decoding molecular mechanisms: brain aging and Alzheimer’s disease	42
Facial reanimation with interposition nerve graft or masseter nerve transfer: a comparative retrospective study	41
Krüppel-like factor 2 (KLF2), a potential target for neuroregeneration	41
Dual-targeting AAV9P1-mediated neuronal reprogramming in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury	41
Neurogenesis dynamics in the olfactory bulb: deciphering circuitry organization, function, and adaptive plasticity	40
Glymphatic imaging and modulation of the optic nerve	40