OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neuroscience Bulletin is 33. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Special Issue Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Institute of Neuroscience, CAS	201
UNC13A Gene Brings New Hope for ALS Disease-Modifying Drugs	129
TREMble Before TREM2: The Mighty Microglial Receptor Conferring Neuroprotective Properties in TDP-43 Mediated Neurodegeneration	103
Dysregulation of Iron Homeostasis Mediated by FTH Increases Ferroptosis Sensitivity in TP53-Mutant Glioblastoma	96
Hypothalamic Oxytocin Neuronal Activation Induces Bipolar-Like Mood Changes in Mice in a Sex- and Dosage-Dependent Manner	79
The Spinal-Parabrachial-Mesencephalic Circuit: A Possible Explanation of How Pain Leads to Emotional Disorders	75
Whole-Brain Connectome of GABAergic Neurons in the Mouse Zona Incerta	74
Shed a New Light on Spinal Cord Injury-induced Permanent Paralysis with the Brain-spine Interface	72
Induced Dopaminergic Neurons for Parkinson’s Disease Therapy: Targeting the Striatum or Midbrain/Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta?	70
Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation within Dense-Core Vesicles in Sympathetic Adrenal Chromaffin Cells	68
Brain-Computer Interfaces in Disorders of Consciousness	61
GABAergic Interneuron Cell Therapy for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy	61
The Chemokine CCL2 Promotes Excitatory Synaptic Transmission in Hippocampal Neurons via GluA1 Subunit Trafficking	60
Upregulation of NR2A in Glutamatergic VTA Neurons Contributes to Chronic Visceral Pain in Male Mice	57
PIKFYVE Inhibition, A Neuronal “Emetic” for Treating ALS?	48
A New Perspective on the Prediction and Treatment of Stroke: The Role of Uric Acid	45
Correlation of Ferroptosis and Other Types of Cell Death in Neurodegenerative Diseases	45
CDK5-Induced HCN2 Channel Dysfunction in the Prelimbic Cortex Drives Allodynia and Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Neuropathic Pain	42
Targeting NAD Metabolism for the Therapy of Age-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases	41
A Spacetime Odyssey of Neural Progenitors to Generate Neuronal Diversity	41
A New Pathway Mediating Pain Sensitization after Active Sleep Deprivation	40
Histaminergic Innervation of the Ventral Anterior Thalamic Nucleus Alleviates Motor Deficits in a 6-OHDA-Induced Rat Model of Parkinson’s Disease	40
Direction Selectivity of TmY Neurites in Drosophila	40
The Insular Cortex: An Interface Between Sensation, Emotion and Cognition	40
Mapping Fear-Related Neural Activity and Circuitry Changes Following Prophylactic Administration of (R,S)-Ketamine and (2S,6S)-Hydroxynorketamine	38

Reproducible Abnormalities and Diagnostic Generalizability of White Matter in Alzheimer’s Disease	37
SARS-CoV-2 Inhibits Exo-Endocytosis and Enhances Short-Term Depression at a Central Synapse	37
Enhancing Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Comfort: The Role of Electrical Stimulation in Pain Reduction	36
Sex-Differential Neural Circuits and Behavioral Responses for Empathy	35
Advances and Applications of Brain Organoids	35
Enhanced Beta2-band Oscillations Denote Auditory Hallucination in Schizophrenia Patients and a Monkey Model of Psychosis	35
Timp1 Deletion Induces Anxiety-like Behavior in Mice	34
Acute Recruitment of VTA Dopamine Neurons by mPOA Esr1+ Neurons to Facilitate Consummatory Male Mating Actions	34