OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Physiological Sciences 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Relationship between the thrombospondin-1/Toll-like receptor 4 (TSP1/TLR4) pathway and vitamin D levels in obese and normal weight subjects with different metabolic phenotypes	100
Effects of endurance training on metabolic enzyme activity and transporter protein levels in the skeletal muscles of orchiectomized mice	21
Pallidal GABA B receptors: involvement in cortex beta dynamics and thalamic reticular nucleus activity	20
Thermosensing ability of TRPC5: current knowledge and unsettled questions	18
Dogs showed lower parasympathetic activity during mutual gazing while owners did not	17
Effect of ramosetron, a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist on the severity of seizures and memory impairment in electrical amygdala kindled rats	13
Early donepezil monotherapy or combination with metoprolol significantly prevents subsequent chronic heart failure in rats with reperfused myocardial infarction	12
Acute effects of empagliflozin on open-loop baroreflex function and urinary glucose excretion in rats with chronic myocardial infarction	12
Telocytes response to cardiac growth induced by resistance exercise training and endurance exercise training in adult male rats	12
Elevation of GABA levels in the globus pallidus disinhibits the thalamic reticular nucleus and desynchronized cortical beta oscillations	11
Acute effects of empagliflozin on open-loop baroreflex function and urine output in streptozotocin-induced type 1 diabetic rats	11
An interactive simulator to deepen the understanding of Guyton’s venous return curve	11
Pupil-linked arousal with very light exercise: pattern of pupil dilation during graded exercise	11
Identification of three distinct cell populations for urate excretion in human kidneys	10
Cumulative effects of exercise training and consumption of propolis on managing diabetic dyslipidemia in adult women: a single-blind, randomized, controlled trial with pre–post-intervention assessment	10
Acute effects of empagliflozin on open-loop baroreflex function and urine glucose excretion in Goto-Kakizaki diabetic rats	10
High-intensity interval training alleviates exhaustive exercise-induced HSP70-assisted selective autophagy in skeletal muscle	8
Febuxostat ameliorates muscle degeneration and movement disorder of the dystrophin mutant model in Caenorhabditis elegans	8
Negative regulation of thyroid adenoma-associated protein (THADA) in the cardiac glycoside-induced anti-cancer effect	8
Identification of hypothermia-inducing neurons in the preoptic area and activation of them by isoflurane anesthesia and central injection of adenosine	8
Vidarabine, an anti-herpes agent, improves Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide-induced cardiac dysfunction in mice	8
Regulation of myocardial contraction as revealed by intracellular Ca2+ measurements using aequorin	7
ADAM8 promotes alcoholic liver fibrosis through the MAPK signaling pathway	7
Involvement of mechano-sensitive Piezo1 channel in the differentiation of brown adipocytes	7
Acupuncture improves spatial learning and memory impairment caused by herpes simplex virus type-1 in rats through the p38 MAPK/CREB pathway	7

Antioxidative properties of phenolic compounds and their effect on oxidative stress induced by severe physical exercise	6
MiR-18a-3p improves cartilage matrix remodeling and inhibits inflammation in osteoarthritis by suppressing PDP1	5
TRPM3, TRPM4, and TRPM5 as thermo-sensitive channels	5
Hypothalamic orexinergic neurons modulate pain and itch in an opposite way: pain relief and itch exacerbation	5
Molecular biomarkers for assessing the heat-adapted phenotype: a narrative scoping review	5
Correction to: Swimming training and Plantago psyllium ameliorate cognitive impairment and glucose tolerance in streptozotocin–nicotinamide-induced type 2 diabetic rats	4
Depletion of transit amplifying cells in the adult brain does not affect quiescent neural stem cell pool size	4
Molecular logic of salt taste reception in special reference to transmembrane channel-like 4 (TMC4)	4
Circ_0114428 knockdown inhibits ROCK2 expression to assuage lipopolysaccharide-induced human pulmonary alveolar epithelial cell injury through miR-574-5p	4
Role of the central nervous system in cell non-autonomous signaling mechanisms of aging and longevity in mammals	4
The role of gut microbiota on cognitive development in rodents: a meta-analysis	4
Effects of systemic ventricular assist in failing Fontan patients: a theoretical analysis using a computational model	4
Hsa:circ_0000345 inhibits cell proliferation, migration and invasion of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells via miR-513a-3p/PTEN axis	3
Physiological functions of calcium signaling via Orai1 in cancer	3
Two synergistic types of muscles were detected during forearm rotation exercise by T2 cumulative frequency curves using 0.2 T magnetic resonance imaging	3
The influence of exercise intensity on comorbid anxious behavior in psychiatric conditions	3
Effects of continuous hypoxia on flow-mediated dilation in the cerebral and systemic circulation: on the regulatory significance of shear rate phenotype	3
Limitations and potential strategies of immune checkpoint blockade in age-related neurodegenerative disorders	3
Bicarbonate transport of airway surface epithelia in luminally perfused mice bronchioles	3
Lactational exposure to perfluorooctane sulfonate remains a potential risk in brain function of middle-aged male mice	3
The involvement and significance of M2 macrophages in neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury: a systematic review	2
Microglia mediate the increase in slow-wave sleep associated with high ambient temperature	2
Vidarabine, an anti-herpes agent, prevents occlusal-disharmony-induced cardiac dysfunction in mice	2
TRPA1 and thermosensitivity	2
Relationships between feeding behaviors and emotions: an electroencephalogram (EEG) frequency analysis study	2
Satiety: a gut–brain–relationship	2
TRPV4 activation by core body temperature has multimodal functions in the central nervous system	2
Mouse aortic biomechanics are affected by short-term defective autophagy in vascular smooth muscle cells	2
Acute effects of regional heat stimulation by indirect moxibustion on cardiovascular responses	2
Anekomochi glutinous rice provides low postprandial glycemic response by enhanced insulin action via GLP-1 release and vagal afferents activation	2
Role of microglia in blood pressure and respiratory responses to acute hypoxic exposure in rats	2
Single acupressure on ST36 does not modulate skin blood flow and sympathetic nerve activity during and after cold stimulation of the hand	2
A positive association of serum CCN5/WISP2 levels with the risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus: a case–control study	2
Evaluation of the effects of fenestration in Fontan circulation using a lumped parameter model	2
Effects of gentle mechanical skin stimulation on subjective symptoms and joint range of motions in people with chronic neck and shoulder discomfort	2
Influence of age on nicotinic cholinergic regulation of blood flow in rat’s olfactory bulb and neocortex	2
Nail growth arrest under low body temperature during hibernation	2
Impact of folic acid supplementation on ischemia‒reperfusion-induced kidney injury in rats: folic acid prophylactic role revisited	2
Physiological roles of chloride ions in bodily and cellular functions	1
Proceedings of the 100th Annual Meeting of The Physiological Society of Japan	1
Chronic voluntary wheel running exercise ameliorates metabolic dysfunction via PGC-1α expression independently of FNDC5/irisin pathway in high fat diet-induced obese mice	1
Sexual dimorphism in prokinetic effects of a ghrelin agonist acting through the lumbosacral defecation center in rats	1
Thermal gradient ring for analysis of temperature-dependent behaviors involving TRP channels in mice	1
The olfactory bulb coordinates the ventral hippocampus–medial prefrontal cortex circuit during spatial working memory performance	1
Acetate ameliorates ovarian mitochondrial dysfunction in letrozole-induced polycystic ovarian syndrome rat model by improving mitofusin-2	1
Development and experience-dependent modulation of the defensive behaviors of mice to visual threats	1
Effects of cytochalasin D on relaxation process of skinned taenia cecum and carotid artery from guinea pig	1
Age-related histone H3.3 accumulation associates with a repressive chromatin in mouse tibialis anterior muscle	1
Eicosapentaenoic acid prevents atrial electrocardiographic impairments and atrial fibrillation in high fat diet mice	1
Regulation of aging by balancing mitochondrial function and antioxidant levels	1

Sugar signals from oral glucose transporters elicit cephalic-phase insulin release in mice	1
Effects of endurance training under calorie restriction on energy substrate metabolism in mouse skeletal muscle and liver	1
Thermal gradient ring reveals different temperature-dependent behaviors in mice lacking thermosensitive TRP channels	1
Mechanism for exercise-mediated prevention against muscle wasting on extensor digitorum longus muscle in Spontaneously Diabetic Torii fatty rats	1
The evidence to date: implications of l-ascorbic acid in the pathophysiology of aging	1
Maternal physiological calming responses to infant suckling at the breast	1
Oxygen extraction fraction is not uniform in human brain: a positron emission tomography study	1
Mechanisms of the TGF-β1/Smad3-signaling pathway in gender differences in alcoholic liver fibrosis	1
Evaluation of newly developed wearable ear canal thermometer, mimicking the application to activities on sports and labor fields	1
Evaluation of colour vision impairment during acute hypobaric hypoxia in aviation medicine: a randomized controlled trial	1
Tolfenamic acid inhibits ROS-generating oxidase Nox1-regulated p53 activity in intrastriatal injection of malonic acid rats	1
Cytotoxic effects of the cigarette smoke extract of heated tobacco products on human oral squamous cell carcinoma: the role of reactive oxygen species and CaMKK2	1
From bench to bedside: US-Japan Collaborative Workshop on the NVU	1
Influence of sex on sympathetic vasomotor outflow responses to passive leg raising in young individuals	1
Olfactory function and discrimination ability in the elderly: a pilot study	1
Glycine and GABAA receptors suppressively regulate the inspiratory-related calcium rise in the thoracic inspiratory cells of the neonatal rat	1
Age-, season- and gender-specific reference intervals of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 for healthy children (0 ~ 18 years old) in Nanning area of China	1
Circadian sleep–wake rhythm reversal in mice implanted with stomach cancer cell lines	1
Transporter-dependent uptake and metabolism of myocardial interstitial serotonin in the rat heart	1