OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Physiological Sciences is 5. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of endurance training on metabolic enzyme activity and transporter protein levels in the skeletal muscles of orchiectomized mice	125
Thermosensing ability of TRPC5: current knowledge and unsettled questions	36
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	27
Pallidal GABA B receptors: involvement in cortex beta dynamics and thalamic reticular nucleus activity	21
Dogs showed lower parasympathetic activity during mutual gazing while owners did not	20
Effect of ramosetron, a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist on the severity of seizures and memory impairment in electrical amygdala kindled rats	19
Differences in the autonomic regulation of temperature in the lower lip and tongue during activation of the lingual nerve	17
Telocytes response to cardiac growth induced by resistance exercise training and endurance exercise training in adult male rats	16
Acute effects of empagliflozin on open-loop baroreflex function and urinary glucose excretion in rats with chronic myocardial infarction	16
Early donepezil monotherapy or combination with metoprolol significantly prevents subsequent chronic heart failure in rats with reperfused myocardial infarction	16
Identification of three distinct cell populations for urate excretion in human kidneys	15
Pupil-linked arousal with very light exercise: pattern of pupil dilation during graded exercise	15
An interactive simulator to deepen the understanding of Guyton’s venous return curve	13
Acute effects of empagliflozin on open-loop baroreflex function and urine output in streptozotocin-induced type 1 diabetic rats	13
Acute effects of empagliflozin on open-loop baroreflex function and urine glucose excretion in Goto-Kakizaki diabetic rats	12
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	12
Negative regulation of thyroid adenoma-associated protein (THADA) in the cardiac glycoside-induced anti-cancer effect	12
Elevation of GABA levels in the globus pallidus disinhibits the thalamic reticular nucleus and desynchronized cortical beta oscillations	12
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) suppress Na+- dependent Mg2+ efflux in rat ventricular myocytes	11
High-intensity interval training alleviates exhaustive exercise-induced HSP70-assisted selective autophagy in skeletal muscle	11
Vidarabine, an anti-herpes agent, improves Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide-induced cardiac dysfunction in mice	10
Identification of hypothermia-inducing neurons in the preoptic area and activation of them by isoflurane anesthesia and central injection of adenosine	10
Acute transcutaneous CO2 exposure: A feasibility study for the future investigation of CO2-specific exercise adaptations	9
Heart rate changes related to risky selections and outcomes in rat gambling tasks	9
Acupuncture improves spatial learning and memory impairment caused by herpes simplex virus type-1 in rats through the p38 MAPK/CREB pathway	8

ADAM8 promotes alcoholic liver fibrosis through the MAPK signaling pathway	7
Febuxostat ameliorates muscle degeneration and movement disorder of the dystrophin mutant model in Caenorhabditis elegans	7
Regulation of myocardial contraction as revealed by intracellular Ca2+ measurements using aequorin	7
Involvement of mechano-sensitive Piezo1 channel in the differentiation of brown adipocytes	7
TRPM3, TRPM4, and TRPM5 as thermo-sensitive channels	6
MiR-18a-3p improves cartilage matrix remodeling and inhibits inflammation in osteoarthritis by suppressing PDP1	6
Antioxidative properties of phenolic compounds and their effect on oxidative stress induced by severe physical exercise	6
Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 130th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Anatomists (JAA), the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan (PSJ), and the 98th Annual	5
Molecular biomarkers for assessing the heat-adapted phenotype: a narrative scoping review	5
Circ_0114428 knockdown inhibits ROCK2 expression to assuage lipopolysaccharide-induced human pulmonary alveolar epithelial cell injury through miR-574-5p	5
The role of gut microbiota on cognitive development in rodents: a meta-analysis	5
Effects of systemic ventricular assist in failing Fontan patients: a theoretical analysis using a computational model	5
Depletion of transit amplifying cells in the adult brain does not affect quiescent neural stem cell pool size	5
Molecular logic of salt taste reception in special reference to transmembrane channel-like 4 (TMC4)	5
Correction to: Swimming training and Plantago psyllium ameliorate cognitive impairment and glucose tolerance in streptozotocin–nicotinamide-induced type 2 diabetic rats	5