OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Physiological Sciences is 4. 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