OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Neural Plasticity is 10. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Blood-Brain Barrier Overview: Structural and Functional Correlation	90
Effects of Physical Exercise on Neuroplasticity and Brain Function: A Systematic Review in Human and Animal Studies	51
BCI-Based Rehabilitation on the Stroke in Sequela Stage	50
From Uncertainty to Anxiety: How Uncertainty Fuels Anxiety in a Process Mediated by Intolerance of Uncertainty	48
Exosomes Derived from CXCR4-Overexpressing BMSC Promoted Activation of Microvascular Endothelial Cells in Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury	41
Neuroplasticity of Acupuncture for Stroke: An Evidence-Based Review of MRI	41
The Histone Modifications of Neuronal Plasticity	38
The Generation and Modulation of Distinct Gamma Oscillations with Local, Horizontal, and Feedback Connections in the Primary Visual Cortex: A Model Study on Large-Scale Networks	34
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Updates on Molecular Targets and Potential Interventions	33
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Nerve Growth Factor Therapeutics for Brain Injury: The Current Translational Challenges in Preclinical and Clinical Research	31
The Current Evidence Levels for Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Interventions in Treating Depression: A Narrative Review	30
Spinal Cord Stimulation and Treatment of Peripheral or Central Neuropathic Pain: Mechanisms and Clinical Application	29
The Role of Neuroglial Crosstalk and Synaptic Plasticity-Mediated Central Sensitization in Acupuncture Analgesia	28
Current Understanding of the Neural Circuitry in the Comorbidity of Chronic Pain and Anxiety	27
Changes in Hippocampal Plasticity in Depression and Therapeutic Approaches Influencing These Changes	27
Brief Mindfulness Meditation Induces Gray Matter Changes in a Brain Hub	25
Acupuncture for Parkinson’s Disease: Efficacy Evaluation and Mechanisms in the Dopaminergic Neural Circuit	24
Distinction of High- and Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on the Functional Reorganization of the Motor Network in Stroke Patients	23
Low-Frequency rTMS over Contralesional M1 Increases Ipsilesional Cortical Excitability and Motor Function with Decreased Interhemispheric Asymmetry in Subacute Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Study	23
Resting-State Network Plasticity Induced by Music Therapy after Traumatic Brain Injury	23
Destructive Effects of Pyroptosis on Homeostasis of Neuron Survival Associated with the Dysfunctional BBB-Glymphatic System and Amyloid-Beta Accumulation after Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion in Rats	23
Temporal Interference (TI) Stimulation Boosts Functional Connectivity in Human Motor Cortex: A Comparison Study with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)	23
Hyperoside Attenuate Inflammation in HT22 Cells via Upregulating SIRT1 to Activities Wnt/β-Catenin and Sonic Hedgehog Pathways	22
Deficient Autophagy in Microglia Aggravates Repeated Social Defeat Stress-Induced Social Avoidance	22
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Potential of Exosomal MicroRNAs for Neurodegenerative Diseases	21

Ginsenoside Rg1 Prevents Cognitive Impairment and Hippocampal Neuronal Apoptosis in Experimental Vascular Dementia Mice by Promoting GPR30 Expression	21
Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation in Early Life Changes Synaptic Plasticity and Improves Symptoms in a Valproic Acid-Induced Rat Model of Autism	20
Enhanced Temporal Coupling between Thalamus and Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Mediates Chronic Low Back Pain and Depression	20
Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Noninvasive Brain Stimulation on Dysphagia after Stroke	20
Suppression of CHOP Reduces Neuronal Apoptosis and Rescues Cognitive Impairment Induced by Intermittent Hypoxia by Inhibiting Bax and Bak Activation	20
The Instant Effects of Continuous Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation at Acupoints on the Functional Connectivity of Amygdala in Migraine without Aura: A Preliminary Study	19
Electroacupuncture Attenuates CFA-Induced Inflammatory Pain by Regulating CaMKII	19
Associated Mirror Therapy Enhances Motor Recovery of the Upper Extremity and Daily Function after Stroke: A Randomized Control Study	19
Large-Scale Internetwork Functional Connectivity Mediates the Relationship between Serum Triglyceride and Working Memory in Young Adulthood	19
The Distinct Functions of Dopaminergic Receptors on Pain Modulation: A Narrative Review	19
Treatment Combining Focused Ultrasound with Gastrodin Alleviates Memory Deficit and Neuropathology in an Alzheimer’s Disease-Like Experimental Mouse Model	19
Ultrasound-Guided Transforaminal Injections of Platelet-Rich Plasma Compared with Steroid in Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study	19
Effect of Acupuncture on Neuroplasticity of Stroke Patients with Motor Dysfunction: A Meta-Analysis of fMRI Studies	19
Brain Networks Connectivity in Mild to Moderate Depression: Resting State fMRI Study with Implications to Nonpharmacological Treatment	18
Role of BDNF-mTORC1 Signaling Pathway in Female Depression	18
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) over the Left Dorsal Lateral Prefrontal Cortex in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)	18
Effect of Cognitive Function on Balance and Posture Control after Stroke	17
Stress-Sensitive Protein Rac1 and Its Involvement in Neurodevelopmental Disorders	17
Abnormal Default-Mode Network Homogeneity in Melancholic and Nonmelancholic Major Depressive Disorder at Rest	16
Sensorimotor, Attentional, and Neuroanatomical Predictors of Upper Limb Motor Deficits and Rehabilitation Outcome after Stroke	16
Predictive Power of Cognitive Biomarkers in Neurodegenerative Disease Drug Development: Utility of the P300 Event-Related Potential	16
Electroacupuncture Improves Clearance of Amyloid-β through the Glymphatic System in the SAMP8 Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease	16
Contribution of Neuronal and Glial Two-Pore-Domain Potassium Channels in Health and Neurological Disorders	16
Cognitive Aftereffects of Acute tDCS Coupled with Cognitive Training: An fMRI Study in Healthy Seniors	16
Electroacupuncture Improves Cognitive Function in Senescence-Accelerated P8 (SAMP8) Mice via the NLRP3/Caspase-1 Pathway	15
Acupuncture for Adults with Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Functional Diarrhea: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	15
Key Signaling Pathways Regulate the Development and Survival of Auditory Hair Cells	15
Pharmacological Neuroenhancement: Current Aspects of Categorization, Epidemiology, Pharmacology, Drug Development, Ethics, and Future Perspectives	15
ROS-Induced Oxidative Damage and Mitochondrial Dysfunction Mediated by Inhibition of SIRT3 in Cultured Cochlear Cells	15
Effect of Acupuncture Stimulation of Hegu (LI4) and Taichong (LR3) on the Resting-State Networks in Alzheimer’s Disease: Beyond the Default Mode Network	15
Effects of Two Different Modes of Task Practice during Lower Limb Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy in People with Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial	15
Epigenetic Modulation of Microglia Function and Phenotypes in Neurodegenerative Diseases	14
Lycopene-Loaded Microemulsion Regulates Neurogenesis in Rats with Aβ-Induced Alzheimer’s Disease Rats Based on the Wnt/β-catenin Pathway	14
Bibliometric Study of Pain after Spinal Cord Injury	14
Musculoskeletal Pain during the Menopausal Transition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	14
Objective Extraction of Evoked Event-Related Oscillation from Time-Frequency Representation of Event-Related Potentials	13
Deep Sequencing of the Rat MCAO Cortexes Reveals Crucial circRNAs Involved in Early Stroke Events and Their Regulatory Networks	13
The Mechanisms of Peripheral Nerve Preconditioning Injury on Promoting Axonal Regeneration	13
Modulation of Working Memory and Resting-State fMRI by tDCS of the Right Frontoparietal Network	13
The Effect of Virtual Reality Training on Anticipatory Postural Adjustments in Patients with Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Preliminary Study	13
Does Measurement of Corticospinal Tract Involvement Add Value to Clinical Behavioral Biomarkers in Predicting Motor Recovery after Stroke?	13
Molecular Factors Mediating Neural Cell Plasticity Changes in Dementia Brain Diseases	13
Electroacupuncture Ameliorates Neuroinflammation-Mediated Cognitive Deficits through Inhibition of NLRP3 in Presenilin1/2 Conditional Double Knockout Mice	12
Altered Functional Connectivity Strength at Rest in Medication-Free Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder	12
Ketamine Induces Lasting Antidepressant Effects by Modulating the NMDAR/CaMKII-Mediated Synaptic Plasticity of the Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus in Depressive Stroke Model	12
Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Alzheimer’s Disease: An Overview of Human and Animal Studies with Implications for Therapeutic Perspectives Aimed at Memory Recovery	12
Noise Exposure Alters Glutamatergic and GABAergic Synaptic Connectivity in the Hippocampus and Its Relevance to Tinnitus	12
The Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway Regulated Cytokines for Pathological Neuropathic Pain in Chronic Compression of Dorsal Root Ganglion Model	12
Hair Cell Protection from Ototoxic Drugs	11
Gamma Oscillations Facilitate Effective Learning in Excitatory-Inhibitory Balanced Neural Circuits	11

Effect of Propionic Acid on Diabetes-Induced Impairment of Unfolded Protein Response Signaling and Astrocyte/Microglia Crosstalk in Rat Ventromedial Nucleus of the Hypothalamus	11
mRNA Trafficking in the Nervous System: A Key Mechanism of the Involvement of Activity-Regulated Cytoskeleton-Associated Protein (Arc) in Synaptic Plasticity	11
Hybrid Convolutional Neural Network for Localization of Epileptic Focus Based on iEEG	11
EA Improves the Motor Function in Rats with Spinal Cord Injury by Inhibiting Signal Transduction of Semaphorin3A and Upregulating of the Peripheral Nerve Networks	11
The Role of Acupuncture Improving Cognitive Deficits due to Alzheimer’s Disease or Vascular Diseases through Regulating Neuroplasticity	11
Negative and Positive Bias for Emotional Faces: Evidence from the Attention and Working Memory Paradigms	11
Emergence of Beta Oscillations of a Resonance Model for Parkinson’s Disease	11
Radix Scutellariae Ameliorates Stress-Induced Depressive-Like Behaviors via Protecting Neurons through the TGFβ3-Smad2/3-Nedd9 Signaling Pathway	11
Altered Functional Connectivity in Children with ADHD Revealed by Scalp EEG: An ERP Study	11
Altered Functional Connectivity after Epileptic Seizure Revealed by Scalp EEG	11
Injuries in Left Corticospinal Tracts, Forceps Major, and Left Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus (Temporal) as the Quality Indicators for Major Depressive Disorder	11
Therapeutic Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided High-Voltage Long-Duration Pulsed Radiofrequency for Pudendal Neuralgia	11
The Protective Role of E-64d in Hippocampal Excitotoxic Neuronal Injury Induced by Glutamate in HT22 Hippocampal Neuronal Cells	10
Voxel-Wise Brain-Wide Functional Connectivity Abnormalities in Patients with Primary Blepharospasm at Rest	10
Contralesional Cathodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Does Not Enhance Upper Limb Function in Subacute Stroke: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial	10
Influence of High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Neurobehavioral and Electrophysiology in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness	10
Intrahemispheric EEG: A New Perspective for Quantitative EEG Assessment in Poststroke Individuals	10
Comparison of Different In Vivo Animal Models of Brachial Plexus Avulsion and Its Application in Pain Study	10
Protection of Cochlear Ribbon Synapses and Prevention of Hidden Hearing Loss	10
A Multifrequency Brain Network-Based Deep Learning Framework for Motor Imagery Decoding	10
Frequency-Specific Changes of Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuations in Patients with Acute Basal Ganglia Ischemic Stroke	10
Cortical Representations of Transversus Abdominis and Multifidus Muscles Were Discrete in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: Evidence Elicited by TMS	10
Caffeine Effect on Cognitive Function during a Stroop Task: fNIRS Study	10
Proprioceptive Training with Visual Feedback Improves Upper Limb Function in Stroke Patients: A Pilot Study	10
Long-Term Environmental Enrichment Relieves Dysfunctional Cognition and Synaptic Protein Levels Induced by Prenatal Inflammation in Older CD-1 Mice	10
Comparative Transcriptome Profiling Reveals Changes of microRNAs Response to Exercise in Rats with Neuropathic Pain	10
Reproduction-Associated Hormones and Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis	10