The “Neuropharmacology and Neuropathology” Section of Brain Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3425) aims to publish articles on psychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, psychostimulants and other addictive drugs.

As all the articles published in our journal are of an open access format, you have free and unlimited access to the full text. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2021 and 2022 listed below:

1. “COVID-19 Vaccination and Neurological Manifestations: A Review of Case Reports and Case Series”
by Shitiz Sriwastava, Kanika Sharma, Syed Hassan Khalid, Sakhi Bhansali, Ashish K. Shrestha, Mahmoud Elkhooly, Samiksha Srivastava, Erum Khan, Shruti Jaiswal and Sijin Wen
Brain Sci. 2022, 12(3), 407; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12030407
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/3/407

2. “A Recent Investigation on Detection and Classification of Epileptic Seizure Techniques Using EEG Signal”
by Sani Saminu, Guizhi Xu, Zhang Shuai, Isselmou Abd El Kader, Adamu Halilu Jabire, Yusuf Kola Ahmed, Ibrahim Abdullahi Karaye and Isah Salim Ahmad
Brain Sci. 2021, 11(5), 668; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11050668
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/5/668

3. “Statins Use in Alzheimer Disease: Bane or Boon from Frantic Search and Narrative Review”
by Nawal Alsubaie, Hayder M. Al-kuraishy, Ali I. Al-Gareeb, Bandar Alharbi, Michel De Waard, Jean-Marc Sabatier, Hebatallah M. Saad and Gaber El-Saber Batiha
Brain Sci. 2022, 12(10), 1290; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12101290
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/10/1290

4. “Update on Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration”
by Philipp Alexander Loehrer, Lara Zieger and Ole J. Simon
Brain Sci. 2021, 11(11), 1414; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11111414
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/11/1414

5. “Peripheral Neuropathies Seen by Ultrasound: A Literature Analysis through Lexical Evaluation, Geographical Assessment and Graph Theory”
by Daniele Coraci, Claudia Loreti, Augusto Fusco, Silvia Giovannini and Luca Padua
Brain Sci. 2021, 11(1), 113; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11010113
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/1/113

6. “Shaken Baby Syndrome: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features in Abusive Head Trauma”
by Gaia Cartocci, Vittorio Fineschi, Martina Padovano, Matteo Scopetti, Maria Camilla Rossi-Espagnet and Costanza Giannì
Brain Sci. 2021, 11(2), 179; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11020179
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/2/179

7. “Disruptions in Effective Connectivity within and between Default Mode Network and Anterior Forebrain Mesocircuit in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness”
by Sean Coulborn , Chris Taylor, Lorina Naci, Adrian M. Owen and Davinia Fernández-Espejo
Brain Sci. 2021, 11(6), 749; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11060749
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/6/749

8. “Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Systematic Literature Review of the Last Decade”
by y Julius Lindblom, Chandra Mohan and Ioannis Parodis
Brain Sci. 2022, 12(2), 192; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12020192
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/2/192

9. “Alzheimer’s Disease and Inflammaging”
by Anna Mikhailovna Kosyreva, Alexandra Vladislavovna Sentyabreva, Ivan Sergeevich Tsvetkov and Olga Vasilievna Makarova
Brain Sci. 2022, 12(9), 1237; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12091237
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/9/1237

10. “Mechanisms of Nerve Damage in Neuropathies Associated with Hematological Diseases: Lesson from Nerve Biopsies”
by Chiara Briani, Sergio Ferrari, Marta Campagnolo, Matteo Tagliapietra, Francesca Castellani, Alessandro Salvalaggio, Sara Mariotto, Andrea Visentin and Tiziana Cavallaro
Brain Sci. 2021, 11(2), 132; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11020132
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/2/132

11. “Keeping the Balance: GABAB Receptors in the Developing Brain and Beyond”
by Davide Bassetti
Brain Sci. 2022, 12(4), 419; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12040419
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/4/419

12. “One-Year Demographical and Clinical Indices of Patients with Chronic Disorders of Consciousness”
by Julia Nekrasova, Mikhail Kanarskii, Ilya Borisov, Pranil Pradhan, Denis Shunenkov, Alexey Vorobiev, Maria Smirnova, Vera Pasko, Marina V. Petrova and Elena Luginina
Brain Sci. 2021, 11(5), 651; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11050651
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/5/651

13. “Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Antiphospholipid Syndrome—A Narrative Review”
by Yik Long Man and Giovanni Sanna
Brain Sci. 2022, 12(1), 91; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12010091
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/1/91

14. “What Accounts for the Factors of Psychopathology? An Investigation of the Neurocognitive Correlates of Internalising, Externalising, and the p-Factor”
by Darren Haywood, Frank D. Baughman, Barbara A. Mullan and Karen R. Heslop
Brain Sci. 2022, 12(4), 421; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12040421
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/4/421

15. “Kappa Free Light Chains in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Inflammatory and Non-Inflammatory Neurological Diseases”
by Franz Felix Konen, Philipp Schwenkenbecher, Konstantin Fritz Jendretzky, Stefan Gingele, Torsten Witte, Kurt-Wolfram Sühs, Matthias Grothe, Malte Johannes Hannich, Marie Süße and Thomas Skripuletz
Brain Sci. 2022, 12(4), 475; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12040475
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/4/475

16. “Inhibitors of Lipoxygenase and Cyclooxygenase-2 Attenuate Trimethyltin-Induced Neurotoxicity through Regulating Oxidative Stress and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Human Neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y Cells”
by Woo-Ju Song, Jang-Hyuk Yun, Myeong-Seon Jeong, Kil-Nam Kim, Taekyun Shin, Hyoung-Chun Kim and Myung-Bok Wie
Brain Sci. 2021, 11(9), 1116; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11091116
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/9/1116

17. “Safety and Efficacy of Eculizumab Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis: A Case Series”
by Marco Allinovi, Angelo Bellinvia, Francesco Pesce, Sabrina Milan Manani, Lorenzo Razzolini, Brigida Brezzi, Paolo Protopapa, Vittorio Mantero, Leonardo Caroti, Calogero Lino Cirami et al.
Brain Sci. 2021, 11(10), 1341; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11101341
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/10/1341

18. “Addressing the Need of a Translational Approach in Peripheral Neuropathy Research: Morphology Meets Function”
by Laura Monza, Giulia Fumagalli, Alessia Chiorazzi and Paola Alberti
Brain Sci. 2021, 11(2), 139; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11020139
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/2/139

19. “The Timecourse of Electrophysiological Brain–Heart Interaction in DoC Patients”
by Francesco Riganello, Martina Vatrano, Simone Carozzo, Miriam Russo, Lucia Francesca Lucca, Maria Ursino, Valentina Ruggiero, Antonio Cerasa and Camillo Porcaro
Brain Sci. 2021, 11(6), 750; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11060750
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/6/750

20. “Effects of Integrated Violence Intervention on Alexithymia, Cognitive, and Neurocognitive Features of Violence in Schizophrenia: A Randomized Controlled Trial”
by Mei-Chi Hsu and Wen-Chen Ouyang
Brain Sci. 2021, 11(7), 837; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11070837
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/7/837