Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Article	Citations
Transcranial magnetic stimulation in non-human primates: A systematic review	669
Association of positive psychological well-being with circulating inflammatory markers: A systematic review and meta-analysis	338
Environmental risk factors, protective factors, and biomarkers for postpartum depressive symptoms: an umbrella review	210
In relentless pursuit of the white whale: A role for the ventral midline thalamus in behavioral flexibility and adaption?	159
How does Nogo-A signalling influence mitochondrial function during multiple sclerosis pathogenesis?	142
Can memantine treat autism? Answers from preclinical and clinical studies	139
Attenuating conditioned fear using imagery-based interventions: An overview	134
Cognitive and brain morphological deviations in middle-to-old aged autistic adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis	117
The relationship between anabolic androgenic steroid use and body image, eating behavior, and physical activity by gender: A systematic review	117
Relations between psychosis and emotion regulation in daily life: A systematic review and meta-analyses of studies using experience sampling methods	105
The clinical neuroscience of lucid dreaming	102
Behavioural, autonomic, and neural responsivity in depersonalisation-derealisation disorder: A systematic review of experimental evidence	102
Human fear neurobiology reimagined: Can brain-derived biotypes predict fear-based disorders after trauma?	97
Beyond language: The unspoken sensory-motor representation of the tongue in non-primates, non-human and human primates	94
Epigenetic mechanisms regulate cue memory underlying discriminative behavior	94
Psychopathic traits and theory of mind task performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis	93
How does caffeine influence memory? Drug, experimental, and demographic factors	90
Swimming in the maze: An overview of maze apparatuses and protocols to assess zebrafish behavior	90
Emotions as computations	90
The relative benefits of environmental enrichment on learning and memory are greater when stressed: A meta-analysis of interactions in rodents	90
Prediction error and event segmentation in episodic memory	89
Maternal perinatal anxiety and neural responding to infant affective signals: Insights, challenges, and a road map for neuroimaging research	82
Turing’s cascade instability supports the coordination of the mind, brain, and behavior	81
Cognitive mechanisms underlying depressive disorders in ADHD: A systematic review	79
The sensorimotor theory of pathological pain revisited	77

The transitive inference task to study the neuronal correlates of memory-driven decision making: A monkey neurophysiology perspective	77
Towards understanding the biology of premenstrual dysphoric disorder: From genes to GABA	76
The effect of non-invasive brain stimulation on executive functioning in healthy controls: A systematic review and meta-analysis	76
State-of-the-art imaging of neuromodulatory subcortical systems in aging and Alzheimer’s disease: Challenges and opportunities	74
Handedness in post-traumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis	74
Linking irritability and functional brain networks: A transdiagnostic case for expanding consideration of development and environment in RDoC	73
Theory of mind in adults with traumatic brain injury: A meta-analysis	72
Primate-specific retrotransposons and the evolution of circadian networks in the human brain	71
A systematic and meta-analytic review on the neural correlates of viewing high- and low-calorie foods among normal-weight adults	70
Chemo-brain: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging studies	69
Sedentary behaviour and brain health in middle-aged and older adults: A systematic review	68
Editorial Board	68
Executive functioning as a predictor of physiological and subjective acute stress responses in non-clinical adult populations: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis	68
The consequences of neonatal pain, stress and opiate administration in animal models: An extensive meta-analysis concerning neuronal cell death, motor and behavioral outcomes	68
Editorial Board	67
Challenges of a small world analysis for the continuous monitoring of behavior in mice	67
How can we reduce prejudices and discrimination toward other population groups? A perspective from neuroscience	67
Why cognitive control matters in learning and decision-making	66
Do stimulant medications produce sensitization in humans?	66
Microbiome abnormalities as a possible link between diabetes mellitus and mood disorders: Pathophysiology and implications for treatment	66
Computational approaches to modeling gambling behaviour: Opportunities for understanding disordered gambling	65
Arbitrary, inappropriate grading criteria distort the evaluation of evidence: A comment on Kim et al.’s (2022) umbrella review	65
Trust the gut: Outcomes of gut microbiota transplant in metabolic and cognitive disorders	64
Does chronic use of amphetamine-type stimulants impair interference control? – A meta-analysis	64
Pre- and postnatal antibiotic exposure and risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder–A systematic review and meta-analysis combining evidence from human and animal studies	63
Editorial Board	63
Effect of perceived eye gaze on the N170 component – A systematic review	61
Publication bias casts doubt on implicit processing in inattentional blindness	61
Editorial Board	61
Towards characterizing the canonical computations generating phenomenal experience	61
Neurodiversity, psychological inertia and mental health	60
The central extended amygdala guides survival-relevant tradeoffs: Implications for understanding common psychiatric disorders	60
Magic, Bayes and wows: A Bayesian account of magic tricks	60
Distinguishing different parameters of uncertainty under threat in the human brain	60
Multisensory processes in birds: From single neurons to the influence of social interactions and sensory loss	59
Methamphetamine exposure during pregnancy: A meta-analysis of child developmental outcomes	59
Circadian regulation of memory under stress: Endocannabinoids matter	59
A systematic-review of olfactory deficits in neurodevelopmental disorders: From mouse to human	58
Revisiting systems consolidation and the concept of consolidation	58
Inflammation, anxiety, and stress in bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder: A narrative review	57
Kallikrein 8: A key sheddase to strengthen and stabilize neural plasticity	57
How social information impacts action in rodents and humans: the role of the prefrontal cortex and its connections	57
Disentangling attentional and affective contribution to contagious yawning	57
Classification and assessment of fear and anxiety in personality and psychopathology	57
An ethologically based view into human fear	57
The marmoset as a model for investigating the neural basis of social cognition in health and disease	56
Multi-system responses to altered gravity and spaceflight: Insights from Drosophila melanogaster	56
Non-communicable diseases among women survivors of intimate partner violence: Critical review from a chronic stress framework	55
The underestimated sex: A review on female animal models of depression	55
Paw preferences in mice and rats: Meta-analysis	54

Storm on predictive brain: A neurocomputational account of ketamine antidepressant effect	54
Wild brains: The value of neuroethological approaches in preclinical behavioral neuroscience animal models	54
Leroy’s elusive little people: A systematic review on lilliputian hallucinations	54
A new path to mental disorders: Through gap junction channels and hemichannels	54
Impact of stress on excitatory and inhibitory markers of adolescent cognitive critical period plasticity	54
Towards a cross-level understanding of Bayesian inference in the brain	54
Task-independent acute effects of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol on human brain function and its relationship with cannabinoid receptor gene expression: A neuroimaging meta-regression analysis	53
New directions in behavioral neuroscience: Sometimes old is new	53
The neuroprotective and neuroplastic potential of glutamatergic therapeutic drugs in bipolar disorder	53
Editorial Board	53
Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) in the central nervous system	53
Tongue motor cortex: The back door of the reward system	53
Empathy, the umbrella term	53
Clinical effectiveness of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for the management of anxiety in community dwelling people living with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis	52
Association between prenatal antipsychotic exposure and the risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis	52
A reply to Sit et al.	52
Translational relevance of fear conditioning in rodent models of mild traumatic brain injury	52
The efficacy of electroencephalography neurofeedback for enhancing episodic memory in healthy and clinical participants: A systematic qualitative review and meta-analysis	52
A mathematical formula of plasticity: Measuring susceptibility to change in mental health and data science	52
Early developmental risks for tobacco addiction: A probabilistic epigenesis framework	51
Editorial Board	50
Decoding the language of fear: Unveiling objective and subjective indicators in rodent models through a systematic review and meta-analysis	50
Commentary on “Computational approaches to modeling gambling behaviour: Opportunities for understanding disordered gambling”	49
A systems omics-based approach to decode substance use disorders and neuroadaptations	49
Is there a gender gap in clinical neurosciences? A cross-sectional analysis of female participation in academic neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry	49
Sex/gender differences in the brain are not trivial—A commentary on Eliot et al. (2021)	48
Beyond a blunted ERN - Biobehavioral correlates of performance monitoring in schizophrenia	48
Editorial Board	47
The tricky business of predicting the future: How brain and body adapt to early life adversity	47
Behavioral and neurobiological evidence for the effects of reading interventions on autistic children: A systematic review	47
Disengagement of attention with spatial neglect: A systematic review of behavioral and anatomical findings	47
Is the primary visual cortex necessary for blindsight-like behavior? Review of transcranial magnetic stimulation studies in neurologically healthy individuals	47
Uncovering the link between air pollution and neurodevelopmental alterations during pregnancy and early life exposure: A systematic review	47
The role of the circadian system in the etiology of depression	46
The effects of anaesthetics and sedatives on brain inflammation	46
Non-mental diseases associated with ADHD across the lifespan: Fidgety Philipp and Pippi Longstocking at risk of multimorbidity?	46
How well do people living with neurodegenerative diseases manage their finances? A meta-analysis and systematic review on the capacity to make financial decisions in people living with neurodegenerati	46
Oversampled and undersolved: Depressive rumination from an active inference perspective	46
Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein mediated variations of gender-specific sex neurosteroids in Alzheimer’s disease: Relevance to hormonal and neuronal imbalance	44
Responses of neuromuscular properties to unloading and potential countermeasures during space exploration missions	44
Microglia and BDNF at the crossroads of stressor related disorders: Towards a unique trophic phenotype	44
Mitochondrial transplantation in brain disorders: Achievements, methods, and challenges	44
Understanding identification-based trust in the light of affiliative bonding: Meta-analytic neuroimaging evidence	44
Principles governing the effects of sensory loss on human abilities: An integrative review	44
Alterations in gene expression due to chronic lead exposure induce behavioral changes	44
Zebrafish (Danio rerio): A newcomer with great promise in behavioral neuroscience	43
Using e-diaries to investigate ADHD – State-of-the-art and the promising feature of just-in-time-adaptive interventions	43
Occurrence of psychosis and bipolar disorder in adults with autism: A systematic review and meta-analysis	43
Attachment-related dimensions in the epigenetic era: A systematic review of the human research	43
From hallucinations to synaesthesia: A circular inference account of unimodal and multimodal erroneous percepts in clinical and drug-induced psychosis	43
Preventing dementia? Interventional approaches in mild cognitive impairment	43
A systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis of the prenatal and early life stress effects on rodent microglia, astrocyte, and oligodendrocyte density and morphology	43
Shaping the risk for late-life neurodegenerative disease: A systematic review on prenatal risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease-related volumetric brain biomarkers	43
The effect of probiotics on cognitive function across the human lifespan: A systematic review	43
Insights from personalized models of brain and behavior for identifying biomarkers in psychiatry	43
Efficacy and acceptability of transcranial direct current stimulation for treating depression: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	43
Coping styles vary with species’ sociality and life history: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis	42
Effects of cannabinoids on resting state functional brain connectivity: A systematic review	42
A mu-opioid feedback model of human social behavior	42
Meta-analytic study on substance intake and work-related accidents calls for attention to bio-psycho-social factors	42
HEME: a neglected player in nociception?	42
The integration of action-oriented multisensory information from target and limb within the movement planning and execution	41
Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on neuropathic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis	41
Dopamine partial agonists and prodopaminergic drugs for schizophrenia: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	41
Massive body-brain disconnection consequent to spinal cord injuries drives profound changes in higher-order cognitive and emotional functions: A PRISMA scoping review	41
Adult brain cytogenesis in the context of mood disorders: From neurogenesis to the emergent role of gliogenesis	41
The postnatal GABA shift: A developmental perspective	41
The impact of saturated fat, added sugar and their combination on human hippocampal integrity and function: A systematic review and meta-analysis	41
Intrinsic timescales and predictive allostatic interoception in brain health and disease	40
A network meta-analysis of the long- and short-term efficacy of sleep medicines in adults and older adults	40
Different influences of anxiety models, environmental enrichment, standard conditions and intraspecies variation (sex, personality and strain) on stress and quality of life in adult and juvenile zebra	40
Visuomotor control in mice and primates	40
Treatment effect variability in brain stimulation across psychiatric disorders: A meta-analysis of variance	40
Early life adversity across different cell- types in the brain	40
Don’t be afraid, try to meditate- potential effects on neural activity and connectivity of psilocybin-assisted mindfulness-based intervention for social anxiety disorder: A systematic review	40
Designing a neuroclinical assessment of empathy deficits in psychopathy based on the Zipper Model of Empathy	39
Why and how the brain weights contributions from a mixture of experts	39
Brain anomalies in early psychosis: From secondary to primary psychosis	39
Symptom dimensions to address heterogeneity in tinnitus	39
Neuroimaging research in Williams syndrome: Beginning to bridge the gap with clinical care	39

Cortisol response to acute psychosocial stress in ADHD compared to conduct disorder and major depressive disorder: A systematic review	39
Language learning in aphasia: A narrative review and critical analysis of the literature with implications for language therapy	39
The effects of amphetamines alone and in combination with alcohol on functional neurocognition: A systematic review	39
NGF and BDNF in pediatrics syndromes	39
Furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysis	39
Comparing different non-invasive brain stimulation interventions for bipolar depression treatment: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	39
Brain pathology in focal status epilepticus: evidence from experimental models	39
Markov blankets in the brain	39
The shelterin protein expansion of telomere dynamics: Linking early life adversity, life history, and the hallmarks of aging	38
The Human Affectome Project: A dedication to Jaak Panksepp	38
Sex differences in the brain are not reduced to differences in body size	38
Childhood adversity and vagal regulation: A systematic review and meta-analysis	38
Dysfunctional decision-making in binge-eating disorder: A meta-analysis and systematic review	38
Auditing measures of interoceptive accuracy: Important clarifications	38
Association between anxiety and hypertension in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis	38
Identifying the neuropsychiatric health effects of low-dose lithium interventions: A systematic review	38
Impact of insulin and insulin resistance on brain dopamine signalling and reward processing – An underexplored mechanism in the pathophysiology of depression?	38
Do NMDA-R antagonists re-create patterns of spontaneous gamma-band activity in schizophrenia? A systematic review and perspective	38
Interpersonal neural synchronization during social interactions in close relationships: A systematic review and meta-analysis of fNIRS hyperscanning studies	37
Physical activity, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt and death among individuals with mental or other medical disorders: A systematic review of observational studies	37
Change of pace: How developmental tempo varies to accommodate failed provision of early needs	37
On some statistical and cerebral aspects of the limits of working memory capacity in anthropoid primates, with particular reference to Pan and Homo, and their significance for human evolution	37
Managing fear and anxiety in development: A framework for understanding the neurodevelopment of emotion regulation capacity and tendency	37
Highest correlations between emotion regulation strategies and mood symptoms in bipolar disorder: A systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis	37
From smartphone data to clinically relevant predictions: A systematic review of digital phenotyping methods in depression	37
The association between sample and treatment characteristics and the efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in depression: A meta-analysis and meta-regression of sham-controlled tria	37
Predictive coding for social perception: Complex interactions across space and time	36
Thirty years of research on negative symptoms of schizophrenia: A scientometric analysis of hotspots, bursts, and research trends	36
Does metabolic syndrome or its component factors alter the course of bipolar disorder? A systematic review	36
Stimulus-specific adaptation (SSA) in the auditory system: Functional relevance and underlying mechanisms	36
Corrigendum to “Emotion Regulation: From neural circuits to a transdiagnostic perspective” [Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. (2025) 168:105960]	36
The role of the endocannabinoid system as a therapeutic target for autism spectrum disorder: Lessons from behavioral studies on mouse models	36
Associations between mental and physical conditions in children and adolescents: An umbrella review	36
Getting in touch: A neural model of comforting touch	36
Novel ketamine and zinc treatment for anorexia nervosa and the potential beneficial interactions with the gut microbiome	35
Cardiorespiratory rhythms, brain oscillatory activity and cognition: review of evidence and proposal for significance	35
Gestational exposure to antidepressants and risk of seizure in offspring: A systematic review and meta-analysis	35
The forced swim test: Historical, conceptual and methodological considerations and its relationship with individual behavioral traits	35
Effectiveness of pharmacogenomic tests including CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 genomic variants for guiding the treatment of depressive disorders: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled tri	35
Estrogens and phytoestrogens in body functions	34
Suggestive but not conclusive: An independent meta-analysis on the auditory benefits of learning to play a musical instrument. Commentary on	34
The influence of anxiety symptoms on clinical outcomes during baclofen treatment of alcohol use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis	34
A review of functional brain differences predicting relapse in substance use disorder: Actionable targets for new methods of noninvasive brain stimulation	34
Envisioning the future: An ALE meta-analysis on neural correlates of future thinking, prospective memory and delay discounting	34
Functional MRS studies of GABA and glutamate/Glx – A systematic review and meta-analysis	34
Psychopathy and response inhibition: A meta-analysis of go/no-go and stop signal task performance	34
Emerging roles of brain metabolism in cognitive impairment and neuropsychiatric disorders	34
Disentangling the influences of multiple thalamic nuclei on prefrontal cortex and cognitive control	34
The empirical status of predictive coding and active inference	34
The role of the host microbiome in autism and neurodegenerative disorders and effect of epigenetic procedures in the brain functions	34
Visual mental imagery engages the left fusiform gyrus, but not the early visual cortex: A meta-analysis of neuroimaging evidence	34
Brain activation elicited by acute stress: An ALE meta-analysis	34
Neurobehavioral maturation of motor response inhibition in adolescence – A narrative review	34
Neuroinflammatory remodeling of the anterior cingulate cortex as a key driver of mood disorders in gastrointestinal disease and disorders	34
Federated inference and belief sharing	33
The neglected role of endocannabinoid actions at TRPC channels in ataxia	33
Interpersonal early adversity demonstrates dissimilarity from early socioeconomic disadvantage in the course of human brain development: A meta-analysis	33
The effectiveness and safety of low-intensity transcranial ultrasound stimulation: A systematic review of human and animal studies	33
The Impact of Mindfulness Meditation on the Wandering Mind: a Systematic Review	33
Childhood maltreatment as a predictor of substance use/misuse among youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis	33
The Pause-then-Cancel model of human action-stopping: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence	33
The importance of social behavior in nonhuman primate studies of aging: A mini-review	33
Signed and unsigned effects of prediction error on memory: Is it a matter of choice?	33
Unveiling the neurolipidome of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A scoping review navigating future diagnostic and therapeutic applications	33
Editorial Board	32
Application of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in the assessment of blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier integrity	32
Meta-analysis of pre-clinical studies on the effects of opioid receptor ligands on food intake, motivation, and choice	32
Sleep disorders and non-sleep circadian disorders predict depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies	32
Dump the “dimorphism”: Comprehensive synthesis of human brain studies reveals few male-female differences beyond size	32
From fear of falling to choking under pressure: A predictive processing perspective of disrupted motor control under anxiety	32
Does stress make us more—or less—prosocial? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of acute stress on prosocial behaviours using economic games	31
Bisphenol A exposure links to exacerbation of memory and cognitive impairment: A systematic review of the literature	31
Identifying a brain network for musical rhythm: A functional neuroimaging meta-analysis and systematic review	31
Half a century of research on antipsychotics and schizophrenia: A scientometric study of hotspots, nodes, bursts, and trends	31
Social, affective, and non-motoric bodily cues to the Sense of Agency: A systematic review of the experience of control	31
Hyper/neuroinflammation in COVID-19 and suicide etiopathogenesis: Hypothesis for a nefarious collision?	31
Anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders in adult men and women with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A substantive and methodological overview	31
Meta-analyses of cognitive functions in early-treated adults with phenylketonuria	31
Learning from addiction: Craving of prescription opioids in chronic pain sufferers	31
Does the temporal cortex make us human? A review of structural and functional diversity of the primate temporal lobe	31
Time perception and alcohol use: A systematic review	30
The role of nutrition in space exploration: Implications for sensorimotor, cognition, behavior and the cerebral changes due to the exposure to radiation, altered gravity, and isolation/confinement haz	30
Cholinergic modulation of sensory perception and plasticity	30
The gut microbiome and Alzheimer’s disease: Complex and bidirectional interactions	30
Facial expression recognition: A meta-analytic review of theoretical models and neuroimaging evidence	30
Play fighting and the development of the social brain: The rat’s tale	30
Neurosteroids and the mesocorticolimbic system	30
Rethinking minority stress: A social safety perspective on the health effects of stigma in sexually-diverse and gender-diverse populations	30
White matter integrity differences in obesity: A meta-analysis of diffusion tensor imaging studies	30
An updated reappraisal of synapsins: structure, function and role in neurological and psychiatric disorders	30
Atypical interoception as a common risk factor for psychopathology: A review	30
One cue does not fit all: A systematic review with meta-analysis of the effectiveness of cueing on freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease	30
Neural correlates of neuroticism: A coordinate-based meta-analysis of resting-state functional brain imaging studies	30
Subregional prefrontal cortex recruitment as a function of inhibitory demand: an fMRI metanalysis	29
CA2 beyond social memory: Evidence for a fundamental role in hippocampal information processing	29