Nature Neuroscience

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Neuroscience is 7. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Maladaptive myelination promotes seizure progression in generalized epilepsy550
Salty licorice taste receptor508
Non-REM sleep substates separate old and new memories437
Alcohol’s necessary accessory424
Positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging methods and datasets within the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN)410
Intracellular chloride regulation mediates local sleep pressure in the cortex339
Brain tumors induce widespread disruption of calvarial bone and alteration of skull marrow immune landscape335
Candelabrum cells are ubiquitous cerebellar cortex interneurons with specialized circuit properties329
Neural basis of anticipation and premature impulsive action in the frontal cortex304
Daily feeding entrains hunger-sensing neurons264
Differential replay of reward and punishment paths predicts approach and avoidance263
Neural basis of concurrent deliberation toward a choice and confidence judgment256
Hippocampus shapes entorhinal cortical output through a direct feedback circuit234
The cholinergic basal forebrain provides a parallel channel for state-dependent sensory signaling to auditory cortex230
Emergence of consciousness from anesthesia through ubiquitin degradation of KCC2 in the ventral posteromedial nucleus of the thalamus229
Latent neural population dynamics underlying breathing, opioid-induced respiratory depression and gasping221
Computational complexity drives sustained deliberation219
Implementation and validation of single-cell genomics experiments in neuroscience219
Constraints on the subsecond modulation of striatal dynamics by physiological dopamine signaling215
Climbing fibers provide essential instructive signals for associative learning203
Neurons in the caudal ventrolateral medulla mediate descending pain control200
A myeloid trisomy 21-associated gene variant is protective from Alzheimer’s disease200
The neuronal chromatin landscape in brains from individuals with schizophrenia is linked to early fetal development199
Hippocampal spatial representations exhibit a hyperbolic geometry that expands with experience197
Pervasive environmental chemicals impair oligodendrocyte development191
Altered adult neurogenesis and gliogenesis in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy187
Dissociative and prioritized modeling of behaviorally relevant neural dynamics using recurrent neural networks183
Attentional failures after sleep deprivation are locked to joint neurovascular, pupil and cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics183
Genetic variants associated with longitudinal changes in brain structure across the lifespan182
A global multicohort study to map subcortical brain development and cognition in infancy and early childhood178
Targeting pathological cells with senolytic drugs reduces seizures in neurodevelopmental mTOR-related epilepsy176
Tau filaments are tethered within brain extracellular vesicles in Alzheimer’s disease173
Messenger RNA transport on lysosomal vesicles maintains axonal mitochondrial homeostasis and prevents axonal degeneration171
Neurovascular dysfunction in GRN-associated frontotemporal dementia identified by single-nucleus RNA sequencing of human cerebral cortex157
Guest star in OCD156
Computational strategies for deliberative thought155
Organizing principles of the prefrontal cortex from a single-neuron projectome151
COVID-19 and brain aging150
How cancer and cortex collude147
Lessons from resilience147
Retraction Note: From neurons to microglia, with complements143
Glioblastoma–neuron networks141
Marc G. Caron (1946–2022)140
Negative self-experiences shape responses to others’ emotional states140
Aversion crosses over139
Widespread brain–body integration during changes of arousal137
A rapid and bidirectional reporter of neural activity reveals neural correlates of social behaviors in Drosophila134
A European perspective on structural barriers to women’s career progression in neuroscience133
Aberrant splicing exonizes C9orf72 repeat expansion in ALS/FTD130
Astrocytes make room for microglia129
Long-term labeling and imaging of synaptically connected neuronal networks in vivo using double-deletion-mutant rabies viruses129
Spatially resolved gene signatures of white matter lesion progression in multiple sclerosis126
Adult-born dentate granule cells promote hippocampal population sparsity125
Voltage imaging reveals hippocampal inhibitory dynamics shaping pyramidal memory-encoding sequences125
Activity map of a cortico-cerebellar loop underlying motor planning125
Hippocampal spatio-predictive cognitive maps adaptively guide reward generalization124
The developmental emergence of reliable cortical representations123
Large-scale drug screening in iPSC-derived motor neurons from sporadic ALS patients identifies a potential combinatorial therapy117
Rapid learning of neural circuitry from holographic ensemble stimulation enabled by model-based compressed sensing115
Derivation and transcriptional reprogramming of border-forming wound repair astrocytes after spinal cord injury or stroke in mice114
A hypothalamus–brainstem circuit governs the prioritization of safety over essential needs114
A neural mechanism for conserved value computations integrating information and rewards114
TDP-43 loss induces cryptic polyadenylation in ALS/FTD113
A synergistic core for human brain evolution and cognition112
Hypoxia ameliorates neurodegeneration and movement disorder in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease111
Aging and injury drive neuronal senescence in the dorsal root ganglia109
Cross-species analysis of adult hippocampal neurogenesis reveals human-specific gene expression but convergent biological processes107
Antipsychotic drug efficacy correlates with the modulation of D1 rather than D2 receptor-expressing striatal projection neurons107
Lipid-accumulated reactive astrocytes promote disease progression in epilepsy105
Astrocyte transcriptomic changes along the spatiotemporal progression of Alzheimer’s disease105
Common and stimulus-type-specific brain representations of negative affect105
Xenografted human microglia display diverse transcriptomic states in response to Alzheimer’s disease-related amyloid-β pathology104
Evidence for trans-synaptic propagation of oligomeric tau in human progressive supranuclear palsy104
Gender and geographical disparity in editorial boards of journals in psychology and neuroscience104
Propagation of pathologic α-synuclein from kidney to brain may contribute to Parkinson’s disease102
In conversation with Corey Harwell101
Translation for transmission100
Cerebellar organoids get active100
Oligodendroglial metabolic support of myelinated axons driven by K+ dynamics99
Real control in virtual rats99
Augmenting AMPA receptor signaling after spinal cord injury increases ependymal-derived neural stem/progenitor cell migration and promotes functional recovery97
Flipping APOE to reverse Alzheimer’s disease traits97
Author Correction: Tracking neural activity from the same cells during the entire adult life of mice97
Compartmentalized dendritic plasticity in the mouse retrosplenial cortex links contextual memories formed close in time97
Big data for classifying ASD96
Genetic targeting of premyelinating oligodendrocytes reveals activity-dependent myelination mechanisms96
Commensals boost nerve regeneration95
Chronic brain recordings reveal objective biomarkers of chronic pain95
Facial expressions in mice reveal latent cognitive variables and their neural correlates94
Retrieval of conditioned immune response in male mice is mediated by an anterior–posterior insula circuit94
Trans-Seq maps a selective mammalian retinotectal synapse instructed by Nephronectin94
A glial circadian gene expression atlas reveals cell-type and disease-specific reprogramming in response to amyloid pathology or aging94
Neurotransmitter phenotype switching by spinal excitatory interneurons regulates locomotor recovery after spinal cord injury93
Dynamics of mature myelin93
Epidural electrical stimulation of the cervical dorsal roots restores voluntary upper limb control in paralyzed monkeys93
Opponent control of behavior by dorsomedial striatal pathways depends on task demands and internal state92
Increased neural excitability and glioma synaptic activity drives glioma proliferation in human cortex91
A D2 to D1 shift in dopaminergic inputs to midbrain 5-HT neurons causes anorexia in mice88
Distinct serotonergic pathways to the amygdala underlie separate behavioral features of anxiety87
Impaired capillary–venous drainage contributes to gliosis and demyelination in mouse white matter during aging87
Next steps for global collaboration to minimize racial and ethnic bias in neuroscience85
A fragile imbalance85
In conversation with Carla Shatz85
How to build a cognitive map85
Personalized EES for SCI85
AI predicts risk of mental health disorders84
Publisher Correction: Nested compressed co-representations of multiple sequential experiences during sleep84
Gene programs driving cortical neuron specifications82
Allothetic and idiothetic spatial cues control the multiplexed theta phase coding of place cells82
From pain to brain81
Neurotensin neurons in the extended amygdala control dietary choice and energy homeostasis81
How the brain regulates its own immune system81
Differential kinematic coding in sensorimotor striatum across behavioral domains reflects different contributions to movement80
Reply to: A curious concept of CNS clearance80
How collaboration between bioethicists and neuroscientists can advance research80
Amygdala and anterior cingulate transcriptomes from individuals with bipolar disorder reveal downregulated neuroimmune and synaptic pathways79
Publisher Correction: Hormonal milieu influences whole-brain structural dynamics across the menstrual cycle using dense sampling in multiple individuals78
Oligodendrocyte–axon metabolic coupling is mediated by extracellular K+ and maintains axonal health78
Non-synaptic function of the autism spectrum disorder-associated gene SYNGAP1 in cortical neurogenesis78
Using temperature to analyze the neural basis of a time-based decision78
Modeling gene × environment interactions in PTSD using human neurons reveals diagnosis-specific glucocorticoid-induced gene expression77
Thalamus-driven functional populations in frontal cortex support decision-making77
Shared computational principles for language processing in humans and deep language models77
Intermediate acoustic-to-semantic representations link behavioral and neural responses to natural sounds77
Single-cell genotyping and transcriptomic profiling of mosaic focal cortical dysplasia76
Infiltrating CD8+ T cells exacerbate Alzheimer’s disease pathology in a 3D human neuroimmune axis model76
Oligodendroglial fatty acid metabolism as a central nervous system energy reserve75
Semantic reconstruction of continuous language from non-invasive brain recordings75
Faulty autolysosome acidification in Alzheimer’s disease mouse models induces autophagic build-up of Aβ in neurons, yielding senile plaques75
Natural language instructions induce compositional generalization in networks of neurons75
Preconfigured dynamics in the hippocampus are guided by embryonic birthdate and rate of neurogenesis75
Publisher Correction: A D2 to D1 shift in dopaminergic inputs to midbrain 5-HT neurons causes anorexia in mice74
Complex topology meets simple statistics74
Gonads drive the brain74
(Lost) gut feeling74
Author Correction: Mapping microglia states in the human brain through the integration of high-dimensional techniques73
In conversation with Fernando de Castro Soubriet73
Noninvasive reduction of neural rigidity alters autistic behaviors in humans73
Refining the negative into general and specific73
Distinct active zone protein machineries mediate Ca2+ channel clustering and vesicle priming at hippocampal synapses72
Neurogenic–angiogenic synchrony via lactate71
Sleep cycles process memories71
Silencing gut CCK cells alters gut reaction to sugar71
Large-scale high-density brain-wide neural recording in nonhuman primates70
TDP-43 loss brings RNA to a twist ending70
A. D. (Bud) Craig, Jr. (1951–2023)70
Globally reduced N6-methyladenosine (m6A) in C9ORF72-ALS/FTD dysregulates RNA metabolism and contributes to neurodegeneration69
Spatially clustered neurons in the bat midbrain encode vocalization categories69
An integrated single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomics atlas reveals the molecular landscape of the human hippocampus69
Nf1 mutation disrupts activity-dependent oligodendroglial plasticity and motor learning in mice68
Restoring sensation to prosthetics67
Impaired neurogenesis alters brain biomechanics in a neuroprogenitor-based genetic subtype of congenital hydrocephalus67
Chromatin domain alterations linked to 3D genome organization in a large cohort of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder brains66
Abnormal lipid metabolism shapes astrocyte reactivity in patients with epilepsy66
Estrogen dominance drives distinct patterns of brain plasticity66
The cell-type underpinnings of the human functional cortical connectome65
Semi-orthogonal subspaces for value mediate a binding and generalization trade-off65
Astrocytes require perineuronal nets to maintain synaptic homeostasis in mice65
Central nervous system-associated macrophages modulate the immune response following stroke in aged mice65
VTA dopamine neuron activity encodes social interaction and promotes reinforcement learning through social prediction error64
Ventral attention network connectivity is linked to cortical maturation and cognitive ability in childhood64
A molecularly defined amygdala-independent tetra-synaptic forebrain-to-hindbrain pathway for odor-driven innate fear and anxiety64
Stathmin-2 loss leads to neurofilament-dependent axonal collapse driving motor and sensory denervation64
Long-term diazepam treatment enhances microglial spine engulfment and impairs cognitive performance via the mitochondrial 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO)64
Age-related Huntington’s disease progression modeled in directly reprogrammed patient-derived striatal neurons highlights impaired autophagy63
Anorexia nervosa microbiota63
Large-scale deep multi-layer analysis of Alzheimer’s disease brain reveals strong proteomic disease-related changes not observed at the RNA level63
Salience in the raphe63
Thalamic subnetworks as units of function63
Author Correction: Astrocytes mediate long-lasting synaptic regulation of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons62
The eyes have it62
Glial plasticity dysregulation contributes to learning impairments in the neurogenetic disorder NF162
A common voice for neural data62
Single-nucleus sequencing finds no adult hippocampal neurogenesis in humans62
A very sexy circuit62
Endocannabinoid protection of the brain vasculature leads to stress resilience61
AI beats neuroscientists’ predictions61
Resilient cortical maps61
Author Correction: Central role for PICALM in amyloid-β blood-brain barrier transcytosis and clearance60
Ptchd1 mediates opioid tolerance via cholesterol-dependent effects on μ-opioid receptor trafficking59
Stress and autophagy59
Author Correction: Spatial transcriptomics reveals the distinct organization of mouse prefrontal cortex and neuronal subtypes regulating chronic pain59
Propagation of neuronal micronuclei regulates microglial characteristics59
Author Correction: Meta-reinforcement learning via orbitofrontal cortex59
High-precision mapping reveals the structure of odor coding in the human brain58
Cerebellar associative learning underlies skilled reach adaptation58
The synaptic architecture of layer 5 thick tufted excitatory neurons in mouse visual cortex57
PolyGR and polyPR knock-in mice reveal a conserved neuroprotective extracellular matrix signature in C9orf72 ALS/FTD neurons57
Leveraging deep single-soma RNA sequencing to explore the neural basis of human somatosensation56
Blood-to-brain communication in aging and rejuvenation56
Updating the striatal–pallidal wiring diagram56
Single-nucleus genomics in outbred rats with divergent cocaine addiction-like behaviors reveals changes in amygdala GABAergic inhibition56
Decoding motor plans using a closed-loop ultrasonic brain–machine interface56
Control and recalibration of path integration in place cells using optic flow56
Dissection of artifactual and confounding glial signatures by single-cell sequencing of mouse and human brain54
Astrocytic Ca2+ prevents synaptic depotentiation by limiting repetitive activity in dendrites during motor learning54
Gradients of neurotransmitter receptor expression in the macaque cortex54
Noradrenergic activation of the basolateral amygdala facilitates memory specificity for similar events experienced close in time54
Hypothalamic modulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mice confers activity-dependent regulation of memory and anxiety-like behavior53
Blood proteins control microglia53
Cortical gene expression architecture links healthy neurodevelopment to the imaging, transcriptomics and genetics of autism and schizophrenia53
The role of the lateral orbitofrontal cortex in creating cognitive maps53
Neuronal activity stimulates a genetic program to rapidly generate synapses during development52
Place fields illuminated52
In conversation with Aniruddha Das52
Author Correction: Cortical astrocytes modulate dominance behavior in male mice by regulating synaptic excitatory and inhibitory balance52
Author Correction: Large-scale encoding of emotion concepts becomes increasingly similar between individuals from childhood to adolescence52
Puberty reverses sex differences in learning51
Multiregion transcriptomic profiling of the primate brain reveals signatures of aging and the social environment51
Altruism and social rewards51
Lewy body disease can spread via two distinct body-first routes51
Value dynamics affect choice preparation during decision-making50
Reducing publication bias with Registered Reports50
Multilevel visual motion opponency in Drosophila50
A distinct hypothalamus–habenula circuit governs risk preference50
CRISPR screening by AAV episome-sequencing (CrAAVe-seq): a scalable cell-type-specific in vivo platform uncovers neuronal essential genes50
Opportunities and challenges of single-cell and spatially resolved genomics methods for neuroscience discovery50
Apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer’s disease trajectories and the next-generation clinical care pathway50
Serotonergic modulation of the BNST–CeA pathway reveals sex differences in fear learning50
Context-dependent decision-making in the primate hippocampal–prefrontal circuit49
Single-cell genomics of the mouse olfactory cortex reveals contrasts with neocortex and ancestral signatures of cell type evolution49
A deep learning framework for inference of single-trial neural population dynamics from calcium imaging with subframe temporal resolution49
High-speed multiplane confocal microscopy for voltage imaging in densely labeled neuronal populations48
Distinct origin and region-dependent contribution of stromal fibroblasts to fibrosis following traumatic injury in mice48
Membrane mechanics dictate axonal pearls-on-a-string morphology and function48
A gradual temporal shift of dopamine responses mirrors the progression of temporal difference error in machine learning47
A unifying theory explains seemingly contradictory biases in perceptual estimation47
Adolescent sleep molds adult social preferences46
Primary cilia signaling in astrocytes mediates development and regional-specific functional specification46
Lack of myelin improves axon survival in inflammatory lesions in the CNS46
Neural patterns differentiate traumatic from sad autobiographical memories in PTSD46
A cholinergic auditory pathway46
Tau activation of microglial cGAS–IFN reduces MEF2C-mediated cognitive resilience46
Author Correction: A single-vector intersectional AAV strategy for interrogating cellular diversity and brain function45
Integrated cardio-behavioral responses to threat define defensive states45
Twenty-five years of Nature Neuroscience45
The stop and go of glymphatic flow45
Functionally diverse human insular architecture with memory-related hippocampal interactions45
Together but opposites in reward45
An RNA editing strategy rescues gene duplication in a mouse model of MECP2 duplication syndrome and nonhuman primates45
Addressing the ethical and societal challenges posed by genome-wide association studies of behavioral and brain-related traits44
Impaired gut barrier affects microglia health44
A massive 7T fMRI dataset to bridge cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence43
A motor association area in the depths of the central sulcus43
Orexin neurons track temporal features of blood glucose in behaving mice43
Prefrontal engrams of long-term fear memory perpetuate pain perception43
Single-neuron projectome of mouse prefrontal cortex43
In conversation with Sonia Mayoral42
It’s go time42
Norepinephrine links astrocytic activity to regulation of cortical state42
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