Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Reviews Neuroscience is 1. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Offspring attachment625
Closure with connexins368
(New neurons) singing in the avian brain307
Give and take266
Avoiding interpretational pitfalls in fluorescence imaging of the brain266
Sensory cortex quashes subcortical escape instinct258
When linguistic dogma rejects a neuroscientific hypothesis249
Quantifying postsynaptic receptor dynamics: insights into synaptic function236
Macroautophagy in CNS health and disease217
Taking stock of value in the orbitofrontal cortex209
Freezing revisited: coordinated autonomic and central optimization of threat coping179
The language network as a natural kind within the broader landscape of the human brain153
The power of direct observation: discovery of REM sleep149
Shining a light on pain149
Rewarding astrocytes146
Size matters145
Dynamic influences on the neural encoding of social valence143
Indirect neurogenesis in space and time137
How witnessing distress alters resilience136
Understanding neural circuit function through synaptic engineering135
From local APP expression to network dysfunction135
The cognitive impact of light: illuminating ipRGC circuit mechanisms133
Promoting growth through fusion130
Cilia make connections128
Astrocyte engulfment128
Causal prominence for neuroscience126
Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome123
Network models to enhance the translational impact of cross-species studies123
Measuring mental alertness122
The neural bases for timing of durations122
Benefit worth the cost120
Tightening synaptic relations118
Post-injury pain and behaviour: a control theory perspective114
Networking brainstem and basal ganglia circuits for movement113
Brain network communication: concepts, models and applications108
Neuronal maturation and axon regeneration: unfixing circuitry to enable repair103
Structure–function coupling in macroscale human brain networks101
Striatal shaping of hypothalamic control99
To fire or not to fire: decisions mediated by localized processing and dendritic spikes99
The short and long pathways to memory98
A metabotropic receptor for glycine97
Opening the gate to regeneration95
Reply to ‘The language network is topographically diverse and driven by rapid syntactic inferences’93
Brain vulnerability and viability after ischaemia87
Reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data with recurrent neural networks86
Reply to ‘Fear, anxiety and the functional architecture of the human central extended amygdala’86
The brain’s action-mode network84
TRP channels: a journey towards a molecular understanding of pain83
Place-cell crowd control83
The plasticitome of cortical interneurons81
Endothelial cells as key players in cerebral small vessel disease81
CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory79
Structural MRI of brain similarity networks78
Null models in network neuroscience78
Sex differences in anxiety and depression: circuits and mechanisms77
From compulsivity to compulsion: the neural basis of compulsive disorders75
Innovations and advances in modelling and measuring pain in animals72
The probabilistic model of Alzheimer disease: the amyloid hypothesis revised72
Bodily balancing of fear71
Growth mechanics71
Ectopic activation70
Switching into a dissociated state70
Reply to ‘Language is widely distributed throughout the brain’69
Linking human behaviour to brain structure: further challenges and possible solutions67
Barriers and brain fog66
Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces64
Schizophrenia genomics: genetic complexity and functional insights62
A biophysical perspective on the resilience of neuronal excitability across timescales61
Neocortical circuits in pain and pain relief60
The neural mechanisms of manual dexterity59
Social switches56
Pericytes pass the leptin55
Controlling communication55
Integrated cardio-behavioural defensive states54
Social ranking54
Too excited to sleep53
Concept cells and social memory: the abstract representation of familiar individuals53
A neuronal subcompartment view of ATP production50
Skill switching49
Linking activity dyshomeostasis and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer disease49
Central regulation of stress-evoked peripheral immune responses48
New model jellyfish?46
Species differences45
Caught in a trap44
Reply to ‘Post-encounter freezing during approach–avoidance conflict: the role of the hippocampus’43
Neural tuning and representational geometry43
On the relationship between maps and domains in inferotemporal cortex43
A unifying perspective on neural manifolds and circuits for cognition42
Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders41
Correcting early circuit errors40
Fly connectome over the wire37
Publisher Correction: Navigating for reward37
Coding corners36
A synaptic mismatch35
Why public engagement is important for neuroscientists35
Mechanics of amyloid clearance35
Repairing nerve damage34
A peptidergic disinhibitory microcircuit34
Coordinating early activity34
A nice touch33
A new class of hub33
How to doze while in danger32
Human hippocampal circuit characterization31
Lipid metabolism, remodelling and intercellular transfer in the CNS31
Multiple system atrophy: at the crossroads of cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms30
The sympathetic nervous system in development and disease30
The role of inhibitory circuits in hippocampal memory processing30
The neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection29
Emerging roles for CNS fibroblasts in health, injury and disease29
Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight28
Multi-timescale neural dynamics for multisensory integration28
Gene therapy for CNS disorders: modalities, delivery and translational challenges28
A tripartite view of the posterior cingulate cortex28
Sleep–wake regulation by baroreflex circuitry27
Saccades can modulate auditory brain networks27
Interspecies differences27
The sounds of breathing27
Circuit control of competition24
Astrocyte antennae24
Losing sleep in heart disease24
Neuroimmune mechanisms and therapies mediating post-ischaemic brain injury and repair23
Author Correction: The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour23
Interictal network dysfunction and cognitive impairment in epilepsy22
Avoiding social interactions21
Mapping the cell-type-specific effects of ageing in the human cortex20
Myelin under attack endangers axons20
Parallel processing of alternative approaches19
Why so slow? Models of parkinsonian bradykinesia19
Echolocation over long distances19
What neural oscillations can and cannot do for syntactic structure building18
Olfactory neurons can feel the (heart) beat17
Global coordination of brain activity by the breathing cycle17
Energy matters: presynaptic metabolism and the maintenance of synaptic transmission17
Aquaporin 4 and glymphatic flow have central roles in brain fluid homeostasis17
Forgetting as a form of adaptive engram cell plasticity16
Developmental mechanisms underlying the evolution of human cortical circuits16
The anterior thalamic nuclei: core components of a tripartite episodic memory system16
The neuroconnectionist research programme16
Keep time to find your way15
Reduced replay and distorted maps15
A shared pathway?13
Attentional capture13
Reliable social switch12
Disentangling human inference12
Access channels11
Psilocybin desynchronization persists in the human brain10
Promoting axon regeneration after injury10
How deep is the brain? The shallow brain hypothesis9
Mitochondrial complex I deficiency and Parkinson disease9
The why behind the high: determinants of neurocognition during acute cannabis exposure9
The human hippocampus beyond episodic memory9
Priority coding in the visual system7
RNA granules in flux: dynamics to balance physiology and pathology7
Self-recognition mirrored from others7
Sleep and circadian rhythmicity as entangled processes serving homeostasis7
A new target for leptin6
Mitochondrial defence tactics6
Delving into thalamic drive6
Sneezing pathway revealed6
Postsynaptic phase separation6
Neural compositions use multigoal building blocks6
Drifting representations6
Playing tag at the axon5
Data-driven modelling of neurodegenerative disease progression: thinking outside the black box5
Roles and regulation of microglia activity in multiple sclerosis: insights from animal models5
The core language network separated from other networks during primate evolution5
The molecular determinants of microglial developmental dynamics5
Myelin loss in AD4
How eating makes asthma worse4
Ruminating on replay during the awake state4
Retrieving immune responses stored in the insular cortex4
Collaboration produces brain cell census4
The neural basis of sugar preference3
Processing α-synuclein interactions3
Alternative splicing in neurodegenerative disease and the promise of RNA therapies3
Spectrins: molecular organizers and targets of neurological disorders3
A frequency location to remember3
Epstein–Barr virus and multiple sclerosis3
The long COVID haul3
Development, wiring and function of dopamine neuron subtypes3
Dynamical models to evaluate structure–function relationships in network neuroscience3
Overnight neuronal plasticity and adaptation to emotional distress3
Light dampens metabolism3
Investigating human visual cortex variability3
Publisher Correction: Two views of the cognitive brain3
The neuropathobiology of multiple sclerosis3
Detection, processing and reinforcement of social cues: regulation by the oxytocin system3
Regulators of human brain evolution3
Sheep electrophysiology3
Avoiding bias in fluorescence sensor readout3
A structural function for CaMKII2
Intervening in the spleen2
Oligomeric tau might spread trans-synaptically in Alzheimer disease2
Tracking ingestion2
Conformational strains of pathogenic amyloid proteins in neurodegenerative diseases2
Retinal protection2
Neurovascular influence2
Shaping the brain vasculature in development and disease in the single-cell era2
Dopamine signals threat-coping behaviour in threat–reward conflicts2
Cannabis and synaptic reprogramming of the developing brain2
Publisher Correction: The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour2
Structurally informed models of directed brain connectivity2
Complementary expression patterns2
Classifying inhibitory synapses in the cortex: beyond cell types2
GABA tone regulation and its cognitive functions in the brain2
Cortical regulation of sleep1
Enhancing cognition1
Hunger from within1
Hormonal gatekeeper of distinct social behaviours1
Structural neural plasticity evoked by rapid-acting antidepressant interventions1
Publisher Correction: Structural neural plasticity evoked by rapid-acting antidepressant interventions1
Thalamic drive starts action sequences1
Organoid modelling of network function1
Pushing the frontiers: tools for monitoring neurotransmitters and neuromodulators1
A cryptic fault1
Natural primate neurobiology1
Rewinding reward1
Neural signalling of gut mechanosensation in ingestive and digestive processes1
Craving circuitry1
mTOR and neuroinflammation in epilepsy: implications for disease progression and treatment1
Causal mapping of human brain function1
Unfolding cognitive decline mechanisms1
Remission from addiction: erasing the wrong circuits or making new ones?1
Attractor and integrator networks in the brain1
Key genes and convergent pathogenic mechanisms in Parkinson disease1
Mapping the social memory network1
Planning projections1
Genetically defined neuron types underlying visuomotor transformation in the superior colliculus1
Mapping cilia connections in the human brain1
Thirsty work for the cerebellum1
Neural circuits of long-term thermoregulatory adaptations to cold temperatures and metabolic demands1
How mechanisms of stem cell polarity shape the human cerebral cortex1
Untangling neurodegeneration1
Advancing models of neural development with biomaterials1
The stressed synapse 2.0: pathophysiological mechanisms in stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders1
Spine dynamics in the brain, mental disorders and artificial neural networks1
Disconnect to quit1
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