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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Offspring attachment392
Sensory cortex quashes subcortical escape instinct381
Give and take274
(New neurons) singing in the avian brain272
Avoiding interpretational pitfalls in fluorescence imaging of the brain268
Quantifying postsynaptic receptor dynamics: insights into synaptic function250
Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures244
Environmental decision neuroscience connects the brain to climate action206
When linguistic dogma rejects a neuroscientific hypothesis191
Neuroferroptosis in health and diseases186
The neuronal circuits and cellular encoding of thermosensation180
The language network as a natural kind within the broader landscape of the human brain180
Freezing revisited: coordinated autonomic and central optimization of threat coping165
Rewarding astrocytes163
The power of direct observation: discovery of REM sleep162
Inflammation alters cognition after cancer immunotherapy161
How witnessing distress alters resilience146
From local APP expression to network dysfunction145
Indirect neurogenesis in space and time141
The cognitive impact of light: illuminating ipRGC circuit mechanisms140
Dynamic influences on the neural encoding of social valence134
Time, space, memory and brain–body rhythms126
Understanding neural circuit function through synaptic engineering121
Cilia make connections119
Astrocyte engulfment119
Benefit worth the cost118
Tightening synaptic relations116
Causal prominence for neuroscience113
The neural bases for timing of durations107
Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome106
Network models to enhance the translational impact of cross-species studies106
Post-injury pain and behaviour: a control theory perspective101
Structure–function coupling in macroscale human brain networks100
Neuronal maturation and axon regeneration: unfixing circuitry to enable repair99
Brain network communication: concepts, models and applications98
Striatal shaping of hypothalamic control95
To fire or not to fire: decisions mediated by localized processing and dendritic spikes92
A metabotropic receptor for glycine90
Opening the gate to regeneration89
Reply to ‘The language network is topographically diverse and driven by rapid syntactic inferences’87
Reply to ‘Fear, anxiety and the functional architecture of the human central extended amygdala’84
Cueing motivation82
Early adversity alters brain architecture and increases susceptibility to mental health disorders80
The short and long pathways to memory80
Central neural circuits underlying itch sensation80
Redefining the central pattern generator for vertebrate locomotion77
Reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data with recurrent neural networks77
The emergence of NeuroAI: bridging neuroscience and artificial intelligence76
The brain’s action-mode network75
Peroxidation protectors74
Brain on standby — how torpor made ‘tauopathy’ reversible70
TRP channels: a journey towards a molecular understanding of pain68
Structural MRI of brain similarity networks66
Examining the biological causes of eating disorders to inform treatment strategies66
Endothelial cells as key players in cerebral small vessel disease65
The plasticitome of cortical interneurons62
CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory61
Joint modelling of brain and behaviour dynamics with artificial intelligence60
From compulsivity to compulsion: the neural basis of compulsive disorders59
Growth mechanics58
Switching into a dissociated state58
Towards single-cell-resolution global maps of mammalian brains58
Reply to ‘Language is widely distributed throughout the brain’57
Linking human behaviour to brain structure: further challenges and possible solutions54
Barriers and brain fog54
A biophysical perspective on the resilience of neuronal excitability across timescales54
Facial expressions reveal inner cognitive processes54
Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces52
Schizophrenia genomics: genetic complexity and functional insights52
Skill switching50
Controlling communication50
Integrated cardio-behavioural defensive states50
An intriguing role of repeat-element RNAs in nerve injury repair49
‘Magic’ mechanisms underlie psilocybin’s effects in chronic pain46
A neuronal subcompartment view of ATP production46
Linking activity dyshomeostasis and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer disease46
Concept cells and social memory: the abstract representation of familiar individuals45
Central regulation of stress-evoked peripheral immune responses45
Caught in a trap42
Species differences42
Regulating intestinal immunity41
Neurogenic signatures of cognitive decline and resilience40
The gatekeeper of ongoing pain: an endogenous analgesic circuit that prioritizes survival39
A unifying perspective on neural manifolds and circuits for cognition38
Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders38
Reply to ‘Post-encounter freezing during approach–avoidance conflict: the role of the hippocampus’38
Fly connectome over the wire36
Correcting early circuit errors36
Coding corners36
Reply to ‘Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience as collections of practices’35
Human hippocampal circuit characterization35
The neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection34
Psilocybin shapes neural plasticity in selective brain networks34
Why public engagement is important for neuroscientists34
Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight34
Gene therapy for CNS disorders: modalities, delivery and translational challenges33
Multi-timescale neural dynamics for multisensory integration33
Multiple system atrophy: at the crossroads of cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms31
Reply to ‘Musical neurodynamics and the ‘inner voice’’30
Mechanics of amyloid clearance29
Immune dysfunction in Alzheimer disease28
Lipid metabolism, remodelling and intercellular transfer in the CNS27
Saccades can modulate auditory brain networks26
A tripartite view of the posterior cingulate cortex26
Interictal network dysfunction and cognitive impairment in epilepsy25
Astrocyte antennae25
Losing sleep in heart disease25
Circuit control of competition25
Sleep–wake regulation by baroreflex circuitry25
Functional diversity of amacrine cells24
Author Correction: The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour23
Twenty-five years of covering neuroscience23
Clarifying the conceptual dimensions of representation in neuroscience22
Going offline to enhance memory during sleep22
Towards an informational account of interpersonal coordination21
Neuroimmune mechanisms and therapies mediating post-ischaemic brain injury and repair21
Musical neurodynamics and the ‘inner voice’19
The vascular contribution to cognitive decline in ageing and dementia18
Myelin under attack endangers axons17
Avoiding social interactions17
Parallel processing of alternative approaches16
Mapping the cell-type-specific effects of ageing in the human cortex16
Olfactory neurons can feel the (heart) beat15
Echolocation over long distances14
Eye movements provide insight into amnesia14
Learning in the overparametrized brain14
Rethinking women’s brain health13
Time alone: cytokine-induced isolation during sickness13
Developmental mechanisms underlying the evolution of human cortical circuits12
What neural oscillations can and cannot do for syntactic structure building12
Why so slow? Models of parkinsonian bradykinesia12
The neuroconnectionist research programme11
Attentional capture11
Global coordination of brain activity by the breathing cycle11
Disentangling human inference11
Promoting axon regeneration after injury10
Psilocybin desynchronization persists in the human brain10
The human hippocampus beyond episodic memory10
Reliable social switch10
A neural compass for real-world navigation9
The on-site, on-demand, neuronal gene machine9
How deep is the brain? The shallow brain hypothesis9
Mitochondrial complex I deficiency and Parkinson disease8
Brain mechanisms underlying the inhibitory control of thought8
Linking the exposome to the brain–behaviour phenotype8
RNA granules in flux: dynamics to balance physiology and pathology8
Opportunities and pitfalls of data contextualization in neuroimaging8
Delving into thalamic drive7
A new target for leptin7
The unexpected value of communicating science to the public7
Playing tag at the axon7
Self-recognition mirrored from others7
A new myeloid cell migration route7
Neural compositions use multigoal building blocks7
Sleep and circadian rhythmicity as entangled processes serving homeostasis7
The core language network separated from other networks during primate evolution6
From avoidance to new action: the multifaceted role of the striatal indirect pathway6
Tiny recurrent neural networks for discovering cognitive strategies6
The molecular determinants of microglial developmental dynamics6
Roles and regulation of microglia activity in multiple sclerosis: insights from animal models6
Neural adaptation to climate change: mechanisms, limits and opportunities6
Ruminating on replay during the awake state5
The long COVID haul5
Data-driven modelling of neurodegenerative disease progression: thinking outside the black box5
Wired for immunity: neuroimmune control of the lung by sensory neurons5
CRISPR-TO: a versatile tool for programmable control of the spatial transcriptome5
Ripple contributions to human memory: making the spiking content count5
How eating makes asthma worse5
The neural basis of sugar preference4
Processing α-synuclein interactions4
The diverse forms and roles of the neuronal endoplasmic reticulum4
Multisensory coding of self-motion and its contribution to navigation4
Role of dysregulated calcium homeostasis in astrocytes in neurodegenerative disorders4
Sensory neuron signals drive bone repair4
Alternative splicing in neurodegenerative disease and the promise of RNA therapies4
Dynamic modulation of the blood–brain barrier in the healthy brain4
Circuit mechanisms governing endocannabinoid modulation of affective behaviour and stress adaptation4
Large-scale electrophysiology at single-spike resolution3
The neuropathobiology of multiple sclerosis3
Investigating human visual cortex variability3
Spectrins: molecular organizers and targets of neurological disorders3
Development, wiring and function of dopamine neuron subtypes3
Avoiding bias in fluorescence sensor readout3
Getting anxious about immune system activation3
Light dampens metabolism3
Dynamical models to evaluate structure–function relationships in network neuroscience3
A frequency location to remember3
Reward encoded relative to experience3
Repulsion in the human hippocampus is linked to internal beliefs3
Time to let the model speak for itself with closed-loop neurophysiology2
Tracking ingestion2
Overnight neuronal plasticity and adaptation to emotional distress2
Publisher Correction: The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour2
Structurally informed models of directed brain connectivity2
Rewinding reward2
Disconnect to quit2
Classifying inhibitory synapses in the cortex: beyond cell types2
Detection, processing and reinforcement of social cues: regulation by the oxytocin system2
Dopamine signals threat-coping behaviour in threat–reward conflicts2
Glia of the heart’s nervous system2
GABA tone regulation and its cognitive functions in the brain2
Planning projections2
Oligomeric tau might spread trans-synaptically in Alzheimer disease2
A far-red dopamine sensor unlocks multiplex views of in vivo neuromodulation2
Neurovascular influence2
Shaping the brain vasculature in development and disease in the single-cell era2
The neural circuits and signalling pathways of opioid use disorder2
Mapping the molecular effects of Down syndrome in the developing brain2
A structural function for CaMKII2
Natural primate neurobiology2
Working together to build strong scientific communities1
Categorization is ‘baked’ into the brain1
In vivo multimodal neurochemical interfaces for real-time decoding of brain circuit1
Innate immune control of synapse development1
Genetically defined neuron types underlying visuomotor transformation in the superior colliculus1
Safety in numbers1
Attractor and integrator networks in the brain1
Sleuthing subjectivity: a review of covert measures of consciousness1
Mapping the social memory network1
Thirsty work for the cerebellum1
Causation in neuroscience: keeping mechanism meaningful1
Neural basis of social hierarchy across species1
Pathways to sex preferences1
Soporific supper?1
The structures and functions of correlations in neural population codes1
The neocortical column as a universal template for perception and world-model learning1
How mechanisms of stem cell polarity shape the human cerebral cortex1
Value-free teaching in action1
Mapping cilia connections in the human brain1
Goal-directed learning in adolescence: neurocognitive development and contextual influences1
Metabolic vulnerability and tau pathology in combination drive necroptosis1
Climate change matters to neuroscience1
Neural circuits of long-term thermoregulatory adaptations to cold temperatures and metabolic demands1
Thalamic drive starts action sequences1
Revealing silent synapses in the adult brain1
Data sharing in neuroimaging: experiences from the BIDS project1
Variants in a noncoding gene drive prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder1
Hormonal gatekeeper of distinct social behaviours1
Replay, the default mode network and the cascaded memory systems model1
When the ‘selfish’ brain and the ‘selfish’ immune system clash1
On analogies in vertebrate and insect visual systems1
Sometimes science needs a stubborn mind: the discovery of dopamine1
The emerging roles of long non-coding RNAs in the nervous system1
Key genes and convergent pathogenic mechanisms in Parkinson disease1
A roadmap for conducting more inclusive research on brain resilience in ageing and dementia1
Enhancing cognition1
Stress drives seeking of starvation1
Towards a cross-cultural framework for predictive coding of music1
Neural manifolds: more than the sum of their neurons1
Social representation1
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