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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Offspring attachment575
Sensory cortex quashes subcortical escape instinct387
Give and take372
Avoiding interpretational pitfalls in fluorescence imaging of the brain267
(New neurons) singing in the avian brain267
Macroautophagy in CNS health and disease255
Quantifying postsynaptic receptor dynamics: insights into synaptic function243
The neuronal circuits and cellular encoding of thermosensation235
Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures208
Environmental decision neuroscience connects the brain to climate action202
When linguistic dogma rejects a neuroscientific hypothesis193
Neuroferroptosis in health and diseases182
Freezing revisited: coordinated autonomic and central optimization of threat coping180
The language network as a natural kind within the broader landscape of the human brain171
Rewarding astrocytes168
The power of direct observation: discovery of REM sleep162
Inflammation alters cognition after cancer immunotherapy159
How witnessing distress alters resilience156
From local APP expression to network dysfunction154
The cognitive impact of light: illuminating ipRGC circuit mechanisms140
Understanding neural circuit function through synaptic engineering140
Indirect neurogenesis in space and time139
Time, space, memory and brain–body rhythms132
Dynamic influences on the neural encoding of social valence132
Astrocyte engulfment129
Cilia make connections127
Tightening synaptic relations118
Benefit worth the cost118
Causal prominence for neuroscience117
Network models to enhance the translational impact of cross-species studies116
Post-injury pain and behaviour: a control theory perspective114
Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome112
The neural bases for timing of durations112
Brain network communication: concepts, models and applications108
Neuronal maturation and axon regeneration: unfixing circuitry to enable repair105
Structure–function coupling in macroscale human brain networks104
Striatal shaping of hypothalamic control101
To fire or not to fire: decisions mediated by localized processing and dendritic spikes100
Opening the gate to regeneration95
A metabotropic receptor for glycine95
Reply to ‘The language network is topographically diverse and driven by rapid syntactic inferences’94
Cueing motivation88
Reply to ‘Fear, anxiety and the functional architecture of the human central extended amygdala’88
The short and long pathways to memory87
The emergence of NeuroAI: bridging neuroscience and artificial intelligence86
Redefining the central pattern generator for vertebrate locomotion82
Central neural circuits underlying itch sensation79
The brain’s action-mode network79
Early adversity alters brain architecture and increases susceptibility to mental health disorders79
Reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data with recurrent neural networks78
Peroxidation protectors76
Brain on standby — how torpor made ‘tauopathy’ reversible75
From compulsivity to compulsion: the neural basis of compulsive disorders72
Examining the biological causes of eating disorders to inform treatment strategies72
Joint modelling of brain and behaviour dynamics with artificial intelligence71
TRP channels: a journey towards a molecular understanding of pain71
Endothelial cells as key players in cerebral small vessel disease69
The plasticitome of cortical interneurons64
CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory63
Structural MRI of brain similarity networks62
Null models in network neuroscience60
Switching into a dissociated state60
Growth mechanics60
Towards single-cell-resolution global maps of mammalian brains59
Reply to ‘Language is widely distributed throughout the brain’57
Barriers and brain fog57
Facial expressions reveal inner cognitive processes56
Linking human behaviour to brain structure: further challenges and possible solutions56
A biophysical perspective on the resilience of neuronal excitability across timescales54
Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces54
Schizophrenia genomics: genetic complexity and functional insights53
Controlling communication52
Integrated cardio-behavioural defensive states52
Skill switching50
An intriguing role of repeat-element RNAs in nerve injury repair50
‘Magic’ mechanisms underlie psilocybin’s effects in chronic pain49
Linking activity dyshomeostasis and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer disease49
A neuronal subcompartment view of ATP production47
Concept cells and social memory: the abstract representation of familiar individuals46
Central regulation of stress-evoked peripheral immune responses44
Caught in a trap43
Species differences43
Reply to ‘Post-encounter freezing during approach–avoidance conflict: the role of the hippocampus’42
Neurogenic signatures of cognitive decline and resilience41
Regulating intestinal immunity41
A unifying perspective on neural manifolds and circuits for cognition39
The gatekeeper of ongoing pain: an endogenous analgesic circuit that prioritizes survival39
Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders38
Fly connectome over the wire37
Correcting early circuit errors35
A nice touch34
Why public engagement is important for neuroscientists34
Coding corners34
Reply to ‘Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience as collections of practices’33
Human hippocampal circuit characterization33
Psilocybin shapes neural plasticity in selective brain networks33
The role of inhibitory circuits in hippocampal memory processing32
Reply to ‘Musical neurodynamics and the ‘inner voice’’32
Lipid metabolism, remodelling and intercellular transfer in the CNS32
Mechanics of amyloid clearance32
Multi-timescale neural dynamics for multisensory integration31
The neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection31
A tripartite view of the posterior cingulate cortex29
Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight28
Multiple system atrophy: at the crossroads of cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms27
Immune dysfunction in Alzheimer disease26
Losing sleep in heart disease25
Gene therapy for CNS disorders: modalities, delivery and translational challenges25
Sleep–wake regulation by baroreflex circuitry25
Saccades can modulate auditory brain networks25
Functional diversity of amacrine cells24
Astrocyte antennae24
Twenty-five years of covering neuroscience24
Circuit control of competition24
Author Correction: The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour23
Going offline to enhance memory during sleep22
Neuroimmune mechanisms and therapies mediating post-ischaemic brain injury and repair22
Towards an informational account of interpersonal coordination21
The vascular contribution to cognitive decline in ageing and dementia21
Musical neurodynamics and the ‘inner voice’21
Interictal network dysfunction and cognitive impairment in epilepsy19
Clarifying the conceptual dimensions of representation in neuroscience18
Avoiding social interactions17
Parallel processing of alternative approaches16
Myelin under attack endangers axons16
Mapping the cell-type-specific effects of ageing in the human cortex15
Olfactory neurons can feel the (heart) beat14
Echolocation over long distances14
Rethinking women’s brain health13
Eye movements provide insight into amnesia13
Learning in the overparametrized brain13
Why so slow? Models of parkinsonian bradykinesia12
What neural oscillations can and cannot do for syntactic structure building12
Time alone: cytokine-induced isolation during sickness12
Developmental mechanisms underlying the evolution of human cortical circuits12
Global coordination of brain activity by the breathing cycle12
The neuroconnectionist research programme11
Disentangling human inference10
A neural compass for real-world navigation9
The human hippocampus beyond episodic memory9
Attentional capture9
The on-site, on-demand, neuronal gene machine9
Reliable social switch9
Promoting axon regeneration after injury9
Psilocybin desynchronization persists in the human brain9
RNA granules in flux: dynamics to balance physiology and pathology8
Opportunities and pitfalls of data contextualization in neuroimaging8
Brain mechanisms underlying the inhibitory control of thought8
Mitochondrial complex I deficiency and Parkinson disease8
How deep is the brain? The shallow brain hypothesis8
A new myeloid cell migration route7
Neural compositions use multigoal building blocks7
Sleep and circadian rhythmicity as entangled processes serving homeostasis7
Delving into thalamic drive7
A new target for leptin7
Playing tag at the axon7
Self-recognition mirrored from others7
Data-driven modelling of neurodegenerative disease progression: thinking outside the black box6
Tiny recurrent neural networks for discovering cognitive strategies6
From avoidance to new action: the multifaceted role of the striatal indirect pathway6
The unexpected value of communicating science to the public6
The diverse forms and roles of the neuronal endoplasmic reticulum5
CRISPR-TO: a versatile tool for programmable control of the spatial transcriptome5
Roles and regulation of microglia activity in multiple sclerosis: insights from animal models5
The molecular determinants of microglial developmental dynamics5
Ripple contributions to human memory: making the spiking content count5
Processing α-synuclein interactions5
Neural adaptation to climate change: mechanisms, limits and opportunities5
The long COVID haul5
How eating makes asthma worse5
The core language network separated from other networks during primate evolution5
Ruminating on replay during the awake state4
Multisensory coding of self-motion and its contribution to navigation4
Sensory neuron signals drive bone repair4
Role of dysregulated calcium homeostasis in astrocytes in neurodegenerative disorders4
Circuit mechanisms governing endocannabinoid modulation of affective behaviour and stress adaptation4
The neuropathobiology of multiple sclerosis3
Avoiding bias in fluorescence sensor readout3
A frequency location to remember3
Getting anxious about immune system activation3
Detection, processing and reinforcement of social cues: regulation by the oxytocin system3
Alternative splicing in neurodegenerative disease and the promise of RNA therapies3
Dynamical models to evaluate structure–function relationships in network neuroscience3
Development, wiring and function of dopamine neuron subtypes3
Reward encoded relative to experience3
Investigating human visual cortex variability3
Dynamic modulation of the blood–brain barrier in the healthy brain3
The neural basis of sugar preference3
Repulsion in the human hippocampus is linked to internal beliefs3
Light dampens metabolism3
Mapping the social memory network2
Oligomeric tau might spread trans-synaptically in Alzheimer disease2
Tracking ingestion2
Overnight neuronal plasticity and adaptation to emotional distress2
Shaping the brain vasculature in development and disease in the single-cell era2
Disconnect to quit2
A structural function for CaMKII2
Natural primate neurobiology2
Sleuthing subjectivity: a review of covert measures of consciousness2
Classifying inhibitory synapses in the cortex: beyond cell types2
Time to let the model speak for itself with closed-loop neurophysiology2
Spectrins: molecular organizers and targets of neurological disorders2
Publisher Correction: The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour2
Structurally informed models of directed brain connectivity2
Rewinding reward2
Dopamine signals threat-coping behaviour in threat–reward conflicts2
Genetically defined neuron types underlying visuomotor transformation in the superior colliculus2
A far-red dopamine sensor unlocks multiplex views of in vivo neuromodulation2
Neurovascular influence2
The neural circuits and signalling pathways of opioid use disorder2
Glia of the heart’s nervous system2
Conformational strains of pathogenic amyloid proteins in neurodegenerative diseases2
GABA tone regulation and its cognitive functions in the brain2
Planning projections2
Safety in numbers1
The structures and functions of correlations in neural population codes1
Mitigating white Western individualistic bias and creating more inclusive neuroscience1
Synaptic-resolution connectomics: towards large brains and connectomic screening1
Value-free teaching in action1
Mapping cilia connections in the human brain1
Attractor and integrator networks in the brain1
Unfolding cognitive decline mechanisms1
Innate immune control of synapse development1
Revealing silent synapses in the adult brain1
Neural manifolds: more than the sum of their neurons1
Pathways to sex preferences1
Social representation1
Categorization is ‘baked’ into the brain1
Untangling neurodegeneration1
Goal-directed learning in adolescence: neurocognitive development and contextual influences1
Thalamic drive starts action sequences1
Sometimes science needs a stubborn mind: the discovery of dopamine1
Key genes and convergent pathogenic mechanisms in Parkinson disease1
Climate change matters to neuroscience1
The neocortical column as a universal template for perception and world-model learning1
Mechanisms of axonal support by oligodendrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles1
Three systems of circuit formation: assembly, updating and tuning1
Working together to build strong scientific communities1
Variants in a noncoding gene drive prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder1
Soporific supper?1
Replay, the default mode network and the cascaded memory systems model1
A roadmap for conducting more inclusive research on brain resilience in ageing and dementia1
When the ‘selfish’ brain and the ‘selfish’ immune system clash1
Enhancing cognition1
The emerging roles of long non-coding RNAs in the nervous system1
Stress drives seeking of starvation1
Publisher Correction: Structural neural plasticity evoked by rapid-acting antidepressant interventions1
Causation in neuroscience: keeping mechanism meaningful1
Data sharing in neuroimaging: experiences from the BIDS project1
Towards a cross-cultural framework for predictive coding of music1
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