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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Offspring attachment419
(New neurons) singing in the avian brain337
Avoiding interpretational pitfalls in fluorescence imaging of the brain309
Give and take295
Sensory cortex quashes subcortical escape instinct285
When linguistic dogma rejects a neuroscientific hypothesis283
Neuroferroptosis in health and diseases242
Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures239
Macroautophagy in CNS health and disease204
Quantifying postsynaptic receptor dynamics: insights into synaptic function174
Taking stock of value in the orbitofrontal cortex172
The language network as a natural kind within the broader landscape of the human brain171
Freezing revisited: coordinated autonomic and central optimization of threat coping168
Shining a light on pain166
The power of direct observation: discovery of REM sleep163
Rewarding astrocytes161
Size matters160
Indirect neurogenesis in space and time158
The cognitive impact of light: illuminating ipRGC circuit mechanisms156
Dynamic influences on the neural encoding of social valence151
How witnessing distress alters resilience149
From local APP expression to network dysfunction147
Inflammation alters cognition after cancer immunotherapy144
Understanding neural circuit function through synaptic engineering143
Cilia make connections141
Astrocyte engulfment137
Causal prominence for neuroscience135
Benefit worth the cost134
Tightening synaptic relations133
Network models to enhance the translational impact of cross-species studies133
Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome126
The neural bases for timing of durations120
Post-injury pain and behaviour: a control theory perspective120
Networking brainstem and basal ganglia circuits for movement114
Neuronal maturation and axon regeneration: unfixing circuitry to enable repair113
Structure–function coupling in macroscale human brain networks112
Brain network communication: concepts, models and applications111
Striatal shaping of hypothalamic control105
To fire or not to fire: decisions mediated by localized processing and dendritic spikes104
The short and long pathways to memory102
A metabotropic receptor for glycine101
Opening the gate to regeneration98
Reply to ‘The language network is topographically diverse and driven by rapid syntactic inferences’97
Reply to ‘Fear, anxiety and the functional architecture of the human central extended amygdala’94
The emergence of NeuroAI: bridging neuroscience and artificial intelligence93
The brain’s action-mode network92
Reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data with recurrent neural networks89
Place-cell crowd control88
Early adversity alters brain architecture and increases susceptibility to mental health disorders88
Brain on standby — how torpor made ‘tauopathy’ reversible82
Endothelial cells as key players in cerebral small vessel disease82
The plasticitome of cortical interneurons78
From compulsivity to compulsion: the neural basis of compulsive disorders78
The probabilistic model of Alzheimer disease: the amyloid hypothesis revised77
TRP channels: a journey towards a molecular understanding of pain76
Structural MRI of brain similarity networks76
Innovations and advances in modelling and measuring pain in animals71
Null models in network neuroscience69
Sex differences in anxiety and depression: circuits and mechanisms69
Examining the biological causes of eating disorders to inform treatment strategies68
CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory65
Bodily balancing of fear64
Growth mechanics63
Switching into a dissociated state62
Ectopic activation60
Linking human behaviour to brain structure: further challenges and possible solutions60
Barriers and brain fog58
Towards single-cell-resolution global maps of mammalian brains57
Schizophrenia genomics: genetic complexity and functional insights56
Reply to ‘Language is widely distributed throughout the brain’56
The neural mechanisms of manual dexterity55
A biophysical perspective on the resilience of neuronal excitability across timescales55
Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces54
Social switches53
Social ranking50
Controlling communication50
Integrated cardio-behavioural defensive states50
Skill switching48
A neuronal subcompartment view of ATP production48
Too excited to sleep47
An intriguing role of repeat-element RNAs in nerve injury repair46
Concept cells and social memory: the abstract representation of familiar individuals45
Central regulation of stress-evoked peripheral immune responses45
Linking activity dyshomeostasis and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer disease44
Reply to ‘Post-encounter freezing during approach–avoidance conflict: the role of the hippocampus’44
Species differences44
Caught in a trap44
New model jellyfish?44
A unifying perspective on neural manifolds and circuits for cognition43
Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders42
Neural tuning and representational geometry40
Correcting early circuit errors40
Fly connectome over the wire39
Coding corners38
A peptidergic disinhibitory microcircuit38
Why public engagement is important for neuroscientists38
Coordinating early activity37
A nice touch36
How to doze while in danger36
Human hippocampal circuit characterization36
Multi-timescale neural dynamics for multisensory integration35
The neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection35
Emerging roles for CNS fibroblasts in health, injury and disease34
Mechanics of amyloid clearance34
Multiple system atrophy: at the crossroads of cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms33
The role of inhibitory circuits in hippocampal memory processing33
A tripartite view of the posterior cingulate cortex32
Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight31
Lipid metabolism, remodelling and intercellular transfer in the CNS28
Gene therapy for CNS disorders: modalities, delivery and translational challenges28
Saccades can modulate auditory brain networks27
Interspecies differences27
The sympathetic nervous system in development and disease27
The sounds of breathing26
Sleep–wake regulation by baroreflex circuitry26
Losing sleep in heart disease25
Circuit control of competition24
Astrocyte antennae24
Interictal network dysfunction and cognitive impairment in epilepsy24
Author Correction: The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour23
Functional diversity of amacrine cells21
The vascular contribution to cognitive decline in ageing and dementia21
Myelin under attack endangers axons20
Neuroimmune mechanisms and therapies mediating post-ischaemic brain injury and repair20
Avoiding social interactions20
Mapping the cell-type-specific effects of ageing in the human cortex19
Global coordination of brain activity by the breathing cycle18
Parallel processing of alternative approaches18
Echolocation over long distances17
Eye movements provide insight into amnesia16
Olfactory neurons can feel the (heart) beat15
What neural oscillations can and cannot do for syntactic structure building15
Rethinking women’s brain health15
Forgetting as a form of adaptive engram cell plasticity14
The neuroconnectionist research programme14
Why so slow? Models of parkinsonian bradykinesia12
The anterior thalamic nuclei: core components of a tripartite episodic memory system12
Developmental mechanisms underlying the evolution of human cortical circuits11
Energy matters: presynaptic metabolism and the maintenance of synaptic transmission11
Reliable social switch10
Attentional capture10
Disentangling human inference9
RNA granules in flux: dynamics to balance physiology and pathology8
Psilocybin desynchronization persists in the human brain8
Promoting axon regeneration after injury8
Access channels8
Priority coding in the visual system8
The human hippocampus beyond episodic memory8
Sleep and circadian rhythmicity as entangled processes serving homeostasis7
Self-recognition mirrored from others7
How deep is the brain? The shallow brain hypothesis7
The core language network separated from other networks during primate evolution7
Brain mechanisms underlying the inhibitory control of thought7
Mitochondrial complex I deficiency and Parkinson disease7
A new target for leptin6
Delving into thalamic drive6
Neural compositions use multigoal building blocks6
The molecular determinants of microglial developmental dynamics5
Playing tag at the axon5
A new myeloid cell migration route5
From avoidance to new action: the multifaceted role of the striatal indirect pathway5
Data-driven modelling of neurodegenerative disease progression: thinking outside the black box4
How eating makes asthma worse4
CRISPR-TO: a versatile tool for programmable control of the spatial transcriptome4
Retrieving immune responses stored in the insular cortex4
Processing α-synuclein interactions4
Ruminating on replay during the awake state4
Roles and regulation of microglia activity in multiple sclerosis: insights from animal models4
The unexpected value of communicating science to the public4
Collaboration produces brain cell census4
Alternative splicing in neurodegenerative disease and the promise of RNA therapies4
Avoiding bias in fluorescence sensor readout3
The neuropathobiology of multiple sclerosis3
A frequency location to remember3
Reward encoded relative to experience3
Light dampens metabolism3
Getting anxious about immune system activation3
The neural basis of sugar preference3
Dynamical models to evaluate structure–function relationships in network neuroscience3
Regulators of human brain evolution3
Spectrins: molecular organizers and targets of neurological disorders3
Sheep electrophysiology3
The long COVID haul3
Development, wiring and function of dopamine neuron subtypes3
Investigating human visual cortex variability3
Epstein–Barr virus and multiple sclerosis3
Rewinding reward2
Repulsion in the human hippocampus is linked to internal beliefs2
Overnight neuronal plasticity and adaptation to emotional distress2
Neurovascular influence2
Publisher Correction: The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour2
GABA tone regulation and its cognitive functions in the brain2
Planning projections2
Shaping the brain vasculature in development and disease in the single-cell era2
Intervening in the spleen2
Conformational strains of pathogenic amyloid proteins in neurodegenerative diseases2
Time to let the model speak for itself with closed-loop neurophysiology2
A structural function for CaMKII2
Classifying inhibitory synapses in the cortex: beyond cell types2
Structurally informed models of directed brain connectivity2
Detection, processing and reinforcement of social cues: regulation by the oxytocin system2
Tracking ingestion2
Dopamine signals threat-coping behaviour in threat–reward conflicts2
Oligomeric tau might spread trans-synaptically in Alzheimer disease2
Remission from addiction: erasing the wrong circuits or making new ones?1
Value-free teaching in action1
Innate immune control of synapse development1
When the ‘selfish’ brain and the ‘selfish’ immune system clash1
mTOR and neuroinflammation in epilepsy: implications for disease progression and treatment1
Untangling neurodegeneration1
How mechanisms of stem cell polarity shape the human cerebral cortex1
Enhancing cognition1
Sleuthing subjectivity: a review of covert measures of consciousness1
Pushing the frontiers: tools for monitoring neurotransmitters and neuromodulators1
Natural primate neurobiology1
Publisher Correction: Structural neural plasticity evoked by rapid-acting antidepressant interventions1
Sometimes science needs a stubborn mind: the discovery of dopamine1
Safety in numbers1
The neocortical column as a universal template for perception and world-model learning1
Hormonal gatekeeper of distinct social behaviours1
Unfolding cognitive decline mechanisms1
Causal mapping of human brain function1
Thalamic drive starts action sequences1
Thirsty work for the cerebellum1
A cryptic fault1
Attractor and integrator networks in the brain1
Mapping the social memory network1
On analogies in vertebrate and insect visual systems1
Neural circuits of long-term thermoregulatory adaptations to cold temperatures and metabolic demands1
Mitigating white Western individualistic bias and creating more inclusive neuroscience1
Stress drives seeking of starvation1
Craving circuitry1
Structural neural plasticity evoked by rapid-acting antidepressant interventions1
Organoid modelling of network function1
Neural signalling of gut mechanosensation in ingestive and digestive processes1
Mapping cilia connections in the human brain1
The stressed synapse 2.0: pathophysiological mechanisms in stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders1
Genetically defined neuron types underlying visuomotor transformation in the superior colliculus1
Disconnect to quit1
Key genes and convergent pathogenic mechanisms in Parkinson disease1
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