Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Article	Citations
An evolutionary analysis of the applicability and utility of the clinico-pathological method in psychiatry	790
Prolactin in sleep and EEG regulation: New mechanisms and sleep-related brain targets complement classical data	361
Inflammatory markers associated with electroconvulsive therapy response in patients with depression: A meta-analysis	246
Causal relationship between B vitamins and neuropsychiatric disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis	212
Temporal integration as an adaptive process in visual perception, attention, and working memory	198
Interpersonal synchronization: An overlooked factor in development, social cognition, and psychopathology	138
The clinical neuroscience of lucid dreaming	137
Relations between psychosis and emotion regulation in daily life: A systematic review and meta-analyses of studies using experience sampling methods	136
Psychopathic traits and theory of mind task performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis	128
Taste processing in autism spectrum disorder: A translational scoping review	121
Role of the striatal dopamine, GABA and opioid systems in mediating feeding and fat intake	115
The contribution of environmental pollutants to the risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders: A systematic review of case-control studies	113
Play fighting and the development of the social brain: The rat’s tale	109
Brain pathology in focal status epilepticus: evidence from experimental models	108
Brain activation elicited by acute stress: An ALE meta-analysis	106
Storm on predictive brain: A neurocomputational account of ketamine antidepressant effect	105
Microbiome abnormalities as a possible link between diabetes mellitus and mood disorders: Pathophysiology and implications for treatment	103
Anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders in adult men and women with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A substantive and methodological overview	103
In relentless pursuit of the white whale: A role for the ventral midline thalamus in behavioral flexibility and adaption?	103
Prediction error and event segmentation in episodic memory	101
Turing’s cascade instability supports the coordination of the mind, brain, and behavior	100
The sensorimotor theory of pathological pain revisited	99
Adenosinergic system and nucleoside transporters in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Current findings	94
ElectroRetinoGraphy toward an exploration of the therapeutic potential of antidepressants in patients with major depressive disorder: A scoping review of the literature	94
Phantasia, aphantasia, and hyperphantasia: Empirical data and conceptual considerations	93

The iron maiden: Oligodendroglial metabolic dysfunction in multiple sclerosis and mitochondrial signaling	93
Ecocebo: How the interaction between environment and drug effects may improve pharmacotherapy outcomes	91
Visuomotor control in mice and primates	89
The integration of action-oriented multisensory information from target and limb within the movement planning and execution	89
Sedentary behaviour and brain health in middle-aged and older adults: A systematic review	86
The consequences of neonatal pain, stress and opiate administration in animal models: An extensive meta-analysis concerning neuronal cell death, motor and behavioral outcomes	85
Editorial Board	85
Do stimulant medications produce sensitization in humans?	85
Challenges of a small world analysis for the continuous monitoring of behavior in mice	85
Why cognitive control matters in learning and decision-making	85
Editorial Board	85
Computational approaches to modeling gambling behaviour: Opportunities for understanding disordered gambling	84
Arbitrary, inappropriate grading criteria distort the evaluation of evidence: A comment on Kim et al.’s (2022) umbrella review	83
Editorial Board	82
Distinguishing different parameters of uncertainty under threat in the human brain	80
Editorial Board	80
Methamphetamine exposure during pregnancy: A meta-analysis of child developmental outcomes	79
Circadian regulation of memory under stress: Endocannabinoids matter	79
The marmoset as a model for investigating the neural basis of social cognition in health and disease	77
Leroy’s elusive little people: A systematic review on lilliputian hallucinations	77
Understanding psychosis complexity through a syndemic framework: A systematic review	76
Task-independent acute effects of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol on human brain function and its relationship with cannabinoid receptor gene expression: A neuroimaging meta-regression analysis	74
Catecholamines: Influence on healthy aging and the progression of neurodegenerative diseases	74
Impact of stress on excitatory and inhibitory markers of adolescent cognitive critical period plasticity	74
How well do people living with neurodegenerative diseases manage their finances? A meta-analysis and systematic review on the capacity to make financial decisions in people living with neurodegenerati	73
One cue does not fit all: A systematic review with meta-analysis of the effectiveness of cueing on freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease	73
Bisphenol A exposure links to exacerbation of memory and cognitive impairment: A systematic review of the literature	72
The effects of anaesthetics and sedatives on brain inflammation	72
The neuroprotective and neuroplastic potential of glutamatergic therapeutic drugs in bipolar disorder	71
Mitochondrial transplantation in brain disorders: Achievements, methods, and challenges	70
Towards a cross-level understanding of Bayesian inference in the brain	70
Can memantine treat autism? Answers from preclinical and clinical studies	70
Decoding neural circuit dysregulation in bipolar disorder: Toward an advanced paradigm for multidimensional cognitive, emotional, and psychomotor treatment	69
Principles governing the effects of sensory loss on human abilities: An integrative review	69
The relationship between anabolic androgenic steroid use and body image, eating behavior, and physical activity by gender: A systematic review	69
Highest correlations between emotion regulation strategies and mood symptoms in bipolar disorder: A systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis	69
Corrigendum to “Emotion Regulation: From neural circuits to a transdiagnostic perspective” [Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. (2025) 168:105960]	68
Wild brains: The value of neuroethological approaches in preclinical behavioral neuroscience animal models	68
Tongue motor cortex: The back door of the reward system	68
New directions in behavioral neuroscience: Sometimes old is new	67
Editorial Board	67
Empathy, the umbrella term	66
A reply to Sit et al.	65
Association between prenatal antipsychotic exposure and the risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis	65
Decoding the language of fear: Unveiling objective and subjective indicators in rodent models through a systematic review and meta-analysis	63
Commentary on “Computational approaches to modeling gambling behaviour: Opportunities for understanding disordered gambling”	63
Editorial Board	63
Is there a gender gap in clinical neurosciences? A cross-sectional analysis of female participation in academic neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry	63
The tricky business of predicting the future: How brain and body adapt to early life adversity	63
The Human Affectome Project: A dedication to Jaak Panksepp	62

Editorial Board	62
Managing fear and anxiety in development: A framework for understanding the neurodevelopment of emotion regulation capacity and tendency	62
Physical activity, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt and death among individuals with mental or other medical disorders: A systematic review of observational studies	61
Responses of neuromuscular properties to unloading and potential countermeasures during space exploration missions	60
On some statistical and cerebral aspects of the limits of working memory capacity in anthropoid primates, with particular reference to Pan and Homo, and their significance for human evolution	60
The role of the circadian system in the etiology of depression	60
The role of the endocannabinoid system as a therapeutic target for autism spectrum disorder: Lessons from behavioral studies on mouse models	60
Different influences of anxiety models, environmental enrichment, standard conditions and intraspecies variation (sex, personality and strain) on stress and quality of life in adult and juvenile zebra	59
Alterations in gene expression due to chronic lead exposure induce behavioral changes	59
From fear of falling to choking under pressure: A predictive processing perspective of disrupted motor control under anxiety	58
Effects of cannabinoids on resting state functional brain connectivity: A systematic review	58
The effect of non-invasive brain stimulation on executive functioning in healthy controls: A systematic review and meta-analysis	58
From hallucinations to synaesthesia: A circular inference account of unimodal and multimodal erroneous percepts in clinical and drug-induced psychosis	58
Facial expression recognition: A meta-analytic review of theoretical models and neuroimaging evidence	58
Coping styles vary with species’ sociality and life history: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis	57
Novel ketamine and zinc treatment for anorexia nervosa and the potential beneficial interactions with the gut microbiome	57
Meta-analytic study on substance intake and work-related accidents calls for attention to bio-psycho-social factors	57
Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on neuropathic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis	57
Association of positive psychological well-being with circulating inflammatory markers: A systematic review and meta-analysis	56
Early life adversity across different cell- types in the brain	56
Treatment effect variability in brain stimulation across psychiatric disorders: A meta-analysis of variance	56
Neurodiversity, psychological inertia and mental health	56
A mathematical formula of plasticity: Measuring susceptibility to change in mental health and data science	56
Stimulus-specific adaptation (SSA) in the auditory system: Functional relevance and underlying mechanisms	56
Early developmental risks for tobacco addiction: A probabilistic epigenesis framework	55
Neuroimaging research in Williams syndrome: Beginning to bridge the gap with clinical care	55
The influence of anxiety symptoms on clinical outcomes during baclofen treatment of alcohol use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis	55
The neurobiology of war: A call for a new field of research	54
Neuromodulatory systems in aging and disease	54
CA2 beyond social memory: Evidence for a fundamental role in hippocampal information processing	54
Left to themselves: Time to target chronic pain in childhood rare diseases	54
Markov blankets in the brain	54
Chemo-brain: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging studies	53
The effects of different types of social interactions on the electrophysiology of neurons in the nucleus accumbens in rodents	53
Disengagement of attention with spatial neglect: A systematic review of behavioral and anatomical findings	53
A network meta-analysis of the long- and short-term efficacy of sleep medicines in adults and older adults	52
Primate-specific retrotransposons and the evolution of circadian networks in the human brain	52
How can we reduce prejudices and discrimination toward other population groups? A perspective from neuroscience	52
Sex/gender differences in the brain are not trivial—A commentary on Eliot et al. (2021)	52
Frans de Waal – A pioneer who shone a light on the primate mind	52
Spatial attention in three-dimensional space: A meta-analysis for the near advantage in target detection and localization	52
Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein mediated variations of gender-specific sex neurosteroids in Alzheimer’s disease: Relevance to hormonal and neuronal imbalance	51
Revisiting systems consolidation and the concept of consolidation	51
Childhood maltreatment as a predictor of substance use/misuse among youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis	51
Disentangling attentional and affective contribution to contagious yawning	51
Signed and unsigned effects of prediction error on memory: Is it a matter of choice?	50
Neuroanatomical and neurochemical substrates mediating fear-induced antinociception: A systematic review of rodent preclinical studies	50
Thalamus: The ‘promoter’ of endogenous modulation of pain and potential therapeutic target in pathological pain	50
DigiDOP: A framework for applying digital technology to the Differential Outcomes Procedure (DOP) for cognitive interventions in persons with neurocognitive disorders	50
Brain anomalies in early psychosis: From secondary to primary psychosis	50
The underestimated sex: A review on female animal models of depression	50
Application of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in the assessment of blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier integrity	49
Translational relevance of fear conditioning in rodent models of mild traumatic brain injury	49
Using e-diaries to investigate ADHD – State-of-the-art and the promising feature of just-in-time-adaptive interventions	49
Basal forebrain cholinergic systems as circuits through which traumatic stress disrupts emotional memory regulation	49
The importance of social behavior in nonhuman primate studies of aging: A mini-review	49
Clinical effectiveness of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for the management of anxiety in community dwelling people living with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis	49
Getting in touch: A neural model of comforting touch	48
Efficacy and acceptability of transcranial direct current stimulation for treating depression: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	48
Epigenetic mechanisms regulate cue memory underlying discriminative behavior	48
Uncertainty and anxiety: Evolution and neurobiology	48
Attachment-related dimensions in the epigenetic era: A systematic review of the human research	48
Towards zebrafish models to unravel translational insights of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A neurobehavioral perspective	48
Publication bias casts doubt on implicit processing in inattentional blindness	48
Is the primary visual cortex necessary for blindsight-like behavior? Review of transcranial magnetic stimulation studies in neurologically healthy individuals	48
Linking irritability and functional brain networks: A transdiagnostic case for expanding consideration of development and environment in RDoC	48
Predictive coding for social perception: Complex interactions across space and time	48
A systems omics-based approach to decode substance use disorders and neuroadaptations	48
Magic, Bayes and wows: A Bayesian account of magic tricks	48
A new path to mental disorders: Through gap junction channels and hemichannels	47
Effectiveness of pharmacogenomic tests including CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 genomic variants for guiding the treatment of depressive disorders: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled tri	47
The neglected role of endocannabinoid actions at TRPC channels in ataxia	47
Multisensory processes in birds: From single neurons to the influence of social interactions and sensory loss	47
Kallikrein 8: A key sheddase to strengthen and stabilize neural plasticity	47
Social, affective, and non-motoric bodily cues to the Sense of Agency: A systematic review of the experience of control	47
Multi-system responses to altered gravity and spaceflight: Insights from Drosophila melanogaster	46
An ethologically based view into human fear	46
Classification and assessment of fear and anxiety in personality and psychopathology	46
Human fear neurobiology reimagined: Can brain-derived biotypes predict fear-based disorders after trauma?	45
Towards characterizing the canonical computations generating phenomenal experience	45

Don’t be afraid, try to meditate- potential effects on neural activity and connectivity of psilocybin-assisted mindfulness-based intervention for social anxiety disorder: A systematic review	45
Effect of perceived eye gaze on the N170 component – A systematic review	45
Suggestive but not conclusive: An independent meta-analysis on the auditory benefits of learning to play a musical instrument. Commentary on	45
Does chronic use of amphetamine-type stimulants impair interference control? – A meta-analysis	45
Pre- and postnatal antibiotic exposure and risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder–A systematic review and meta-analysis combining evidence from human and animal studies	45
The role of nutrition in space exploration: Implications for sensorimotor, cognition, behavior and the cerebral changes due to the exposure to radiation, altered gravity, and isolation/confinement haz	44
Designing a neuroclinical assessment of empathy deficits in psychopathy based on the Zipper Model of Empathy	44
Cortisol response to acute psychosocial stress in ADHD compared to conduct disorder and major depressive disorder: A systematic review	44
The effectiveness and safety of low-intensity transcranial ultrasound stimulation: A systematic review of human and animal studies	43
Dysfunctional decision-making in binge-eating disorder: A meta-analysis and systematic review	43
Why and how the brain weights contributions from a mixture of experts	43
Unveiling the neurolipidome of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A scoping review navigating future diagnostic and therapeutic applications	43
Federated inference and belief sharing	43
Symptom dimensions to address heterogeneity in tinnitus	43
The Impact of Mindfulness Meditation on the Wandering Mind: a Systematic Review	43
Gestational exposure to antidepressants and risk of seizure in offspring: A systematic review and meta-analysis	43
Swimming in the maze: An overview of maze apparatuses and protocols to assess zebrafish behavior	43
Frans de Waal, the last revolutionary	42
Editorial Board	42
Neurosteroids and the mesocorticolimbic system	42
Potential mechanisms underlying the association between feeding and eating disorders and autism	42
Hyper/neuroinflammation in COVID-19 and suicide etiopathogenesis: Hypothesis for a nefarious collision?	42
Cholinergic modulation of sensory perception and plasticity	42
How does Nogo-A signalling influence mitochondrial function during multiple sclerosis pathogenesis?	42
Meta-analysis of pre-clinical studies on the effects of opioid receptor ligands on food intake, motivation, and choice	42
Time perception and alcohol use: A systematic review	42
Frans de Waal	42
The dose-effect relationship of six stimulation parameters with rTMS over left DLPFC on treatment-resistant depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis	42
Do NMDA-R antagonists re-create patterns of spontaneous gamma-band activity in schizophrenia? A systematic review and perspective	41
Corrigendum to “Does music training enhance auditory and linguistic processing? A systematic review and meta-analysis of behavioral and brain evidence” [Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 140 (2022) 104777]	41
Corrigendum to “Vertical and horizontal space-valence associations: A meta-analysis” [Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 170 (2025) 106054]	41
Pandemic babies: A systematic review of the association between maternal pandemic-related stress during pregnancy and infant development	41
Deciphering the role of disturbed insulin signalling in brain disorders	41
Pathological pain: Non-motor manifestations in Parkinson disease and its treatment	40
Neuromelanin levels in individuals with substance use disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis	40
Vagus nerve stimulation in brain diseases: Therapeutic applications and biological mechanisms	40
Cardiorespiratory rhythms, brain oscillatory activity and cognition: review of evidence and proposal for significance	40
The association between sample and treatment characteristics and the efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in depression: A meta-analysis and meta-regression of sham-controlled tria	40
An updated reappraisal of synapsins: structure, function and role in neurological and psychiatric disorders	40
Zebrafish (Danio rerio): A newcomer with great promise in behavioral neuroscience	40
How social information impacts action in rodents and humans: the role of the prefrontal cortex and its connections	40
Cognitive reserve moderates the effect of COVID-19 on cognition: A systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data	40
Reproductive endocrinology and aging in human males: An evolutionary perspective	39
The gut microbiome and Alzheimer’s disease: Complex and bidirectional interactions	39
Do rodents smell with sound?	39
Is the “social hormone” oxytocin relevant to psychotherapy treatment outcomes? A systematic review of observational and experimental studies	39
Towards understanding the biology of premenstrual dysphoric disorder: From genes to GABA	39
Predictive coding for the actions and emotions of others and its deficits in autism spectrum disorders	39
3D-optical motion capturing examination of sensori- and psychomotor abnormalities in mental disorders: Progress and perspectives	39
Conscious experiences during non-rapid eye movement sleep parasomnias	39
Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) in the central nervous system	39
A framework for joint music making: Behavioral findings, neural processes, and computational models	39
Survival in a world of complex dangers	39
A social information processing perspective on social connectedness	38
Insights on Psychedelics: A Systematic Review of Therapeutic Effects	38
A systematic and meta-analytic review of the impact of sleep restriction on memory formation	38
Cognitive and brain morphological deviations in middle-to-old aged autistic adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis	38
Massive body-brain disconnection consequent to spinal cord injuries drives profound changes in higher-order cognitive and emotional functions: A PRISMA scoping review	38
The neural dynamics of familiar face recognition	38
A systematic review of the quantitative markers of speech and language of the frontotemporal degeneration spectrum and their potential for cross-linguistic implementation	38
Associations between mental and physical conditions in children and adolescents: An umbrella review	38
The impact of saturated fat, added sugar and their combination on human hippocampal integrity and function: A systematic review and meta-analysis	37
Neuroinflammatory remodeling of the anterior cingulate cortex as a key driver of mood disorders in gastrointestinal disease and disorders	37
Does metabolic syndrome or its component factors alter the course of bipolar disorder? A systematic review	37
Behavioural, autonomic, and neural responsivity in depersonalisation-derealisation disorder: A systematic review of experimental evidence	37
The relative benefits of environmental enrichment on learning and memory are greater when stressed: A meta-analysis of interactions in rodents	37
NGF and BDNF in pediatrics syndromes	37
Change of pace: How developmental tempo varies to accommodate failed provision of early needs	37
Maternal perinatal anxiety and neural responding to infant affective signals: Insights, challenges, and a road map for neuroimaging research	37
Neurobehavioral maturation of motor response inhibition in adolescence – A narrative review	37
A systematic and meta-analytic review on the neural correlates of viewing high- and low-calorie foods among normal-weight adults	36
Transcranial magnetic stimulation in non-human primates: A systematic review	36
Behavioral and neurobiological evidence for the effects of reading interventions on autistic children: A systematic review	36
The role of the host microbiome in autism and neurodegenerative disorders and effect of epigenetic procedures in the brain functions	36
The role of serotonin in declarative memory: A systematic review of animal and human research	36
Estrogens and phytoestrogens in body functions	35
Psychopathy and response inhibition: A meta-analysis of go/no-go and stop signal task performance	35
Insights from personalized models of brain and behavior for identifying biomarkers in psychiatry	35
Executive Control from Healthy Ageing to Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review of Stroop and Simon effects using Psychophysiological and Imaging Techniques	35
Language learning in aphasia: A narrative review and critical analysis of the literature with implications for language therapy	35
The central extended amygdala guides survival-relevant tradeoffs: Implications for understanding common psychiatric disorders	35
Does stress make us more—or less—prosocial? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of acute stress on prosocial behaviours using economic games	35
An umbrella review of adverse effects associated with antipsychotic medications: the need for complementary study designs	35
Beyond a blunted ERN - Biobehavioral correlates of performance monitoring in schizophrenia	35
A review of functional brain differences predicting relapse in substance use disorder: Actionable targets for new methods of noninvasive brain stimulation	35
Drug development in psychopharmacology: Insights from evolutionary psychiatry	35
Comparing different non-invasive brain stimulation interventions for bipolar depression treatment: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	35
A systematic-review of olfactory deficits in neurodevelopmental disorders: From mouse to human	34
Auditing measures of interoceptive accuracy: Important clarifications	34
Expanding the therapeutic potential of neuro(active)steroids: a promising strategy for hyperdopaminergic behavioral phenotypes	34
Shaping the risk for late-life neurodegenerative disease: A systematic review on prenatal risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease-related volumetric brain biomarkers	34
The postnatal GABA shift: A developmental perspective	34
Sleep, stress and aggression: Meta-analyses investigating associations and causality	34
Adult brain cytogenesis in the context of mood disorders: From neurogenesis to the emergent role of gliogenesis	34
The empirical status of predictive coding and active inference	34