Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Papers
(The TQCC of Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews is 23. 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.)
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How does Nogo-A signalling influence mitochondrial function during multiple sclerosis pathogenesis?947
Neuroscience-informed classification of prevention interventions in substance use disorders: An RDoC-based approach264
Editorial Board247
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A systems omics-based approach to decode substance use disorders and neuroadaptations175
Frans de Waal – A pioneer who shone a light on the primate mind170
Autism diagnosis in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of test accuracy159
Social contagion in primates: Moderating factors and significance for individuals and the group140
Priors, evidence, and memory: Dynamics of predictive processing in a hierarchical visual system136
Auditing measures of interoceptive accuracy: Important clarifications131
The neglected role of endocannabinoid actions at TRPC channels in ataxia128
Unveiling the neurolipidome of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A scoping review navigating future diagnostic and therapeutic applications126
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 games123
A systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis of the prenatal and early life stress effects on rodent microglia, astrocyte, and oligodendrocyte density and morphology120
The effects of different types of social interactions on the electrophysiology of neurons in the nucleus accumbens in rodents120
Publication bias casts doubt on implicit processing in inattentional blindness117
Visuomotor control in mice and primates117
The contribution of environmental pollutants to the risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders: A systematic review of case-control studies115
The efficacy of electroencephalography neurofeedback for enhancing episodic memory in healthy and clinical participants: A systematic qualitative review and meta-analysis115
Conscious experiences during non-rapid eye movement sleep parasomnias113
State-of-the-art imaging of neuromodulatory subcortical systems in aging and Alzheimer’s disease: Challenges and opportunities110
Furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysis109
Neurosteroids and the mesocorticolimbic system105
Sleep, stress and aggression: Meta-analyses investigating associations and causality104
Disengagement of attention with spatial neglect: A systematic review of behavioral and anatomical findings104
Storm on predictive brain: A neurocomputational account of ketamine antidepressant effect103
Prolactin in sleep and EEG regulation: New mechanisms and sleep-related brain targets complement classical data99
A restarted life: Resetting microglia innate immune memory99
Handedness in post-traumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis97
Language learning in aphasia: A narrative review and critical analysis of the literature with implications for language therapy96
The sensorimotor theory of pathological pain revisited95
Challenges of a small world analysis for the continuous monitoring of behavior in mice93
The neural dynamics of familiar face recognition92
Depression diagnosis through emotional induction and physiological signals: A systematic review91
Are the growing levels of neurotoxic and neuro-disruptive chemicals in our food and drink contributing to the youth mental health crisis? A narrative review89
High rates of Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in the autistic population: True co-occurrence or a product of overlapping traits?89
Learning from addiction: Craving of prescription opioids in chronic pain sufferers87
Preclinical behavioral and pharmacological treatments for enhancing fear extinction in adolescence87
Managing fear and anxiety in development: A framework for understanding the neurodevelopment of emotion regulation capacity and tendency86
Association between anxiety and hypertension in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis85
A framework for joint music making: Behavioral findings, neural processes, and computational models85
A network meta-analysis of the long- and short-term efficacy of sleep medicines in adults and older adults84
The role of serotonin in declarative memory: A systematic review of animal and human research83
Taste processing in autism spectrum disorder: A translational scoping review83
Neurodiversity, psychological inertia and mental health82
Neuroinflammatory remodeling of the anterior cingulate cortex as a key driver of mood disorders in gastrointestinal disease and disorders81
Interpersonal synchronization: An overlooked factor in development, social cognition, and psychopathology79
The Pause-then-Cancel model of human action-stopping: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence79
Turing’s cascade instability supports the coordination of the mind, brain, and behavior79
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 studies78
Shaping the risk for late-life neurodegenerative disease: A systematic review on prenatal risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease-related volumetric brain biomarkers77
The clinical neuroscience of lucid dreaming77
Microglia and BDNF at the crossroads of stressor related disorders: Towards a unique trophic phenotype76
Non-communicable diseases among women survivors of intimate partner violence: Critical review from a chronic stress framework76
Impact of stress on excitatory and inhibitory markers of adolescent cognitive critical period plasticity76
The empirical status of predictive coding and active inference75
Neuromodulating the rhythms of cognition75
Intrinsic timescales and predictive allostatic interoception in brain health and disease74
The relationship between anabolic androgenic steroid use and body image, eating behavior, and physical activity by gender: A systematic review72
Vertical and horizontal space-valence associations: A meta-analysis72
Memory biases in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment. A systematic review and metanalysis.72
The amygdala and the nine circles of scientific hell - Confirmation bias in the brain correlates of psychopathy71
The remapping of peripersonal space after stroke, spinal cord injury and amputation: A PRISMA systematic review71
Residual implicit and explicit language abilities in patients with disorders of consciousness: A systematic review70
Effects of perceptual and working memory load on brain responses to task-irrelevant stimuli: Review and implications for future research68
Being active over one’s own motion: Considering predictive mechanisms in self-motion perception68
Neural cell-types and circuits linking thermoregulation and social behavior68
Sleep as a window to target traumatic memories67
Commentary: Neuroactive steroids and the dopaminergic system67
Hierarchical control over foraging behavior by anterior cingulate cortex67
A systematic review of associations between emotion regulation characteristics and inflammation66
Time to retire the serial Papez circuit: Implications for space, memory, and attention66
Proximate and ultimate mechanisms of human father-child rough-and-tumble play66
Myokines may target accelerated cognitive aging in people with spinal cord injury: A systematic and topical review65
What is sleep exactly? Global and local modulations of sleep oscillations all around the clock65
Incorporating sex and gender considerations in research on psychosocial work exposures and cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review of 55 prospective studies64
Vindicating the scientific status of emotions and other affective phenomena: A teleological approach to the rescue63
Neurocomputational mechanisms engaged in moral choices and moral learning63
The human affectome: Cognitive, developmental, and atypicality considerations63
Feedback signals in visual cortex during episodic and schematic memory retrieval and their potential implications for aphantasia63
Predicting treatment outcome based on resting-state functional connectivity in internalizing mental disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis62
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) epigenomic modifications and brain-related phenotypes in humans: A systematic review62
Management of neurological symptoms in Lesch-Nyhan disease: A systematic review61
Advanced methods and implementations for the meta-analyses of animal models: Current practices and future recommendations61
Sexual incentive motivation, sexual behavior, and general arousal: Do rats and humans tell the same story?61
Re-wilding model organisms: Opportunities to test causal mechanisms in social determinants of health and aging61
Defining clinical characteristics of emotion dysregulation in bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis61
Hyperscanning to explore social interaction among autistic minds60
Efficacy and acceptability of psychotherapeutic and pharmacological interventions for trauma-related nightmares: A systematic review and network meta-analysis59
Treating Alzheimer’s disease with brain stimulation: From preclinical models to non-invasive stimulation in humans59
Evolutionary conservations, changes of circadian rhythms and their effect on circadian disturbances and therapeutic approaches59
Unraveling the influence of Pavlovian cues on decision-making: A pre-registered meta-analysis on Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer59
Behind mouse eyes: The function and control of eye movements in mice59
The role of enteric nervous system and GDNF in depression: Conversation between the brain and the gut58
Modulation of the cognitive event-related potential P3 by transcranial direct current stimulation: Systematic review and meta-analysis58
Brain insulin signaling as a potential mediator of early life adversity effects on physical and mental health58
Brain to brain musical interaction: A systematic review of neural synchrony in musical activities57
The ventral midline thalamus and long-term memory: What consolidation, what retrieval, what plasticity in rodents?57
Default mode network dynamics: An integrated neurocircuitry perspective on social dysfunction in human brain disorders56
Modulation of human frontal midline theta by neurofeedback: A systematic review and quantitative meta-analysis56
How behavioural ageing affects infectious disease56
The role of BDNF in major depressive disorder, related clinical features, and antidepressant treatment: Insight from meta-analyses56
Editorial Board56
Dysfunctions of cellular context-sensitivity in neurodevelopmental learning disabilities56
Unconscious processing of subliminal stimuli in panic disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis54
Semaphorin 3A influences neuronal processes that are altered in patients with autism spectrum disorder: Potential diagnostic and therapeutic implications54
Targeting endoplasmic reticulum stress using natural products in neurological disorders54
Cannabis use before safety-sensitive work: What delay is prudent?53
Structure-function similarities in deep brain stimulation targets cross-species53
A systematic review and meta-analysis of risky decision-making in specific domains of problematic use of the internet: Evidence across different decision-making tasks52
The effect of mitochondrial-associated endoplasmic reticulum membranes (MAMs) modulation: New insights into therapeutic targets for depression52
Neuropathways of theory of mind in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis52
Editorial Board52
Plexins: Navigating through the neural regulation and brain pathology52
The intensity of the psychedelic experience is reliably associated with clinical improvements: A systematic review and meta-analysis52
Evolution and the critical role of the microbiota in the reduced mental and physical health associated with low socioeconomic status (SES)52
Autism and gambling: A systematic review, focusing on neurocognition51
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of action of ovarian steroid hormones II: Regulation of sexual behavior in female rodents.51
Endocannabinoid system and aggression across animal species51
The future of preventive psychiatry is precise and transdiagnostic51
Non-angry aggressive arousal and angriffsberietschaft: A narrative review of the phenomenology and physiology of proactive/offensive aggression motivation and escalation in people and other animals51
Error observation as a window on performance monitoring in social contexts? A systematic review50
The relationship between allergic diseases and tic disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis50
Biochemical aspects and therapeutic mechanisms of cannabidiol in epilepsy50
Basal and reactive cortisol: A systematic literature review of offspring of parents with depressive and bipolar disorders50
Stress response in dissociation and conversion disorders: A systematic review50
Fear extinction learning and retention during adolescence in rats and mice: A systematic review50
Ideomotor learning: Time to generalize a longstanding principle49
Social and early life determinants of survival from cradle to grave: A case study in wild baboons49
Conceptual foundations of physiological regulation incorporating the free energy principle and self-organized criticality49
Beyond appetite: Acylated ghrelin as a learning, memory and fear behavior-modulating hormone49
Filling the gaps: Cognitive control as a critical lens for understanding mechanisms of value-based decision-making49
Is there any consistent structural and functional brain abnormality in narcolepsy? A meta-analytic perspective48
Morbidity and mortality in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A narrative review48
EEG brain waves and alpha rhythms: Past, current and future direction48
Deciphering the mechanisms of reciprocal regulation or interdependence at the cannabinoid CB1 receptors and cyclooxygenase-2 level: Effects on mood, cognitive implications, and synaptic signaling48
Mind wandering and depression: A status report48
Caveolin-1, a novel player in cognitive decline48
Stress to inflammation and anhedonia: Mechanistic insights from preclinical and clinical models48
The role of cell adhesion molecule IgSF9b at the inhibitory synapse and psychiatric disease48
Strategies for measuring non-evoked pain in preclinical models of neuropathic pain: Systematic review47
Functional implications of age-related atrophy of the corpus callosum47
Memory and eating: A bidirectional relationship implicated in obesity47
Prenatal psychological or metabolic stress increases the risk for psychiatric disorders: the “funnel effect” model47
Proteopathic seed amplification assays in easily accessible specimens for human synucleinopathies, tauopathies, and prionopathies: A scoping review47
Neurocognitive predictors of addiction-related outcomes: A systematic review of longitudinal studies47
Alterations in large-scale functional networks in adult posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of resting-state functional connectivity studies47
Pharmacological, neural, and psychological mechanisms underlying psychedelics: A critical review47
Understanding anxiety symptoms as aberrant defensive responding along the threat imminence continuum47
Age differences in prosociality across the adult lifespan: A meta-analysis47
Age-dependent effects of tobacco smoke and nicotine on cognition and the brain: A systematic review of the human and animal literature comparing adolescents and adults46
Resting-state functional connectivity correlates of anxiety co-morbidity in major depressive disorder46
Zapping the brain to enhance sport performance? An umbrella review of the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on physical performance46
Processing children’s faces in the parental brain: A meta-analysis of ERP studies46
Comparative perspectives on mother-infant communication in primates: Are humans unique?46
The emerging science of microdosing: A systematic review of research on low dose psychedelics (1955–2021) and recommendations for the field46
Oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphisms and social, emotional and behavioral functioning in children and adolescents: A systematic narrative review46
Cardiac vagal recovery following acute psychological stress in human adults: A scoping review46
Trans-generational effects of parental exposure to drugs of abuse on offspring memory functions45
Mating duration of male Drosophila melanogaster – A novel genetic model to study interval timing function of human brain45
Neuropharmacological interventions of quercetin and its derivatives in neurological and psychological disorders45
Placing behaviour at the forefront of brain science44
A review of psychological and neuroscientific research on musical groove44
Half a century of research on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A scientometric study44
Closed-loop auditory stimulation of sleep slow oscillations: Basic principles and best practices44
Complement 3a induces the synapse loss via C3aR in mitochondria-dependent NLRP3 activating mechanisms during the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease44
Mapping the mentalizing brain: An ALE meta-analysis to differentiate the representation of social scenes and ages on theory of mind44
Perceptual reality monitoring: Neural mechanisms dissociating imagination from reality44
Effects of physical exercise on plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor in neurodegenerative disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials44
The interconnection between obesity and executive function in adolescence: The role of the gut microbiome43
Editorial: What is computational psychopathology, and why do we need it?43
Progression of socio-cognitive impairment from healthy aging to Alzheimer’s dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis43
Editorial Board43
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Opioid trail: Tracking contributions to opioid use disorder from host genetics to the gut microbiome43
Editorial Board43
Obstetric complications and psychopathology in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis42
Insight and the selection of ideas42
To speak may draw on epigenetic writing and reading: Unravelling the complexity of speech and language outcomes across chromatin-related neurodevelopmental disorders42
Psychological disorders, adverse childhood experiences and parental psychiatric disorders in children affected by headache: A systematic review42
Asymmetric Sampling in Time: Evidence and perspectives42
Unpacking the relationship between Big Five personality traits and experimental pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis42
Towards a three-level neo-Tinbergenian approach to object play: Structure, causes and consequences of a behavioral puzzle42
Attachment across the lifespan: Examining the intersection of pair bonding neurobiology and healthy aging41
Sleep to Internalizing Pathway in Young Adolescents (SIPYA): A proposed neurodevelopmental model41
Task-related neural activation abnormalities in patients with remitted major depressive disorder: A coordinate-based meta-analysis41
Trace amine-associated receptor 1 (TAAR1): Potential application in mood disorders: A systematic review41
Attentional bias variability and its association with psychological and health symptoms: A meta-analysis41
Molecular biomarkers and cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis: State of the field, limitations, and future direction – A systematic review and meta-analysis41
Mentalizing and narrative coherence in autistic adults: Cerebellar sequencing and prediction41
Dietary interventions targeting the neurolipidome in epilepsy: From preclinical models to clinical applications and future therapeutic approaches41
Play behavior in ectothermic vertebrates41
Using EEG to study sensorimotor adaptation40
The cycle of stress: A systematic review of the impact of chronic psychological stress models on the rodent estrous cycle40
The impact of maternal immune activation on GABAergic interneuron development: A systematic review of rodent studies and their translational implications40
Differences between autistic and non-autistic individuals in audiovisual speech integration: A systematic review and meta-analysis40
Reappraising the role of dopamine in adolescent risk-taking behavior40
Brain imaging studies of multisensory integration in emotion perception: A scoping review39
The role of the vagus nerve in fibromyalgia syndrome39
The association between cannabis use and paranoia: Meta-analysis of experimental and observational studies39
Licking microstructure in response to novel rewards, reward devaluation and dopamine antagonists: Possible role of D1 and D2 medium spiny neurons in the nucleus accumbens39
Mechanistic insights and therapeutic approaches in tic disorders: The distinctive role of ethnomedicine and modern medical interventions39
Type 2 diabetes mellitus-associated cognitive dysfunction: Advances in potential mechanisms and therapies39
Insights of neurophysiology on unconscious state using combined transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography: A systematic review39
From transdiagnostic risk prediction to personalized prevention in psychiatry: Designing studies to determine heterogeneity of treatment effects39
A motivation model of sex addiction – Relevance to the controversy over the concept39
Topographic-dynamic reorganisation model of dreams (TRoD) – A spatiotemporal approach39
Not “either-or” but “which-when”: A review of the evidence for integration in sensory preconditioning39
What is the intention to move and when does it occur?38
At the intersection of anger, chronic pain, and the brain: A mini-review38
Heart rate and skin conductance associations with physical aggression, psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder and conduct disorder: An updated meta-analysis38
Theta and gamma oscillatory dynamics in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease: A path to prospective therapeutic intervention38
Missing links: The functional unification of language and memory (L∪M)38
Glucocorticoid resistance and β2-adrenergic receptor signaling pathways promote peripheral pro-inflammatory conditions associated with chronic psychological stress: A systematic review across species38
A systematic review on the potential use of machine learning to classify major depressive disorder from healthy controls using resting state fMRI measures37
The science of justice: The neuropsychology of social punishment37
The anatomy of pain and suffering in the brain and its clinical implications37
Addressing the biological embedding of early life adversities (ELA) among adults through mindfulness: Proposed mechanisms and review of converging evidence37
Brain-derived estrogen and neural function37
Common and separable neural alterations in adult and adolescent depression – Evidence from neuroimaging meta-analyses37
The global prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) among the elderly: A systematic review and meta-analysis37
Behavior matters for neuroscience and neuroscience matters for behavior37
The microbiota-gut-brain axis in hippocampus-dependent learning and memory: current state and future challenges37
Socioeconomic status and the developing brain – A systematic review of neuroimaging findings in youth37
The link between cognition and somatic conditions related to insulin resistance in the UK Biobank study cohort: a systematic review37
The neural basis of effort valuation: A meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging studies37
Dissecting shared pain representations to understand their behavioral and clinical relevance37
Super-natural fears37
A systematic review and meta-analysis of neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis: Prevalence, clinical types, sex dimorphism, and increased depression and anxiety symptoms37
The specificity of thalamic alterations in Korsakoff’s syndrome: Implications for the study of amnesia36
From brain-body function to conscious interactions36
Cannabinoid treatments for anxiety: A systematic review and consideration of the impact of sleep disturbance36
Editors note36
On the stress of being a woman: The synergistic contribution of sex as a biological variable and gender as a psychosocial one to risk of stress-related disorders36
Male sex bias in early and late onset neurodevelopmental disorders: Shared aspects and differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit/hyperactivity Disorder, and Schizophrenia36
Toward objective characterizations of suicide risk: A narrative review of laboratory-based cognitive and behavioral tasks36
Corrigendum to “Evolutionary origin and the development of consciousness” [Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 133 (2022) 104511]36
Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in children and adolescents with ADHD: A systematic review of controlled longitudinal cohort studies36
Autism spectrum disorder: Trace elements imbalances and the pathogenesis and severity of autistic symptoms36
Shedding light on the functional significance of opsins: Insights from fish35
Effects of chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia on cognitive function in animal models of contemporary protocols: A systematic literature review35
The interactive effects of psychosocial stress and diet composition on health in primates35
Methamphetamine, amphetamine, and aggression in humans: A systematic review of drug administration studies35
Periodic leg movements during sleep associated with antidepressants: A meta-analysis35
Non-neuronal brain biology and its relevance to animal welfare35
Music and Genetics35
Obsessive-compulsive disorder-A state-of-the-art review35
Convergence of oxytocin and dopamine signalling in neuronal circuits: Insights into the neurobiology of social interactions across species35
Multidimensional nature of dominant behavior: Insights from behavioral neuroscience35
The principle of ‘brain energy on demand’ and its predictive power for stress, sleep, stroke, obesity and diabetes35
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