Neuron

Papers
(The median citation count of Neuron is 10. 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
Mortimer Mishkin (1926–2021): A life of science with humility and grace1233
Molecular neuroscience community shares perspectives522
Flexible recoding of visual input for memory storage405
Passing the baton: Information transfer between neurons enables continuity of the decision process392
Appoptosin-Mediated Caspase Cleavage of Tau Contributes to Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Pathogenesis344
Hanna and Antonio Damasio322
Feed or breed: Hypothalamic mechanisms linking energy availability to puberty onset284
Lawrence Baruch Cohen (1939–2023)240
A GPI-anchored Neurexin 3 proteoform mediates dendritic inhibition235
Rev or restrain: Mechanisms of human-specific synaptic neoteny233
A look into the future: Your biological sex may guide chronic pain treatment215
Deciphering enhancers of hearing loss genes for efficient and targeted gene therapy of hereditary deafness201
The sodium-bicarbonate cotransporter Slc4a5 mediates feedback at the first synapse of vision190
Making sense of Timothy syndrome with 3D human neuronal models189
Driving valence-specific behavior through single-cell resolution control in the amygdala187
Putative cell-type-specific multiregional mode in posterior parietal cortex during coordinated visual behavior181
Mature enteric neurons have the capacity to reinnervate the intestine with glial cells as their guide177
Disruption of the ATXN1-CIC complex reveals the role of additional nuclear ATXN1 interactors in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1175
Mono-methylation of lysine 27 at histone 3 confers lifelong susceptibility to stress167
Out of LINE: Transposons, genome integrity, and neurodegeneration161
Collaterals and stroke reperfusion: Too few leads to too much160
Time in the brain: Encoding does not mean perceiving157
Of pride and groom: The gains and limits of studying the neuroanatomy of rodent self-grooming in translational research153
Molecular and circuit determinants in the globus pallidus mediating control of cocaine-induced behavioral plasticity152
TDP-43 seeding induces cytoplasmic aggregation heterogeneity and nuclear loss of function of TDP-43151
A hypothalamic node for the cyclical control of female sexual rejection147
An inhibitory brainstem input to dopamine neurons encodes nicotine aversion146
Spinal VGLUT3 lineage neurons drive visceral mechanical allodynia but not sensitized visceromotor reflexes145
Direction-selective laterodorsal thalamic nucleus encodes optic flow and turning in spatial navigation144
Microglia are not necessary for maintenance of blood-brain barrier properties in health, but PLX5622 alters brain endothelial cholesterol metabolism142
Shear stress activates nociceptors to drive Drosophila mechanical nociception140
The population doctrine in cognitive neuroscience139
A brainstem circuit amplifies aversion133
Thalamic bursting and the role of timing and synchrony in thalamocortical signaling in the awake mouse132
Brainstem circuits encoding start, speed, and duration of swimming in adult zebrafish130
Cryo-EM structures of pathogenic fibrils and their impact on neurodegenerative disease research129
A precise and adaptive neural mechanism for predictive temporal processing in the frontal cortex126
High-density single-unit human cortical recordings using the Neuropixels probe120
ILC2 instructs neural stem and progenitor cells to potentiate neurorepair after stroke119
Cortical somatostatin interneuron subtypes form cell-type-specific circuits119
Spatial navigation and memory: A review of the similarities and differences relevant to brain models and age119
Rethinking retrosplenial cortex: Perspectives and predictions115
The unbearable slowness of being: Why do we live at 10 bits/s?115
ApoE4 makes microglia trem2bling114
Brain-region-specific changes in neurons and glia and dysregulation of dopamine signaling in Grin2a mutant mice113
Single genomic enhancers drive experience-dependent GABAergic plasticity to maintain sensory processing in the adult cortex113
New mechanisms highlight the complex relationship of Apolipoprotein E and tau pathogenesis112
Perception and memory in the medial temporal lobe: Deep learning offers a new lens on an old debate109
Prefrontal cortex modulation of stress by primary cilia109
Stem cell sidekicks: ILC2s boost brain healing with a dash of Areg107
APOE loss of function: A genetic shield against Alzheimer’s disease107
Forming new connections: Advances in human stem-cell-derived interneuron therapy for treating epilepsy106
Subcellular mRNA localization and local translation of Arhgap11a in radial glial progenitors regulates cortical development105
The interpeduncular nucleus blunts the rewarding effect of nicotine104
Brain aging and rejuvenation at single-cell resolution104
Clathrin packets move in slow axonal transport and deliver functional payloads to synapses103
Interaction of an α-synuclein epitope with HLA-DRB1∗15:01 triggers enteric features in mice reminiscent of prodromal Parkinson’s disease103
Theory of hierarchically organized neuronal oscillator dynamics that mediate rodent rhythmic whisking102
Munc13-1 is a Ca2+-phospholipid-dependent vesicle priming hub that shapes synaptic short-term plasticity and enables sustained neurotransmission101
A novel reticular node in the brainstem synchronizes neonatal mouse crying with breathing100
A role for the cerebellum in motor-triggered alleviation of anxiety100
The lateral septum returns to the center stage of brain reward100
Conformational transitions and ligand-binding to a muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor99
Immunoregulator multitasking in neurons is not just a WHIM99
Preformed Ω-profile closure and kiss-and-run mediate endocytosis and diverse endocytic modes in neuroendocrine chromaffin cells97
Cardiovascular baroreflex circuit moonlights in sleep control97
Sleep stages antagonistically modulate reactivation drift95
Dynamin is primed at endocytic sites for ultrafast endocytosis94
GABAergic neuronal IL-4R mediates T cell effect on memory94
Targeting oxidative distress to treat chemobrain: Go with the choroid plexus-cerebrospinal fluid flow93
Value representations: Fast and slow92
Rostral and Caudal Ventral Tegmental Area GABAergic Inputs to Different Dorsal Raphe Neurons Participate in Opioid Dependence92
Ripples for recall: The hippocampus constructing the context?90
Mounting evidence suggests human adult neurogenesis is unlikely90
A matter of space and time: Emerging roles of disease-associated proteins in neural development90
Fibromyalgia pain may have a gut solution90
Orchestrating prefrontal cognitive control: The thalamus in command90
Memory suppressor genes: Modulating acquisition, consolidation, and forgetting90
Synapse-specific burst coding sustained by local axonal translation90
A parallel tonotopically arranged thalamocortical circuit for sound processing90
Compartment-specific dendritic information processing in striatal cholinergic interneurons is reconfigured by peptide neuromodulation90
Sequence variations and accessory proteins adapt TMC functions to distinct sensory modalities88
Interoception: Probing internal state is inherent to perception and cognition88
Principles of large-scale neural interactions88
Reconstructing a new hippocampal engram for systems reconsolidation and remote memory updating88
Antisense drugs for rare and ultra-rare genetic neurological diseases88
An iterative neural processing sequence orchestrates feeding86
The indirect pathway of the basal ganglia promotes transient punishment but not motor suppression86
Mitochondrial cannabinoid receptors gate corticosterone impact on novel object recognition86
Circadian rhythms and mood disorders: Time to see the light86
Responsive deep brain stimulation guided by ventral striatal electrophysiology of obsession durably ameliorates compulsion86
Threat-dependent scaling of prelimbic dynamics to enhance fear representation85
Absence of familiarity triggers hallmarks of autism in mouse model through aberrant tail-of-striatum and prelimbic cortex signaling84
A small population of stress-responsive neurons in the hypothalamus-habenula circuit mediates development of depression-like behavior in mice83
Brain rhythms define distinct interaction networks with differential dependence on anatomy83
Mechanisms of sex differences in Alzheimer’s disease82
Slc-ing cone synapses: Na⁺/bicarbonate co-transport regulates synaptic gain81
Cannabidiol modulates excitatory-inhibitory ratio to counter hippocampal hyperactivity81
Endocannabinoids modulate fear extinction controlled by a cortical-amygdala projection81
Neuroethics hackathons bridge theory to practice81
Excessive mitophagy for anxiety81
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1: It’s not just about Purkinje cells80
Waste clearance shapes aging brain health80
How do different parts of brain white matter develop after birth in humans?80
A top-down search for inhibitory cell subtypes in the songbird80
Single-neuron projectome reveals organization of somatosensory ascending pathways in the mouse brain80
Love or not? A new subpopulation of neurons controls the switch of female sexual behavior79
Suppression of premature transcription termination leads to reduced mRNA isoform diversity and neurodegeneration79
Larry J. Young (1967–2024)78
Dynamic causal communication channels between neocortical areas78
Timing matters: A protective role of astrocyte reactivity in neurodegeneration78
Differential dendritic integration of long-range inputs in association cortex via subcellular changes in synaptic AMPA-to-NMDA receptor ratio78
A genetically defined tecto-thalamic pathway drives a system of superior-colliculus-dependent visual cortices78
Functional ultrasound imaging of the human spinal cord78
Interpreting the retinal neural code for natural scenes: From computations to neurons78
The CNS mononuclear phagocyte system in health and disease77
An internal model for canceling self-generated sensory input in freely behaving electric fish77
Amyloid induced hyperexcitability in default mode network drives medial temporal hyperactivity and early tau accumulation76
Cell-type-specific manifold analysis discloses independent geometric transformations in the hippocampal spatial code76
BACE1-dependent cleavage of GABAA receptor contributes to neural hyperexcitability and disease progression in Alzheimer’s disease76
Neuronal γ-secretase regulates lipid metabolism, linking cholesterol to synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease75
Bilirubin gates the TRPM2 channel as a direct agonist to exacerbate ischemic brain damage75
Direct cortical inputs to hippocampal area CA1 transmit complementary signals for goal-directed navigation75
Interaction of acetylcholine and oxytocin neuromodulation in the hippocampus74
Upregulation of SYNGAP1 expression in mice and human neurons by redirecting alternative splicing73
A functionally ordered visual feature map in the Drosophila brain73
Anterior cingulate cortex projections to the dorsal medial striatum underlie insomnia associated with chronic pain73
PI3P: Rising to the (DPR) challenge in C9-ALS/FTD71
Accelerating biomedical discoveries in brain health through transformative neuropathology of aging and neurodegeneration71
TMEM63B functions as a mammalian hyperosmolar sensor for thirst71
The costs and benefits of psychedelics on cognition and mood70
Machine learning dissection of human accelerated regions in primate neurodevelopment69
Novelty, uncertainty, and the looming horizon69
Timing matters: Genetic regulation of neuronal maturation in the primate brain69
A neural mechanism for terminating decisions69
Joni Wallis68
A common thalamic hub for general and defensive arousal control68
Orthogonal representations for robust context-dependent task performance in brains and neural networks68
Microglial efferocytosis: Diving into the Alzheimer’s disease gene pool68
Bart De Strooper67
KCNQ channel PIP2 modulation: Two loose links, three rings, and a twist67
Neuro-immune interactions: The spectacular forest67
VEGF Mediates Commissural Axon Chemoattraction through Its Receptor Flk165
Differential Requirement for Plexin-A3 and -A4 in Mediating Responses of Sensory and Sympathetic Neurons to Distinct Class 3 Semaphorins65
Shared mechanisms mediate the explore-exploit tradeoff in macaques and humans65
Advancing discovery of risk-altering variants for complex diseases by functionally informed fine-mapping65
Egocentric processing of items in spines, dendrites, and somas in the retrosplenial cortex64
An implantable device for wireless monitoring of diverse physio-behavioral characteristics in freely behaving small animals and interacting groups64
Decision formation in parietal cortex transcends a fixed frame of reference63
A time window for memory consolidation during NREM sleep revealed by cAMP oscillation63
A year in review: Are diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives fixing systemic barriers?63
Primate thalamic nuclei select abstract rules and shape prefrontal dynamics63
The rhythm of sequential behavioral transitions: Neuromodulatory dynamics and male sexual behavior63
Dynamic and reversible remapping of network representations in an unchanging environment62
Unraveling rescue-like behaviors: Neural circuits driving prosocial aid in mice62
Parental origin of transgene modulates amyloid-β plaque burden in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease62
Distinct prefrontal projection activity and transcriptional state conversely orchestrate social competition and hierarchy61
Perceptual metacognition beyond confidence61
Visual thalamocortical mechanisms of waking state-dependent activity and alpha oscillations61
Direction selectivity in retinal bipolar cell axon terminals61
Closed-loop microstimulations of the orbitofrontal cortex during real-life gaze interaction enhance dynamic social attention61
Eyes on glutamate in angiogenesis and barrier formation61
Highly sensitive TEMPO imaging illuminates the cellular basis of oscillations in the local field potential61
Decreasing mutant ATXN1 nuclear localization improves a spectrum of SCA1-like phenotypes and brain region transcriptomic profiles61
Monitoring norepinephrine release in vivo using next-generation GRABNE sensors60
The gut microbiota promotes pain in fibromyalgia60
Glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons in pontine central gray mediate opposing valence-specific behaviors through a global network60
Object-centered population coding in CA1 of the hippocampus60
Specialized connectivity of molecular layer interneuron subtypes leads to disinhibition and synchronous inhibition of cerebellar Purkinje cells60
In vivo 7 Tesla MRI of non-human primate intracortical microvascular architecture60
STING signaling in the brain: Molecular threats, signaling activities, and therapeutic challenges59
Mapping of neuronal and glial primary cilia contactome and connectome in the human cerebral cortex59
Orientation selectivity enhances context generalization and generative predictive coding in the hippocampus59
Active experience, not time, determines within-day representational drift in dorsal CA158
Confronting legacies of underrepresentation in clinical trials: The case for greater diversity in research58
The sympathetic nervous system in the 21st century: Neuroimmune interactions in metabolic homeostasis and obesity58
Mentoring to propagate racial inclusivity in neuroscience57
Antisense oligonucleotides enhance SLC20A2 expression and suppress brain calcification in a humanized mouse model57
Functional architecture of cerebral cortex during naturalistic movie watching57
Microglial Piezo1 senses Aβ fibril stiffness to restrict Alzheimer’s disease57
APP fragment controls both ionotropic and non-ionotropic signaling of NMDA receptors57
Differential cortical network engagement during states of un/consciousness in humans57
Hypothalamic warm-sensitive neurons require TRPC4 channel for detecting internal warmth and regulating body temperature in mice57
Macrophages transfer mitochondria to sensory neurons to resolve inflammatory pain57
Regulation of Axon Degeneration after Injury and in Development by the Endogenous Calpain Inhibitor Calpastatin56
New revelations from the zone of uncertainty56
The locus coeruleus as a regulator of memory linking56
The future of neurotechnology: From big data to translation55
Nobel honors for John Hopfield, who ushered attractor dynamics into neuroscience55
Neural dynamics in the limbic system during male social behaviors55
Homing in on homeostatic plasticity55
Dissociation of vicarious and experienced rewards by coupling frequency within the same neural pathway55
Insights into mechanisms and therapeutic avenues for primary familial brain calcification55
Route selection with a cognitive map55
Failure in a population: Tauopathy disrupts homeostatic set-points in emergent dynamics despite stability in the constituent neurons54
Dietary availability acutely influences puberty onset via a hypothalamic neural circuit54
Astrocyte Gi-GPCR signaling corrects compulsive-like grooming and anxiety-related behaviors in Sapap3 knockout mice54
Differences in spike generation instead of synaptic inputs determine the feature selectivity of two retinal cell types54
Diverse regional mechanisms drive spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 phenotypes53
Light-evoked dendritic spikes in sustained but not transient rabbit retinal ganglion cells52
The polypharmacology of psychedelics reveals multiple targets for potential therapeutics52
Leptomeningeal collaterals regulate reperfusion in ischemic stroke and rescue the brain from futile recanalization52
Shedding light on the α-synuclein fibril fuzzy coat52
Hanan Salam52
Another win for mimetic peptides in stroke: Disruption of TRPM2-NMDAR signaling52
Microglia as drivers of neurodegeneration: The role of innate-adaptive immune signaling52
Connexins and blood-brain barrier: Beyond the gap52
The hippocampus converts dynamic entorhinal inputs into stable spatial maps52
Attention in flux52
Transcriptional control of nucleus accumbens neuronal excitability by retinoid X receptor alpha tunes sensitivity to drug rewards51
Plaudits for logits in sensory neuroscience51
Uncovering the rhythm for the expression of empathetic fear51
Presynaptic autophagy is coupled to the synaptic vesicle cycle via ATG-951
Sweet dreams are made of this: How emotions influence sleep-dependent consolidation of perceptual memories51
Excitation creates a distributed pattern of cortical suppression due to varied recurrent input51
Single-cell transcriptome analysis of regenerating RGCs reveals potent glaucoma neural repair genes51
David Julius51
Toward an understanding of vowel encoding in the human auditory cortex50
Extrinsic control of the early postnatal CA1 hippocampal circuits50
Naomi Wray50
Marmosets confirm that context is king50
NeuroD1 induces microglial apoptosis and cannot induce microglia-to-neuron cross-lineage reprogramming50
Spatial memory requires hypocretins to elevate medial entorhinal gamma oscillations50
Jeffrey Watkins (1929–2023)50
Opto-vTrap, an optogenetic trap for reversible inhibition of vesicular release, synaptic transmission, and behavior50
A protective role for EFTUD2 in the brain50
The brain-immune ecosystem: Implications for immunotherapy in defeating neurodegenerative diseases49
Neuronal Autophagy Regulates Presynaptic Neurotransmission by Controlling the Axonal Endoplasmic Reticulum49
Time coding in rat dorsolateral striatum49
Light, opsins, and life: Mammalian photophysiological functions beyond image perception49
Unique opportunities and challenges of longitudinal approaches in studying brain health and mental health49
Dynamic and reversible remapping of network representations in an unchanging environment49
Mapping the neuroethological signatures of pain, analgesia, and recovery in mice48
SHIELD: Skull-shaped hemispheric implants enabling large-scale electrophysiology datasets in the mouse brain48
Signaling snapshots of a serotonin receptor activated by the prototypical psychedelic LSD48
Choroid plexus-targeted NKCC1 overexpression to treat post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus48
Distinct systemic impacts of Aβ42 and Tau revealed by whole-organism snRNA-seq48
NMDA receptors regulate the firing rate set point of hippocampal circuits without altering single-cell dynamics48
Dissociating distinct cortical networks associated with subregions of the human medial temporal lobe using precision neuroimaging48
Functional properties of corticothalamic circuits targeting paraventricular thalamic neurons48
Overlapping representations of food and social stimuli in mouse VTA dopamine neurons48
Mechanics in the nervous system: From development to disease48
Oligodendrocytes enhance axonal energy metabolism by deacetylation of mitochondrial proteins through transcellular delivery of SIRT247
Synaptic oligomeric tau in Alzheimer’s disease — A potential culprit in the spread of tau pathology through the brain47
Autophagy, aging, and age-related neurodegeneration47
A neural code for egocentric spatial maps in the human medial temporal lobe47
Sequential inhibitory plasticities in hippocampal area CA2 and social memory formation47
Propofol anesthesia destabilizes neural dynamics across cortex47
Columnar and diffuse topographies in the marmoset prefrontal connectome46
When rewards backfire: Collapsing under pressure in motor cortex46
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