Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Papers
(The median citation count of Current Opinion in Neurobiology is 8. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Neural mechanisms of persistent aggression277
Mosquitoes as a model for understanding the neural basis of natural behaviors177
The multifunctionality of the brainstem breathing control circuit122
Large brains: Big unknowns in cellular neuroscience114
The barn owl in systems and behavioral neuroscience: Progress and promise107
Breaking the neural code of a cnidarian: Learning principles of neuroscience from the “vulgar” Hydra96
The role of NMDA receptor and neuroligin rare variants in synaptic dysfunction underlying neurodevelopmental disorders91
Extending neural systems for navigation to hunting behavior90
A computational view of short-term plasticity and its implications for E-I balance84
Studying dominance and aggression requires ethologically relevant paradigms71
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The avian olfactory system and hippocampus: Complementary roles in the olfactory and visual guidance of homing pigeon navigation66
Recent advances in molecular studies on cochlear development and regeneration62
The brain's dark transcriptome: Sequencing RNA in distal compartments of neurons and glia61
Role of the endoplasmic reticulum in synaptic transmission58
Astrocyte-synapse interactions during brain development57
Parenting as a model for behavioural switches55
Editorial overview: Evolution of brains and computation54
Reconciling neuronal representations of schema, abstract task structure, and categorization under cognitive maps in the entorhinal-hippocampal-frontal circuits54
Next generation behavioral sequencing for advancing pain quantification54
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Central respiratory command and microglia: An early-life partnership52
The epigenome under pressure: On regulatory adaptation to chronic stress in the brain49
Dopamine control of downstream motor centers48
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On the dynamic and even reversible nature of Leigh syndrome: Lessons from human imaging and mouse models46
Non-REM and REM/paradoxical sleep dynamics across phylogeny46
Network attractors and nonlinear dynamics of neural computation46
Flexibility of memory for future-oriented cognition44
Nanoscale organization of the pre-synapse: Tracking the neurotransmitter release machinery44
The two-body problem: Proprioception and motor control across the metamorphic divide44
Surprise and novelty in the brain43
How engram mediates learning, extinction, and relapse43
Transient oscillations as computations for cognition: Analysis, modeling and function42
Cellular and molecular basis of drug addiction: The role of neuronal ensembles in addiction41
Accelerated brain aging with opioid misuse and HIV: New insights on the role of glially derived pro-inflammation mediators and neuronal chloride homeostasis40
A goal pointer for a cognitive map in the orbitofrontal cortex38
Emerging X-linked genes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders in females38
A metabolic perspective to sleep genetics36
Nonlinear slow-timescale mechanisms in synaptic plasticity36
Midbrain KCC2 downregulation: Implications for stress-related and substance use behaviors36
Signaling in autism: Relevance to nutrients and sex34
Neural mechanisms necessary for empathy-related phenomena across species34
CAMK2; four genes, one syndrome? Delineation of genotype–phenotype correlations34
Linking active sensing and spatial learning in weakly electric fish33
Imaging dendritic spines: molecular organization and signaling for plasticity33
The gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) as a model for early primate brain evolution32
Biophysical models of intrinsic homeostasis: Firing rates and beyond32
Reshaping sensory representations by task-specific brain states: Toward cortical circuit mechanisms31
Transcription factor encoding of neuron subtype: Strategies that specify arbor pattern31
A Goldilocks theory of cognitive control: Balancing precision and efficiency with low-dimensional control states31
APOE signaling in neurodegenerative diseases: an integrative approach targeting APOE coding and noncoding variants for disease intervention31
Postsynaptic signaling at glutamatergic synapses as therapeutic targets31
Modulation of the dynamical state in cortical network models30
Human reaching control in dynamic environments30
Ethological computational psychiatry: Challenges and opportunities30
Data-driven multiscale computational models of cortical and subcortical regions30
Energetically efficient learning in neuronal networks30
Avian pallial circuits and cognition: A comparison to mammals30
Glia as antigen-presenting cells in the central nervous system30
Learning, fast and slow30
Statistical neuroscience in the single trial limit29
Neurobiological mechanisms underlying psychostimulant use29
Recent insights into the role of glia and oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease gained from Drosophila29
Regulation of synaptic nanodomain by liquid–liquid phase separation: A novel mechanism of synaptic plasticity28
Mitochondrial control of sleep28
A current view on Tau protein phosphorylation in Alzheimer's disease28
Structural LTP: Signal transduction, actin cytoskeleton reorganization, and membrane remodeling of dendritic spines28
Paying the brain's energy bill28
Molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia: Insights from human genetics28
Cortical interneuron specification and diversification in the era of big data27
Toward a neuroscience of natural behavior27
How astrocytic ATP shapes neuronal activity and brain circuits26
The microtubule cytoskeleton of radial glial progenitor cells26
Homeostatic plasticity and excitation-inhibition balance: The good, the bad, and the ugly26
Sources of behavioral variability in C. elegans: Sex differences, individuality, and internal states25
Immunobiology of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders25
Intracellular signaling mechanisms that shape postsynaptic GABAergic synapses25
Physical associations of microglia and the vascular blood-brain barrier and their importance in development, health, and disease25
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From seconds to days: Neural plasticity viewed through a lipid lens24
Immune signaling in sex-specific neural and behavioral development: Adolescent opportunity24
Cell type specificity for circuit output in the midbrain dopaminergic system24
Computational roles of intrinsic synaptic dynamics24
Editorial overview: Molecular neuroscience24
Proteomics-based synapse characterization: From proteins to circuits24
Gap junctions regulate the development of neural circuits in the neocortex23
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Cell-type specification in the retina: Recent discoveries from transcriptomic approaches23
Neuroimmune dysfunction in frontotemporal dementia: Insights from progranulin and C9orf72 deficiency23
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Genetics in hereditary spastic paraplegias: Essential but not enough23
Multiple layers of spatial regulation coordinate axonal cargo transport22
Molecular determinants of mechanosensation in the muscle spindle22
Neural implementations of Bayesian inference22
Environmental-temperature and internal-state dependent thermotaxis plasticity of nematodes22
Novel insights into Parkin-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction and neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease21
Structural insights into gating mechanism and allosteric regulation of NMDA receptors21
New insights from small rhythmic circuits21
Recent research in fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome21
Circuits for self-motion estimation and walking control in Drosophila21
Right place, right time - Spatial guidance of neuronal morphogenesis by septin GTPases21
Computational modeling of neuron–glia signaling interactions to unravel cellular and neural circuit functioning20
Dynamical self-organization and efficient representation of space by grid cells20
Regulatory roles of mitochondria and metabolism in neurogenesis20
Context-dependent control of behavior in Drosophila20
Recent advances in inter-cellular interactions during neural circuit assembly20
The neural basis of tactile texture perception20
Orienting our view of the superior colliculus: specializations and general functions20
Amphibian behavioral diversity offers insights into evolutionary neurobiology20
Body language signals for rodent social communication19
Jellyfish for the study of nervous system evolution and function19
Distinct functions of ventral CA1 and dorsal CA2 in social memory19
Metabolic defects shared by Alzheimer's disease and diabetes: A focus on mitochondria19
Neuroimmunology of healthy brain aging19
Recent advances in sleep genetics19
Learning from inhibition: Functional roles of hippocampal CA1 inhibition in spatial learning and memory19
SARM1 signaling mechanisms in the injured nervous system18
Computation, wiring, and plasticity in synaptic clusters18
Learning-dependent neuronal activity across the larval zebrafish brain18
Building population models for large-scale neural recordings: Opportunities and pitfalls18
Information and the single cell18
Expressions of emotions across species18
Neural inhibition for continual learning and memory18
Neuronal replacement: Concepts, achievements, and call for caution18
Evolution of synapses and neurotransmitter systems: The divide-and-conquer model for early neural cell-type evolution17
Design of mechanosensory feedback during undulatory locomotion to enhance speed and stability17
The organization of spinal neurons: Insights from single cell sequencing17
Brains and speciation: Control of behavior17
T cell surveillance of Toxoplasma gondii: Basic insights into how T cells operate in the central nervous system17
Visuomotor coordination and cognitive capacity in blindsight17
Experience-dependent structural plasticity of pyramidal neurons in the developing sensory cortices17
Mechanosensitive body–brain interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans17
PIEZO2 ion channels in proprioception17
The facets of olfactory learning17
Making time and space for calcium control of neuron activity17
Navigating through the ebbs and flows of language17
Emerging GPCR targets for AUD: Insights from preclinical studies16
Paper wasps: A model clade for social cognition16
Computational role of sleep in memory reorganization16
The basal ganglia are a target for sensorimotor domains in posterior parietal, premotor, and motor cortex in primates16
Mechanisms of copy number variants in neuropsychiatric disorders: From genes to therapeutics16
Endocytosis in the axon initial segment: Roles in neuronal polarity and plasticity16
From tadpole to adult frog locomotion16
From cell types to population dynamics: Making hippocampal manifolds physiologically interpretable16
Apolipoprotein E4 targets mitochondria and the mitochondria-associated membrane complex in neuropathology, including Alzheimer's disease16
Fast Hebbian plasticity and working memory15
Distinguishing subtypes of spinal locomotor neurons to inform circuit function and dysfunction15
Low- and high-level coordination of orofacial motor actions15
One messenger shared by two systems: How cytokines directly modulate neurons15
Mechanisms of NMDA receptor regulation15
Multilevel visuomotor control of locomotion in Drosophila15
Dynamic skin behaviors in cephalopods15
Neuronal ensemble dynamics in associative learning15
Stuck on you: Meninges cellular crosstalk in development15
Interpreting neural computations by examining intrinsic and embedding dimensionality of neural activity14
A closer look at astrocyte morphology: Development, heterogeneity, and plasticity at astrocyte leaflets14
Editorial overview: Crosstalk between neural and immune systems14
Plasticity between visual input pathways and the head direction system14
Extracellular Vesicles at CNS barriers: Mode of action14
Dopamine signals as temporal difference errors: recent advances14
Dynamics and distribution of endosomes and lysosomes in dendrites14
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PTEN-induced kinase 1 (PINK1) and Parkin: Unlocking a mitochondrial quality control pathway linked to Parkinson's disease14
Cognitive epigenetic priming: leveraging histone acetylation for memory amelioration14
Connecting the dots in ethology: applying network theory to understand neural and animal collectives14
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Functional effects of gut microbiota-derived metabolites in Alzheimer's disease14
Editorial overview: Neurobiology of disease13
Querying hippocampal replay with subcortical inputs13
Store-operated Ca2+ entry regulates neuronal gene expression and function13
Building and integrating brain-wide maps of nervous system function in invertebrates13
Leaving flatland: Advances in 3D behavioral measurement13
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Estrogen-responsive neural circuits governing male and female mating behavior in mice13
Editorial overview: Addiction13
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Molecular basis of somatosensation in insects13
Construction destruction: Contribution of dyregulated proteostasis to neurodevelopmental disorders13
A multi-omics view of neuronal subcellular protein synthesis13
Shedding light on learning and memory: optical interrogation of the synaptic circuitry12
Changing memories on the fly: the neural circuits of memory re-evaluation in Drosophila melanogaster12
Learning in the time of COVID: insights from the zebra finch – a social vocal-learner12
Applying stem cells and CRISPR engineering to uncover the etiology of schizophrenia12
Neural representations of kinship12
Posterior parietal cortex contributions to cross-modal brain plasticity upon sensory loss12
The coordination of chewing12
Stable continual learning through structured multiscale plasticity manifolds12
New insights and therapeutic opportunities for progranulin-deficient frontotemporal dementia11
The conserved core of the nereid brain: Circular CNS, apical nervous system and lhx6-arx-dlx neurons11
Editorial overview: Motor circuits in action11
Integrating across behaviors and timescales to understand the neural control of movement11
The structural line between prion and “prion-like”: Insights from prion protein and tau11
Human brain evolution: Emerging roles for regulatory DNA and RNA11
Drosophila glia take shape to sculpt the nervous system11
Impacts of sex differences on optogenetic, chemogenetic, and calcium-imaging tools11
The influence of ovarian hormones on the putative mechanisms that promote female nicotine use11
Epigenetic mechanisms in depression: Implications for pathogenesis and treatment11
The synaptic basis for sexual dimorphism in the invertebrate nervous system11
Patterning the cerebral cortex into distinct functional domains during development11
Microglia-mediated synaptic pruning as a key deficit in neurodevelopmental disorders: Hype or hope?11
A neuroethological view of the multifaceted sensory influences on birdsong11
Signatures of task learning in neural representations11
The big mixup: Neural representation during natural modes of primate visual behavior11
Unsupervised quantification of naturalistic animal behaviors for gaining insight into the brain11
New insights into the molecular architecture of neurons by cryo-electron tomography10
Diverse axonal morphologies of individual callosal projection neurons reveal new insights into brain connectivity10
Mechanical transmission at spine synapses: Short-term potentiation and working memory10
The superior colliculus: New insights into an evolutionarily ancient structure10
Bridging the fields of cognition and birdsong with corvids10
The power of human stem cell-based systems in the study of neurodevelopmental disorders10
Natural visual behavior and active sensing in the mouse10
Editorial overview: Neurobiology of behavior10
Towards the next generation of recurrent network models for cognitive neuroscience10
Dynamic interplay between GABAergic networks and developing neurons in the adult hippocampus10
“Arc – A viral vector of memory and synaptic plasticity”10
Astrocytic crosstalk with brain and immune cells in healthy and diseased conditions10
Learning-induced changes in the neural circuits underlying motor sequence execution10
When the society dictates food search – Neural signalling underlying appetitive motivation in honey bees10
Neural optimization: Understanding trade-offs with Pareto theory10
The promise of cyclic AMP modulation to restore cognitive function in neurodevelopmental disorders10
The neurodevelopment of social preferences in early childhood9
From synapse to network: models of information storage and retrieval in neural circuits9
Neurobiology of schizophrenia9
Neural population geometry: An approach for understanding biological and artificial neural networks9
The zona incerta in control of novelty seeking and investigation across species9
Neural circuit function redundancy in brain disorders9
Release your inhibitions: The cell biology of GABAergic postsynaptic plasticity9
Evolution of sensory systems9
Descending control of motor sequences in9
Transient docking of synaptic vesicles: Implications and mechanisms9
Modulation of hippocampal plasticity in learning and memory8
Neuroinflammation and COVID-198
RAN proteins in neurodegenerative disease: Repeating themes and unifying therapeutic strategies8
Neural mechanisms for learning hierarchical structures of information8
Measuring and modeling the motor system with machine learning8
The memory orchestra: the role of astrocytes and oligodendrocytes in parallel to neurons8
Convergent behavioral strategies and neural computations during vocal turn-taking across diverse species8
Genetic architecture of human brain evolution8
Bipolar disorder8
Cortical contribution to visuomotor coordination in locomotion and reaching8
Dendrites and efficiency: Optimizing performance and resource utilization8
Molecular foundations of prion strain diversity8
Translational opportunities for circuit-based social neuroscience: advancing 21st century psychiatry8
Temperature sensing and context-dependent thermal behavior in nematodes8
Spatiotemporal insights of APP function8
Small brains for big science8
Aging impact on amyloid precursor protein neuronal trafficking8
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