Nature Neuroscience

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Neuroscience is 35. 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
In conversation with Klaus-Armin Nave408
Blood proteins control microglia400
Salty licorice taste receptor396
Neural circuit for limiting heroin choice and relapse361
Maladaptive myelination promotes seizure progression in generalized epilepsy347
Changing dynamics in real time333
Reducing publication bias with Registered Reports315
Grids and the city295
Et tu, GABA?266
Hypothalamic melanin-concentrating hormone regulates hippocampus-dorsolateral septum activity265
Messenger RNA transport on lysosomal vesicles maintains axonal mitochondrial homeostasis and prevents axonal degeneration254
Neuronal activity stimulates a genetic program to rapidly generate synapses during development247
The third phase III246
A risk score for pain outcomes220
In conversation with Andrew Huberman215
Understanding PD psychosis207
An RNA-targeting CRISPR–Cas13d system alleviates disease-related phenotypes in Huntington’s disease models205
Dissociative and prioritized modeling of behaviorally relevant neural dynamics using recurrent neural networks203
Integrating brainstem and cortical functional architectures191
Prenatal stress effects on the placenta174
Non-REM sleep substates separate old and new memories173
A distinct hypothalamus–habenula circuit governs risk preference172
Context-dependent decision-making in the primate hippocampal–prefrontal circuit172
Mapping the cellular etiology of schizophrenia and complex brain phenotypes170
Microglia regulate blood flow168
How much has changed this year?163
New myelin for old oligodendrocytes162
Awake perception is associated with dedicated neuronal assemblies in the cerebral cortex158
In conversation with Bill Martin158
Cell and circuit complexity of the external globus pallidus157
Multimodal evaluation of network activity and optogenetic interventions in human hippocampal slices153
Neurovascular dysfunction in GRN-associated frontotemporal dementia identified by single-nucleus RNA sequencing of human cerebral cortex151
Genetics and neurobiology of eating disorders150
Leaky blood–brain barrier in long-COVID-associated brain fog148
Sniffing for functional SNVs147
In conversation with Ukpong Eyo143
Better viruses for targeting microglia142
How sound soothes142
Special astrocytes release glutamate142
Early alterations in the MCH system link aberrant neuronal activity and sleep disturbances in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease141
Place fields illuminated141
A vagal–brainstem interoceptive circuit for cough-like defensive behaviors in mice138
Efficient coding of cognitive variables underlies dopamine response and choice behavior138
What makes a theory of consciousness unscientific?136
Pushing the bounds on dimensionality136
Composing hippocampal maps from cortical building blocks in replay134
Whole-brain in vivo base editing reverses behavioral changes in Mef2c-mutant mice134
Lewy body disease can spread via two distinct body-first routes134
Dentate gyrus astrocytes exhibit layer-specific molecular, morphological and physiological features129
The embryonic zebrafish brain is seeded by a lymphatic-dependent population of mrc1+ microglia precursors128
Distinct roles of the meningeal layers in CNS autoimmunity126
A thalamo-amygdalar circuit underlying the extinction of remote fear memories126
Myelin and Alzheimer’s disease124
In conversation with Alexandra Keinath123
In conversation with Aniruddha Das123
In conversation with Andrea Volterra120
In conversation with Lucas Cheadle120
Retraction Note: Tumor necrosis factor overcomes immune evasion in p53-mutant medulloblastoma119
Piggybacking on big data118
Novelty seeking for novelty’s sake118
Puberty reverses sex differences in learning116
Publisher Correction: Viral manipulation of functionally distinct interneurons in mice, non-human primates and humans115
Closing the loop on models of interval timing113
Author Correction: Wireless multilateral devices for optogenetic studies of individual and social behaviors111
Candelabrum cells are ubiquitous cerebellar cortex interneurons with specialized circuit properties111
Altruism and social rewards107
Synaptic pruning through glial synapse engulfment upon motor learning107
Krishna V. Shenoy (1968–2023)106
Fetal pain and its relevance to abortion policy103
Neural basis of anticipation and premature impulsive action in the frontal cortex102
Author Correction: Impaired perceptual learning in a mouse model of Fragile X syndrome is mediated by parvalbumin neuron dysfunction and is reversible102
Computational complexity drives sustained deliberation102
Author Correction: Pedunculopontine Chx10+ neurons control global motor arrest in mice101
A genome-wide in vivo CRISPR screen identifies essential regulators of T cell migration to the CNS in a multiple sclerosis model100
The rat frontal orienting field dynamically encodes value for economic decisions under risk100
Lysosome regulation of microglia in Alzheimer’s disease via TFEB–vacuolar ATPase99
Navigating T cell brain entry in MS99
Author Correction: Large-scale encoding of emotion concepts becomes increasingly similar between individuals from childhood to adolescence98
Activity in primate visual cortex is minimally driven by spontaneous movements98
A dynamic sequence of visual processing initiated by gaze shifts97
Author Correction: Longitudinal scRNA-seq analysis in mouse and human informs optimization of rapid mouse astrocyte differentiation protocols97
Neural patterns differentiate traumatic from sad autobiographical memories in PTSD97
Author Correction: Confronting racially exclusionary practices in the acquisition and analyses of neuroimaging data96
Synapses shape oligodendrocyte precursor cell development and predict myelination location96
Author Correction: Cortical astrocytes modulate dominance behavior in male mice by regulating synaptic excitatory and inhibitory balance94
Backward masking in mice requires visual cortex94
Latent neural population dynamics underlying breathing, opioid-induced respiratory depression and gasping92
Hunger guides immunity to friend versus foe91
Local origin of excitatory–inhibitory tuning equivalence in a cortical network91
Distinct origin and region-dependent contribution of stromal fibroblasts to fibrosis following traumatic injury in mice90
Climbing fibers provide essential instructive signals for associative learning89
Apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer’s disease trajectories and the next-generation clinical care pathway89
Each scar whispers a story88
Constraints on the subsecond modulation of striatal dynamics by physiological dopamine signaling87
Pervasive environmental chemicals impair oligodendrocyte development86
Neurons in the caudal ventrolateral medulla mediate descending pain control85
Developmental origin of oligodendrocytes determines their function in the adult brain85
Racial equity and inclusion still lacking in neuroscience meetings85
Fear learning induces synaptic potentiation between engram neurons in the rat lateral amygdala85
Dopamine-mediated formation of a memory module in the nucleus accumbens for goal-directed navigation83
Author Correction: Opportunities and challenges of single-cell and spatially resolved genomics methods for neuroscience discovery82
The role of motor cortex in motor sequence execution depends on demands for flexibility82
Multiple loci for foveolar vision in macaque monkey visual cortex81
Membrane mechanics dictate axonal pearls-on-a-string morphology and function81
Transsynaptic labeling and transcriptional control of zebrafish neural circuits80
A quiet innovator: Peter Lakatos (1972–2021)80
Spatial and cell type transcriptional landscape of human cerebellar development80
Multimodal neural recordings with Neuro-FITM uncover diverse patterns of cortical–hippocampal interactions79
Maybe too much of a good thing in gene therapy78
A visuomotor microcircuit in frontal cortex77
Smelling a concept77
Precisely timed theta oscillations are selectively required during the encoding phase of memory77
Alcohol’s necessary accessory76
Author Correction: Mitochondrial respiratory complex IV deficiency recapitulates amyotrophic lateral sclerosis75
High-speed multiplane confocal microscopy for voltage imaging in densely labeled neuronal populations74
Sustained effects of rapidly acting antidepressants require BDNF-dependent MeCP2 phosphorylation74
Single-cell transcriptomics reveals that glial cells integrate homeostatic and circadian processes to drive sleep–wake cycles74
Rotational dynamics reduce interference between sensory and memory representations74
Nested compressed co-representations of multiple sequential experiences during sleep74
Value dynamics affect choice preparation during decision-making74
Multiregion transcriptomic profiling of the primate brain reveals signatures of aging and the social environment73
Adaptive circuit dynamics across human cortex during evidence accumulation in changing environments72
Multitask representations in the human cortex transform along a sensory-to-motor hierarchy72
Context-dependent representations of movement in Drosophila dopaminergic reinforcement pathways72
The medial preoptic area mediates depressive-like behaviors induced by ovarian hormone withdrawal through distinct GABAergic projections72
Hippocampal spatial representations exhibit a hyperbolic geometry that expands with experience72
A human forebrain organoid model of fragile X syndrome exhibits altered neurogenesis and highlights new treatment strategies71
A cortical circuit for audio-visual predictions70
A reservoir of foraging decision variables in the mouse brain70
Differential replay of reward and punishment paths predicts approach and avoidance70
Genetic variants associated with longitudinal changes in brain structure across the lifespan68
A high-density 1,024-channel probe for brain-wide recordings in non-human primates67
Triple dissociation of visual, auditory and motor processing in mouse primary visual cortex67
Reduced neural feedback signaling despite robust neuron and gamma auditory responses during human sleep67
The cholinergic basal forebrain provides a parallel channel for state-dependent sensory signaling to auditory cortex67
Learning binds new inputs into functional synaptic clusters via spinogenesis67
Author Correction: Blood–brain barrier disruption and sustained systemic inflammation in individuals with long COVID-associated cognitive impairment67
Two-faced behavior of microglia in Alzheimer’s disease67
Neuronal types in the mouse amygdala and their transcriptional response to fear conditioning66
A global multicohort study to map subcortical brain development and cognition in infancy and early childhood66
Behavior-relevant top-down cross-modal predictions in mouse neocortex66
Implementation and validation of single-cell genomics experiments in neuroscience65
Opportunities and challenges of single-cell and spatially resolved genomics methods for neuroscience discovery65
Positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging methods and datasets within the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN)65
Altered adult neurogenesis and gliogenesis in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy65
Computational models link cellular mechanisms of neuromodulation to large-scale neural dynamics64
Tau is required for glial lipid droplet formation and resistance to neuronal oxidative stress64
Daily feeding entrains hunger-sensing neurons64
Integrated multimodal cell atlas of Alzheimer’s disease64
Behavioral origin of sound-evoked activity in mouse visual cortex63
A unifying theory explains seemingly contradictory biases in perceptual estimation62
Pathological structural conversion of α-synuclein at the mitochondria induces neuronal toxicity62
Abstract deliberation by visuomotor neurons in prefrontal cortex62
A nonoscillatory, millisecond-scale embedding of brain state provides insight into behavior62
Targeting pathological cells with senolytic drugs reduces seizures in neurodevelopmental mTOR-related epilepsy61
Exome sequencing in obsessive–compulsive disorder reveals a burden of rare damaging coding variants61
Motivating interest in D3 dopamine receptors61
A neuron–glia lipid metabolic cycle couples daily sleep to mitochondrial homeostasis61
Psychedelics promote plasticity by directly binding to BDNF receptor TrkB61
Intracellular chloride regulation mediates local sleep pressure in the cortex61
Advances and controversies in meningeal biology61
Tau activation of microglial cGAS–IFN reduces MEF2C-mediated cognitive resilience60
Unlocking opioid neuropeptide dynamics with genetically encoded biosensors60
Gated feedforward inhibition in the frontal cortex releases goal-directed action60
A tool for mapping microglial morphology, morphOMICs, reveals brain-region and sex-dependent phenotypes59
Neuronal activity rapidly reprograms dendritic translation via eIF4G2:uORF binding58
Neuroinflammatory astrocyte subtypes in the mouse brain57
Primary cilia signaling in astrocytes mediates development and regional-specific functional specification57
Hippocampus shapes entorhinal cortical output through a direct feedback circuit57
Norepinephrine modulates calcium dynamics in cortical oligodendrocyte precursor cells promoting proliferation during arousal in mice57
Identification of early neurodegenerative pathways in progressive multiple sclerosis56
A gradual temporal shift of dopamine responses mirrors the progression of temporal difference error in machine learning56
Tau filaments are tethered within brain extracellular vesicles in Alzheimer’s disease56
DELTA: a method for brain-wide measurement of synaptic protein turnover reveals localized plasticity during learning56
Maintaining and updating accurate internal representations of continuous variables with a handful of neurons56
Multilevel visual motion opponency in Drosophila55
Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction55
Cell-type-specific cis-eQTLs in eight human brain cell types identify novel risk genes for psychiatric and neurological disorders55
Local translation in microglial processes is required for efficient phagocytosis55
Confronting racially exclusionary practices in the acquisition and analyses of neuroimaging data55
Phenotypic and genetic associations of quantitative magnetic susceptibility in UK Biobank brain imaging54
A deep learning framework for inference of single-trial neural population dynamics from calcium imaging with subframe temporal resolution54
Emergence of consciousness from anesthesia through ubiquitin degradation of KCC2 in the ventral posteromedial nucleus of the thalamus54
Closed-loop recruitment of striatal interneurons prevents compulsive-like grooming behaviors54
Publisher Correction: Non-invasive temporal interference electrical stimulation of the human hippocampus53
Blood–brain barrier disruption and sustained systemic inflammation in individuals with long COVID-associated cognitive impairment53
Revisiting the neurovascular unit52
Controlling the action52
Lessons from resilience52
T cell–microglia signaling exacerbates neuropathology in an Alzheimer’s disease model52
Integrated cardio-behavioral responses to threat define defensive states51
In conversation with Rusty Gage51
Precise mapping of molecular and cellular brain changes in Alzheimer’s disease51
PTEN mutations impair CSF dynamics and cortical networks by dysregulating periventricular neural progenitors50
Oligodendrocytes in Alzheimer’s disease pathophysiology50
SARS-CoV-2 affects Alzheimer’s disease50
In conversation with Michal Schwartz50
Lighting the way49
Guest star in OCD49
Twenty-five years of Nature Neuroscience49
Computational strategies for deliberative thought48
Organizing principles of the prefrontal cortex from a single-neuron projectome48
How we promote data sharing48
How cancer and cortex collude48
Widespread changes in alternative splicing in developing and adult mouse brain48
Localizing spikes48
Discovery of long-sought light-gated potassium channels: natural kalium channel-rhodopsins47
COVID-19 and brain aging47
Dopamine retunes for romance46
In conversation with Diego Bohórquez46
In conversation with Nancy Ip46
TRIMming Tau away46
Dissecting human brain connectivity across biophysical scales46
In conversation with Richard Tsien46
Lack of myelin improves axon survival in inflammatory lesions in the CNS45
Collicular circuits for flexible sensorimotor routing45
β2-Microglobulin boosts β-amyloid aggregation and neurotoxicity in an Alzheimer’s disease model45
Multiplex encoding of context value45
Myelin insulation as a risk factor for axonal degeneration in autoimmune demyelinating disease44
Pregnancy promotes neurogenesis44
A neural mechanism for conserved value computations integrating information and rewards44
Irregular distribution of grid cell firing fields in rats exploring a 3D volumetric space44
In conversation with Laura Huckins44
Glioblastoma–neuron networks43
Sleeping with the zebrafishes43
Ibogaine therapy in TBI43
Neurocognitive dynamics of human cooperation unveiled by intracranial recordings43
Voluntary imaging goes magnetic43
Together but opposites in reward43
Negative self-experiences shape responses to others’ emotional states43
Mapping the dysfunctome provides an avenue for targeted brain circuit therapy42
Ernest Arenas (1962–2024)42
Glial lipid droplets resolve ROS during sleep42
Larry J. Young (1967–2024)42
Author Correction: Brain clearance is reduced during sleep and anesthesia42
Author Correction: A motor association area in the depths of the central sulcus42
Advancing the neuroscience of human pregnancy42
The hippocampal CA2 region discriminates social threat from social safety42
Analysis of gene expression in the postmortem brain of neurotypical Black Americans reveals contributions of genetic ancestry41
Astrocyte transcriptomic changes along the spatiotemporal progression of Alzheimer’s disease41
TYK2 regulates tau levels, phosphorylation and aggregation in a tauopathy mouse model41
Wiring of a low-dimensional integrator network41
Author Correction: Long-term behavioral and cell-type-specific molecular effects of early life stress are mediated by H3K79me2 dynamics in medium spiny neurons40
Integration across biophysical scales identifies molecular and cellular correlates of person-to-person variability in human brain connectivity40
Parallel gut-to-brain pathways orchestrate feeding behaviors40
Higher-order interactions between hippocampal CA1 neurons are disrupted in amnestic mice40
Converging cortical axes40
A step-by-step guide home39
Formation of long-term memory without short-term memory revealed by CaMKII inhibition39
Remembering Stephen T. Warren, a pillar of neurogenetics (1953–2021)39
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