Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Reviews Neuroscience is 1. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Offspring attachment399
(New neurons) singing in the avian brain332
Avoiding interpretational pitfalls in fluorescence imaging of the brain293
Give and take292
Sensory cortex quashes subcortical escape instinct279
Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures272
Neuroferroptosis in health and diseases235
When linguistic dogma rejects a neuroscientific hypothesis233
Quantifying postsynaptic receptor dynamics: insights into synaptic function200
Freezing revisited: coordinated autonomic and central optimization of threat coping171
Taking stock of value in the orbitofrontal cortex165
Macroautophagy in CNS health and disease162
The language network as a natural kind within the broader landscape of the human brain162
Shining a light on pain161
The power of direct observation: discovery of REM sleep156
Rewarding astrocytes154
Size matters153
How witnessing distress alters resilience152
From local APP expression to network dysfunction151
Indirect neurogenesis in space and time144
Dynamic influences on the neural encoding of social valence142
Understanding neural circuit function through synaptic engineering142
Inflammation alters cognition after cancer immunotherapy142
The cognitive impact of light: illuminating ipRGC circuit mechanisms138
Cilia make connections135
Astrocyte engulfment134
Causal prominence for neuroscience130
Benefit worth the cost128
Tightening synaptic relations127
Network models to enhance the translational impact of cross-species studies124
Neuronal maturation and axon regeneration: unfixing circuitry to enable repair122
The neural bases for timing of durations113
Brain network communication: concepts, models and applications112
Structure–function coupling in macroscale human brain networks112
Post-injury pain and behaviour: a control theory perspective108
Networking brainstem and basal ganglia circuits for movement108
Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome106
Striatal shaping of hypothalamic control102
To fire or not to fire: decisions mediated by localized processing and dendritic spikes101
A metabotropic receptor for glycine97
The short and long pathways to memory97
Opening the gate to regeneration94
Reply to ‘The language network is topographically diverse and driven by rapid syntactic inferences’91
Reply to ‘Fear, anxiety and the functional architecture of the human central extended amygdala’90
The brain’s action-mode network87
Early adversity alters brain architecture and increases susceptibility to mental health disorders87
Place-cell crowd control86
Reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data with recurrent neural networks86
From compulsivity to compulsion: the neural basis of compulsive disorders85
Endothelial cells as key players in cerebral small vessel disease84
Examining the biological causes of eating disorders to inform treatment strategies82
Structural MRI of brain similarity networks80
Innovations and advances in modelling and measuring pain in animals80
The probabilistic model of Alzheimer disease: the amyloid hypothesis revised78
Null models in network neuroscience78
Sex differences in anxiety and depression: circuits and mechanisms74
The plasticitome of cortical interneurons74
TRP channels: a journey towards a molecular understanding of pain73
CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory72
Bodily balancing of fear67
Growth mechanics66
Switching into a dissociated state65
Ectopic activation64
Linking human behaviour to brain structure: further challenges and possible solutions63
Barriers and brain fog63
Reply to ‘Language is widely distributed throughout the brain’62
Towards single-cell-resolution global maps of mammalian brains61
Schizophrenia genomics: genetic complexity and functional insights59
Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces58
A biophysical perspective on the resilience of neuronal excitability across timescales57
Social switches56
The neural mechanisms of manual dexterity56
Controlling communication56
Social ranking54
Integrated cardio-behavioural defensive states53
Concept cells and social memory: the abstract representation of familiar individuals51
Skill switching50
A neuronal subcompartment view of ATP production50
Too excited to sleep50
Central regulation of stress-evoked peripheral immune responses49
An intriguing role of repeat-element RNAs in nerve injury repair49
New model jellyfish?46
Linking activity dyshomeostasis and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer disease46
Species differences45
On the relationship between maps and domains in inferotemporal cortex43
Reply to ‘Post-encounter freezing during approach–avoidance conflict: the role of the hippocampus’43
Neural tuning and representational geometry43
Caught in a trap43
A unifying perspective on neural manifolds and circuits for cognition42
Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders42
Correcting early circuit errors41
Coding corners40
Fly connectome over the wire40
Why public engagement is important for neuroscientists39
A peptidergic disinhibitory microcircuit39
Coordinating early activity38
A nice touch37
How to doze while in danger37
Mechanics of amyloid clearance36
Human hippocampal circuit characterization36
The role of inhibitory circuits in hippocampal memory processing35
Multiple system atrophy: at the crossroads of cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms35
Emerging roles for CNS fibroblasts in health, injury and disease34
The neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection33
The sympathetic nervous system in development and disease33
A tripartite view of the posterior cingulate cortex33
Lipid metabolism, remodelling and intercellular transfer in the CNS33
Saccades can modulate auditory brain networks31
Multi-timescale neural dynamics for multisensory integration31
Gene therapy for CNS disorders: modalities, delivery and translational challenges31
Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight31
Interspecies differences29
Sleep–wake regulation by baroreflex circuitry29
Losing sleep in heart disease27
The sounds of breathing27
Interictal network dysfunction and cognitive impairment in epilepsy25
Circuit control of competition25
Astrocyte antennae25
Functional diversity of amacrine cells24
Author Correction: The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour24
Neuroimmune mechanisms and therapies mediating post-ischaemic brain injury and repair23
Avoiding social interactions23
Myelin under attack endangers axons22
Why so slow? Models of parkinsonian bradykinesia21
Mapping the cell-type-specific effects of ageing in the human cortex21
Parallel processing of alternative approaches20
Echolocation over long distances20
Aquaporin 4 and glymphatic flow have central roles in brain fluid homeostasis19
Olfactory neurons can feel the (heart) beat19
The neuroconnectionist research programme17
Global coordination of brain activity by the breathing cycle17
Eye movements provide insight into amnesia17
What neural oscillations can and cannot do for syntactic structure building17
Energy matters: presynaptic metabolism and the maintenance of synaptic transmission15
The anterior thalamic nuclei: core components of a tripartite episodic memory system15
Forgetting as a form of adaptive engram cell plasticity13
Attentional capture12
Developmental mechanisms underlying the evolution of human cortical circuits12
Disentangling human inference11
Reliable social switch11
Mitochondrial complex I deficiency and Parkinson disease10
Access channels10
The human hippocampus beyond episodic memory10
Psilocybin desynchronization persists in the human brain10
How deep is the brain? The shallow brain hypothesis9
Brain mechanisms underlying the inhibitory control of thought9
Promoting axon regeneration after injury9
Sleep and circadian rhythmicity as entangled processes serving homeostasis8
RNA granules in flux: dynamics to balance physiology and pathology8
A new target for leptin7
Playing tag at the axon7
Self-recognition mirrored from others7
Neural compositions use multigoal building blocks7
The core language network separated from other networks during primate evolution7
Delving into thalamic drive7
Priority coding in the visual system7
A new myeloid cell migration route6
Roles and regulation of microglia activity in multiple sclerosis: insights from animal models6
From avoidance to new action: the multifaceted role of the striatal indirect pathway6
The molecular determinants of microglial developmental dynamics6
Collaboration produces brain cell census5
Data-driven modelling of neurodegenerative disease progression: thinking outside the black box5
How eating makes asthma worse5
Retrieving immune responses stored in the insular cortex5
The neural basis of sugar preference4
Alternative splicing in neurodegenerative disease and the promise of RNA therapies4
Dynamical models to evaluate structure–function relationships in network neuroscience4
The long COVID haul4
Ruminating on replay during the awake state4
A frequency location to remember4
Processing α-synuclein interactions4
The neuropathobiology of multiple sclerosis4
Development, wiring and function of dopamine neuron subtypes4
Light dampens metabolism3
Getting anxious about immune system activation3
Repulsion in the human hippocampus is linked to internal beliefs3
Intervening in the spleen3
Regulators of human brain evolution3
Avoiding bias in fluorescence sensor readout3
Overnight neuronal plasticity and adaptation to emotional distress3
Detection, processing and reinforcement of social cues: regulation by the oxytocin system3
Tracking ingestion3
Sheep electrophysiology3
Investigating human visual cortex variability3
Spectrins: molecular organizers and targets of neurological disorders3
Shaping the brain vasculature in development and disease in the single-cell era3
Epstein–Barr virus and multiple sclerosis3
Neurovascular influence2
Classifying inhibitory synapses in the cortex: beyond cell types2
Conformational strains of pathogenic amyloid proteins in neurodegenerative diseases2
Planning projections2
Mapping the social memory network2
Sleuthing subjectivity: a review of covert measures of consciousness2
Oligomeric tau might spread trans-synaptically in Alzheimer disease2
Publisher Correction: The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour2
Rewinding reward2
Natural primate neurobiology2
Pushing the frontiers: tools for monitoring neurotransmitters and neuromodulators2
Genetically defined neuron types underlying visuomotor transformation in the superior colliculus2
A structural function for CaMKII2
Dopamine signals threat-coping behaviour in threat–reward conflicts2
Structurally informed models of directed brain connectivity2
GABA tone regulation and its cognitive functions in the brain2
Disconnect to quit2
Retinal protection2
Cortical regulation of sleep2
Stress drives seeking of starvation1
Craving circuitry1
Causal mapping of human brain function1
Neural circuits of long-term thermoregulatory adaptations to cold temperatures and metabolic demands1
Unfolding cognitive decline mechanisms1
Mapping cilia connections in the human brain1
Organoid modelling of network function1
Attractor and integrator networks in the brain1
Remission from addiction: erasing the wrong circuits or making new ones?1
Goal-directed learning in adolescence: neurocognitive development and contextual influences1
Innate immune control of synapse development1
When the ‘selfish’ brain and the ‘selfish’ immune system clash1
mTOR and neuroinflammation in epilepsy: implications for disease progression and treatment1
Thirsty work for the cerebellum1
Hunger from within1
Untangling neurodegeneration1
Enhancing cognition1
Key genes and convergent pathogenic mechanisms in Parkinson disease1
The stressed synapse 2.0: pathophysiological mechanisms in stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders1
How mechanisms of stem cell polarity shape the human cerebral cortex1
Safety in numbers1
The neocortical column as a universal template for perception and world-model learning1
Hormonal gatekeeper of distinct social behaviours1
Neural signalling of gut mechanosensation in ingestive and digestive processes1
Publisher Correction: Structural neural plasticity evoked by rapid-acting antidepressant interventions1
Thalamic drive starts action sequences1
Structural neural plasticity evoked by rapid-acting antidepressant interventions1
Advancing models of neural development with biomaterials1
A cryptic fault1
On analogies in vertebrate and insect visual systems1
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