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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Offspring attachment647
Closure with connexins377
(New neurons) singing in the avian brain317
Avoiding interpretational pitfalls in fluorescence imaging of the brain276
Give and take274
Sensory cortex quashes subcortical escape instinct267
When linguistic dogma rejects a neuroscientific hypothesis257
Quantifying postsynaptic receptor dynamics: insights into synaptic function245
Taking stock of value in the orbitofrontal cortex221
The language network as a natural kind within the broader landscape of the human brain217
Neuroferroptosis in health and diseases186
Macroautophagy in CNS health and disease158
Freezing revisited: coordinated autonomic and central optimization of threat coping154
Shining a light on pain149
The power of direct observation: discovery of REM sleep148
Rewarding astrocytes147
Size matters143
How witnessing distress alters resilience141
From local APP expression to network dysfunction141
Dynamic influences on the neural encoding of social valence138
Understanding neural circuit function through synaptic engineering137
Indirect neurogenesis in space and time131
The cognitive impact of light: illuminating ipRGC circuit mechanisms131
Inflammation alters cognition after cancer immunotherapy129
Promoting growth through fusion129
Cilia make connections126
Astrocyte engulfment125
Causal prominence for neuroscience125
Measuring mental alertness124
Benefit worth the cost119
Network models to enhance the translational impact of cross-species studies115
Tightening synaptic relations115
Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome108
Post-injury pain and behaviour: a control theory perspective105
The neural bases for timing of durations104
Structure–function coupling in macroscale human brain networks103
Neuronal maturation and axon regeneration: unfixing circuitry to enable repair103
Networking brainstem and basal ganglia circuits for movement102
Brain network communication: concepts, models and applications100
Striatal shaping of hypothalamic control97
The short and long pathways to memory91
To fire or not to fire: decisions mediated by localized processing and dendritic spikes91
Opening the gate to regeneration89
A metabotropic receptor for glycine89
Reply to ‘The language network is topographically diverse and driven by rapid syntactic inferences’88
Reply to ‘Fear, anxiety and the functional architecture of the human central extended amygdala’88
Reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data with recurrent neural networks87
Brain vulnerability and viability after ischaemia85
The brain’s action-mode network85
Place-cell crowd control83
Endothelial cells as key players in cerebral small vessel disease83
TRP channels: a journey towards a molecular understanding of pain82
The plasticitome of cortical interneurons78
Innovations and advances in modelling and measuring pain in animals76
CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory75
Structural MRI of brain similarity networks74
Sex differences in anxiety and depression: circuits and mechanisms74
The probabilistic model of Alzheimer disease: the amyloid hypothesis revised73
From compulsivity to compulsion: the neural basis of compulsive disorders73
Bodily balancing of fear72
Null models in network neuroscience72
Growth mechanics69
Switching into a dissociated state68
Reply to ‘Language is widely distributed throughout the brain’67
Ectopic activation67
Linking human behaviour to brain structure: further challenges and possible solutions64
Barriers and brain fog59
A biophysical perspective on the resilience of neuronal excitability across timescales58
The neural mechanisms of manual dexterity58
Schizophrenia genomics: genetic complexity and functional insights57
Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces57
Neocortical circuits in pain and pain relief56
Controlling communication55
Social switches55
Pericytes pass the leptin55
Social ranking54
Integrated cardio-behavioural defensive states52
Too excited to sleep52
Concept cells and social memory: the abstract representation of familiar individuals50
A neuronal subcompartment view of ATP production48
Skill switching47
Linking activity dyshomeostasis and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer disease46
Central regulation of stress-evoked peripheral immune responses45
New model jellyfish?44
Caught in a trap44
Species differences44
On the relationship between maps and domains in inferotemporal cortex41
Reply to ‘Post-encounter freezing during approach–avoidance conflict: the role of the hippocampus’41
Neural tuning and representational geometry41
A unifying perspective on neural manifolds and circuits for cognition40
Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders39
Publisher Correction: Navigating for reward38
Fly connectome over the wire38
Correcting early circuit errors38
Coding corners37
Why public engagement is important for neuroscientists36
Repairing nerve damage35
A peptidergic disinhibitory microcircuit34
Human hippocampal circuit characterization33
A new class of hub33
How to doze while in danger33
Coordinating early activity33
Mechanics of amyloid clearance33
A nice touch33
Multiple system atrophy: at the crossroads of cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms32
Emerging roles for CNS fibroblasts in health, injury and disease32
The role of inhibitory circuits in hippocampal memory processing31
Multi-timescale neural dynamics for multisensory integration31
The neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection30
Gene therapy for CNS disorders: modalities, delivery and translational challenges29
The sympathetic nervous system in development and disease29
Lipid metabolism, remodelling and intercellular transfer in the CNS29
A tripartite view of the posterior cingulate cortex28
Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight27
Saccades can modulate auditory brain networks26
Sleep–wake regulation by baroreflex circuitry25
Interspecies differences25
Losing sleep in heart disease24
The sounds of breathing24
Astrocyte antennae23
Interictal network dysfunction and cognitive impairment in epilepsy23
Author Correction: The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour22
Circuit control of competition22
Functional diversity of amacrine cells22
Neuroimmune mechanisms and therapies mediating post-ischaemic brain injury and repair20
Why so slow? Models of parkinsonian bradykinesia19
Avoiding social interactions19
Echolocation over long distances19
Mapping the cell-type-specific effects of ageing in the human cortex19
Parallel processing of alternative approaches19
Myelin under attack endangers axons19
What neural oscillations can and cannot do for syntactic structure building18
Developmental mechanisms underlying the evolution of human cortical circuits18
Olfactory neurons can feel the (heart) beat18
Forgetting as a form of adaptive engram cell plasticity17
The anterior thalamic nuclei: core components of a tripartite episodic memory system17
The neuroconnectionist research programme15
Aquaporin 4 and glymphatic flow have central roles in brain fluid homeostasis15
Global coordination of brain activity by the breathing cycle14
Energy matters: presynaptic metabolism and the maintenance of synaptic transmission12
Reduced replay and distorted maps11
Attentional capture11
Keep time to find your way11
Reliable social switch11
Access channels10
Disentangling human inference10
Mitochondrial complex I deficiency and Parkinson disease9
Promoting axon regeneration after injury9
Psilocybin desynchronization persists in the human brain9
The human hippocampus beyond episodic memory8
Sleep and circadian rhythmicity as entangled processes serving homeostasis7
Priority coding in the visual system7
How deep is the brain? The shallow brain hypothesis7
Brain mechanisms underlying the inhibitory control of thought7
RNA granules in flux: dynamics to balance physiology and pathology7
A new target for leptin6
Mitochondrial defence tactics6
Sneezing pathway revealed6
Postsynaptic phase separation6
Drifting representations6
Self-recognition mirrored from others6
Playing tag at the axon5
Neural compositions use multigoal building blocks5
Delving into thalamic drive5
From avoidance to new action: the multifaceted role of the striatal indirect pathway5
Roles and regulation of microglia activity in multiple sclerosis: insights from animal models4
Retrieving immune responses stored in the insular cortex4
Ruminating on replay during the awake state4
The molecular determinants of microglial developmental dynamics4
The core language network separated from other networks during primate evolution4
How eating makes asthma worse4
Data-driven modelling of neurodegenerative disease progression: thinking outside the black box4
Collaboration produces brain cell census4
The long COVID haul3
The neural basis of sugar preference3
Alternative splicing in neurodegenerative disease and the promise of RNA therapies3
Regulators of human brain evolution3
Investigating human visual cortex variability3
Publisher Correction: Two views of the cognitive brain3
Dynamical models to evaluate structure–function relationships in network neuroscience3
Epstein–Barr virus and multiple sclerosis3
Sheep electrophysiology3
Development, wiring and function of dopamine neuron subtypes3
Myelin loss in AD3
Processing α-synuclein interactions3
The neuropathobiology of multiple sclerosis3
A frequency location to remember3
Light dampens metabolism3
Avoiding bias in fluorescence sensor readout3
Getting anxious about immune system activation2
Detection, processing and reinforcement of social cues: regulation by the oxytocin system2
Neurovascular influence2
Dopamine signals threat-coping behaviour in threat–reward conflicts2
Publisher Correction: The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour2
Shaping the brain vasculature in development and disease in the single-cell era2
Intervening in the spleen2
Complementary expression patterns2
Structurally informed models of directed brain connectivity2
Conformational strains of pathogenic amyloid proteins in neurodegenerative diseases2
Overnight neuronal plasticity and adaptation to emotional distress2
Spectrins: molecular organizers and targets of neurological disorders2
Tracking ingestion2
Oligomeric tau might spread trans-synaptically in Alzheimer disease2
Classifying inhibitory synapses in the cortex: beyond cell types2
Retinal protection1
Genetically defined neuron types underlying visuomotor transformation in the superior colliculus1
Natural primate neurobiology1
A structural function for CaMKII1
Mapping the social memory network1
Hunger from within1
Structural neural plasticity evoked by rapid-acting antidepressant interventions1
mTOR and neuroinflammation in epilepsy: implications for disease progression and treatment1
Neural circuits of long-term thermoregulatory adaptations to cold temperatures and metabolic demands1
Untangling neurodegeneration1
Sleuthing subjectivity: a review of covert measures of consciousness1
Remission from addiction: erasing the wrong circuits or making new ones?1
Pushing the frontiers: tools for monitoring neurotransmitters and neuromodulators1
Rewinding reward1
Planning projections1
GABA tone regulation and its cognitive functions in the brain1
A cryptic fault1
Thirsty work for the cerebellum1
How mechanisms of stem cell polarity shape the human cerebral cortex1
On analogies in vertebrate and insect visual systems1
Publisher Correction: Structural neural plasticity evoked by rapid-acting antidepressant interventions1
Attractor and integrator networks in the brain1
Thalamic drive starts action sequences1
The stressed synapse 2.0: pathophysiological mechanisms in stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders1
Key genes and convergent pathogenic mechanisms in Parkinson disease1
Disconnect to quit1
Cortical regulation of sleep1
Organoid modelling of network function1
Neural signalling of gut mechanosensation in ingestive and digestive processes1
Hormonal gatekeeper of distinct social behaviours1
Causal mapping of human brain function1
Enhancing cognition1
Unfolding cognitive decline mechanisms1
Advancing models of neural development with biomaterials1
Mapping cilia connections in the human brain1
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