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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Offspring attachment503
Sensory cortex quashes subcortical escape instinct338
Give and take327
(New neurons) singing in the avian brain294
Avoiding interpretational pitfalls in fluorescence imaging of the brain269
When linguistic dogma rejects a neuroscientific hypothesis242
The neuronal circuits and cellular encoding of thermosensation215
Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures213
Quantifying postsynaptic receptor dynamics: insights into synaptic function210
Macroautophagy in CNS health and disease190
Freezing revisited: coordinated autonomic and central optimization of threat coping187
Taking stock of value in the orbitofrontal cortex186
The language network as a natural kind within the broader landscape of the human brain182
Neuroferroptosis in health and diseases179
Shining a light on pain170
Rewarding astrocytes169
Size matters161
The power of direct observation: discovery of REM sleep161
Inflammation alters cognition after cancer immunotherapy153
How witnessing distress alters resilience152
From local APP expression to network dysfunction147
Understanding neural circuit function through synaptic engineering144
Time, space, memory and brain–body rhythms143
The cognitive impact of light: illuminating ipRGC circuit mechanisms142
Indirect neurogenesis in space and time142
Dynamic influences on the neural encoding of social valence131
Astrocyte engulfment123
Tightening synaptic relations122
Cilia make connections122
Benefit worth the cost122
Network models to enhance the translational impact of cross-species studies121
Neuronal maturation and axon regeneration: unfixing circuitry to enable repair121
Post-injury pain and behaviour: a control theory perspective116
The neural bases for timing of durations115
Causal prominence for neuroscience109
Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome106
Structure–function coupling in macroscale human brain networks103
Brain network communication: concepts, models and applications100
Networking brainstem and basal ganglia circuits for movement100
Striatal shaping of hypothalamic control100
To fire or not to fire: decisions mediated by localized processing and dendritic spikes98
A metabotropic receptor for glycine97
Opening the gate to regeneration96
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’87
Central neural circuits underlying itch sensation87
Reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data with recurrent neural networks81
The emergence of NeuroAI: bridging neuroscience and artificial intelligence81
Early adversity alters brain architecture and increases susceptibility to mental health disorders79
The short and long pathways to memory78
The brain’s action-mode network76
Place-cell crowd control76
Brain on standby — how torpor made ‘tauopathy’ reversible73
Examining the biological causes of eating disorders to inform treatment strategies73
Structural MRI of brain similarity networks71
Endothelial cells as key players in cerebral small vessel disease71
From compulsivity to compulsion: the neural basis of compulsive disorders71
Joint modelling of brain and behaviour dynamics with artificial intelligence69
Null models in network neuroscience68
The plasticitome of cortical interneurons67
CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory66
TRP channels: a journey towards a molecular understanding of pain65
Growth mechanics64
Ectopic activation64
Switching into a dissociated state61
Towards single-cell-resolution global maps of mammalian brains61
Reply to ‘Language is widely distributed throughout the brain’60
Barriers and brain fog60
Facial expressions reveal inner cognitive processes58
Linking human behaviour to brain structure: further challenges and possible solutions57
Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces56
A biophysical perspective on the resilience of neuronal excitability across timescales54
Schizophrenia genomics: genetic complexity and functional insights54
Integrated cardio-behavioural defensive states54
Social ranking52
Social switches51
Controlling communication51
Skill switching51
An intriguing role of repeat-element RNAs in nerve injury repair50
Too excited to sleep49
Concept cells and social memory: the abstract representation of familiar individuals49
‘Magic’ mechanisms underlie psilocybin’s effects in chronic pain48
A neuronal subcompartment view of ATP production46
Central regulation of stress-evoked peripheral immune responses45
Reply to ‘Post-encounter freezing during approach–avoidance conflict: the role of the hippocampus’44
Species differences44
Caught in a trap44
Linking activity dyshomeostasis and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer disease44
A unifying perspective on neural manifolds and circuits for cognition41
Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders40
Fly connectome over the wire39
Correcting early circuit errors38
Coding corners37
Coordinating early activity36
Why public engagement is important for neuroscientists36
How to doze while in danger35
A nice touch35
Human hippocampal circuit characterization34
Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight34
Gene therapy for CNS disorders: modalities, delivery and translational challenges33
Lipid metabolism, remodelling and intercellular transfer in the CNS32
Multiple system atrophy: at the crossroads of cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms32
Multi-timescale neural dynamics for multisensory integration32
Immune dysfunction in Alzheimer disease30
Mechanics of amyloid clearance30
The role of inhibitory circuits in hippocampal memory processing28
Reply to ‘Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience as collections of practices’28
A tripartite view of the posterior cingulate cortex28
The neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection27
The sounds of breathing27
Saccades can modulate auditory brain networks27
Sleep–wake regulation by baroreflex circuitry26
Author Correction: The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour25
Circuit control of competition24
Losing sleep in heart disease24
Astrocyte antennae22
Functional diversity of amacrine cells22
Twenty-five years of covering neuroscience20
Going offline to enhance memory during sleep19
Towards an informational account of interpersonal coordination18
Avoiding social interactions17
Interictal network dysfunction and cognitive impairment in epilepsy17
The vascular contribution to cognitive decline in ageing and dementia17
Neuroimmune mechanisms and therapies mediating post-ischaemic brain injury and repair17
Parallel processing of alternative approaches16
Myelin under attack endangers axons16
Mapping the cell-type-specific effects of ageing in the human cortex16
Olfactory neurons can feel the (heart) beat16
Echolocation over long distances15
What neural oscillations can and cannot do for syntactic structure building15
Rethinking women’s brain health15
Why so slow? Models of parkinsonian bradykinesia15
Eye movements provide insight into amnesia15
Learning in the overparametrized brain14
Time alone: cytokine-induced isolation during sickness14
Forgetting as a form of adaptive engram cell plasticity13
Global coordination of brain activity by the breathing cycle13
Disentangling human inference11
Developmental mechanisms underlying the evolution of human cortical circuits11
Access channels11
The anterior thalamic nuclei: core components of a tripartite episodic memory system11
The neuroconnectionist research programme11
Attentional capture10
Reliable social switch9
Psilocybin desynchronization persists in the human brain9
The human hippocampus beyond episodic memory8
Promoting axon regeneration after injury8
Mitochondrial complex I deficiency and Parkinson disease8
The on-site, on-demand, neuronal gene machine8
How deep is the brain? The shallow brain hypothesis7
A neural compass for real-world navigation7
Brain mechanisms underlying the inhibitory control of thought7
Sleep and circadian rhythmicity as entangled processes serving homeostasis7
Self-recognition mirrored from others6
RNA granules in flux: dynamics to balance physiology and pathology6
Priority coding in the visual system6
A new target for leptin6
Neural compositions use multigoal building blocks5
A new myeloid cell migration route5
Tiny recurrent neural networks for discovering cognitive strategies5
The core language network separated from other networks during primate evolution5
Processing α-synuclein interactions5
Playing tag at the axon5
The molecular determinants of microglial developmental dynamics5
How eating makes asthma worse5
Data-driven modelling of neurodegenerative disease progression: thinking outside the black box5
CRISPR-TO: a versatile tool for programmable control of the spatial transcriptome5
Delving into thalamic drive5
From avoidance to new action: the multifaceted role of the striatal indirect pathway5
The unexpected value of communicating science to the public5
Roles and regulation of microglia activity in multiple sclerosis: insights from animal models5
The neural basis of sugar preference4
The neuropathobiology of multiple sclerosis4
The long COVID haul4
Alternative splicing in neurodegenerative disease and the promise of RNA therapies4
Ruminating on replay during the awake state4
Ripple contributions to human memory: making the spiking content count3
Repulsion in the human hippocampus is linked to internal beliefs3
Circuit mechanisms governing endocannabinoid modulation of affective behaviour and stress adaptation3
Dynamic modulation of the blood–brain barrier in the healthy brain3
Dynamical models to evaluate structure–function relationships in network neuroscience3
A frequency location to remember3
Avoiding bias in fluorescence sensor readout3
Multisensory coding of self-motion and its contribution to navigation3
Development, wiring and function of dopamine neuron subtypes3
Sheep electrophysiology3
Classifying inhibitory synapses in the cortex: beyond cell types2
Spectrins: molecular organizers and targets of neurological disorders2
Overnight neuronal plasticity and adaptation to emotional distress2
Light dampens metabolism2
Neurovascular influence2
Tracking ingestion2
Time to let the model speak for itself with closed-loop neurophysiology2
Glia of the heart’s nervous system2
GABA tone regulation and its cognitive functions in the brain2
Shaping the brain vasculature in development and disease in the single-cell era2
The neural circuits and signalling pathways of opioid use disorder2
Investigating human visual cortex variability2
Reward encoded relative to experience2
A structural function for CaMKII2
Oligomeric tau might spread trans-synaptically in Alzheimer disease2
A far-red dopamine sensor unlocks multiplex views of in vivo neuromodulation2
Conformational strains of pathogenic amyloid proteins in neurodegenerative diseases2
Detection, processing and reinforcement of social cues: regulation by the oxytocin system2
Epstein–Barr virus and multiple sclerosis2
Getting anxious about immune system activation2
Intervening in the spleen2
Publisher Correction: The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour2
Dopamine signals threat-coping behaviour in threat–reward conflicts2
Structurally informed models of directed brain connectivity2
Stress drives seeking of starvation1
Attractor and integrator networks in the brain1
Craving circuitry1
Key genes and convergent pathogenic mechanisms in Parkinson disease1
Innate immune control of synapse development1
Sleuthing subjectivity: a review of covert measures of consciousness1
Natural primate neurobiology1
Pushing the frontiers: tools for monitoring neurotransmitters and neuromodulators1
Neural circuits of long-term thermoregulatory adaptations to cold temperatures and metabolic demands1
Revealing silent synapses in the adult brain1
Replay, the default mode network and the cascaded memory systems model1
When the ‘selfish’ brain and the ‘selfish’ immune system clash1
How mechanisms of stem cell polarity shape the human cerebral cortex1
Mapping cilia connections in the human brain1
Hormonal gatekeeper of distinct social behaviours1
Rewinding reward1
Mitigating white Western individualistic bias and creating more inclusive neuroscience1
Climate change matters to neuroscience1
mTOR and neuroinflammation in epilepsy: implications for disease progression and treatment1
Disconnect to quit1
Planning projections1
Remission from addiction: erasing the wrong circuits or making new ones?1
Variants in a noncoding gene drive prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder1
Soporific supper?1
The neocortical column as a universal template for perception and world-model learning1
Value-free teaching in action1
Safety in numbers1
On analogies in vertebrate and insect visual systems1
Thirsty work for the cerebellum1
Genetically defined neuron types underlying visuomotor transformation in the superior colliculus1
Untangling neurodegeneration1
The emerging roles of long non-coding RNAs in the nervous system1
Causal mapping of human brain function1
Mapping the social memory network1
Structural neural plasticity evoked by rapid-acting antidepressant interventions1
In vivo multimodal neurochemical interfaces for real-time decoding of brain circuit1
Social representation1
The structures and functions of correlations in neural population codes1
Goal-directed learning in adolescence: neurocognitive development and contextual influences1
Sometimes science needs a stubborn mind: the discovery of dopamine1
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