| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Distribution of serotonin-immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of the rat—Cell bodies and terminals | Neuroscience | 1981 | 2,305 |
| 2 | Central cholinergic pathways in the rat: An overview based on an alternative nomenclature (Ch1–Ch6) | Neuroscience | 1983 | 2,229 |
| 3 | Autoradiographic localization of dopamine D1 and D2 receptors in rat nucleus accumbens: Resistance to differential rearing conditions | Neuroscience | 1991 | 2,214 |
| 4 | The three-dimensional organization of the hippocampal formation: A review of anatomical data | Neuroscience | 1989 | 2,090 |
| 5 | Calbindin D-28k and parvalbumin in the rat nervous system | Neuroscience | 1990 | 2,022 |
| 6 | Histochemical mapping of nitric oxide synthase in the rat brain | Neuroscience | 1992 | 1,901 |
| 7 | Phasic versus tonic dopamine release and the modulation of dopamine system responsivity: A hypothesis for the etiology of schizophrenia | Neuroscience | 1991 | 1,733 |
| 8 | Heterogeneity in the distribution and morphology of microglia in the normal adult mouse brain | Neuroscience | 1990 | 1,712 |
| 9 | Local effector functions of capsaicin-sensitive sensory nerve endings: Involvement of tachykinins, calcitonin gene-related peptide and other neuropeptides | Neuroscience | 1988 | 1,642 |
| 10 | Limbic seizure and brain damage produced by kainic acid: Mechanisms and relevance to human temporal lobe epilepsy | Neuroscience | 1985 | 1,640 |
| 11 | Two-stage model of memory trace formation: A role for “noisy” brain states | Neuroscience | 1989 | 1,528 |
| 12 | Immunohistochemical distribution of cannabinoid CB1 receptors in the rat central nervous system | Neuroscience | 1998 | 1,429 |
| 13 | Distribution of substance P-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of the rat—I. Cell bodies and nerve terminals | Neuroscience | 1978 | 1,405 |
| 14 | Molecular profile of reactive astrocytes—Implications for their role in neurologic disease | Neuroscience | 1993 | 1,371 |
| 15 | Diversity and ubiquity of K channels | Neuroscience | 1988 | 1,316 |
| 16 | The organization of the projection from the cerebral cortex to the striatum in the rat | Neuroscience | 1989 | 1,285 |
| 17 | New perspectives in basal forebrain organization of special relevance for neuropsychiatric disorders: The striatopallidal, amygdaloid, and corticopetal components of substantia innominata | Neuroscience | 1988 | 1,214 |
| 18 | GABAA receptors: immunocytochemical distribution of 13 subunits in the adult rat brain | Neuroscience | 2000 | 1,188 |
| 19 | Translating developmental time across mammalian species | Neuroscience | 2001 | 1,137 |
| 20 | Specificity in the projection patterns of accumbal core and shell in the rat | Neuroscience | 1991 | 1,105 |
| 21 | Grouping of brain rhythms in corticothalamic systems | Neuroscience | 2006 | 1,105 |
| 22 | Differentiation of newly born neurons and glia in the dentate gyrus of the adult rat | Neuroscience | 1993 | 1,096 |
| 23 | The basal ganglia: a vertebrate solution to the selection problem? | Neuroscience | 1999 | 1,083 |
| 24 | The anatomy of neuropeptide-y-containing neurons in rat brain | Neuroscience | 1985 | 1,060 |
| 25 | Traumatic brain injury in the rat: Characterization of a lateral fluid-percussion model | Neuroscience | 1989 | 1,046 |
| 26 | Topographic reorganization of somatosensory cortical areas 3b and 1 in adult monkeys following restricted deafferentation | Neuroscience | 1983 | 1,004 |
| 27 | On the significance of subterritories in the “accumbens” part of the rat ventral striatum | Neuroscience | 1992 | 989 |
| 28 | Mesolimbocortical and nigrostriatal dopamine responses to salient non-reward events | Neuroscience | 2000 | 976 |
| 29 | Pattern and time course of immediate early gene expression in rat brain following acute stress | Neuroscience | 1995 | 953 |
| 30 | Working memory as an emergent property of the mind and brain | Neuroscience | 2006 | 950 |
| 31 | Technical considerations on the use of horseradish peroxidase as a neuronal marker | Neuroscience | 1977 | 925 |
| 32 | Selective vulnerability of the hippocampus in brain ischemia | Neuroscience | 1991 | 910 |
| 33 | Cannabinoid receptors in the human brain: a detailed anatomical and quantitative autoradiographic study in the fetal, neonatal and adult human brain | Neuroscience | 1997 | 903 |
| 34 | Adult neurogenesis is regulated by adrenal steroids in the dentate gyrus | Neuroscience | 1994 | 883 |
| 35 | Distribution of peptide- and catecholamine-containing neurons in the gastro-intestinal tract of rat and guinea-pig: Immunohistochemical studies with antisera to substance P, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, enkephalins, somatostatin, gastrin/cholecystokinin, neurotensin and dopamine β-hydroxylase | Neuroscience | 1980 | 881 |
| 36 | The amygdalostriatal projection in the rat—an anatomical study by anterograde and retrograde tracing methods | Neuroscience | 1982 | 870 |
| 37 | Discussion | Neuroscience | 1998 | 867 |
| 38 | Intracellular and extracellular electrophysiology of nigral dopaminergic neurons—1. Identification and characterization | Neuroscience | 1983 | 864 |
| 39 | Differential co-existence of neuropeptide Y (NPY)-like immunoreactivity with catecholamines in the central nervous system of the rat | Neuroscience | 1984 | 863 |
| 40 | Immunohistochemical localization of macrophages and microglia in the adult and developing mouse brain | Neuroscience | 1985 | 855 |
| 41 | Tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive boutons in synaptic contact with identified striatonigral neurons, with particular reference to dendritic spines | Neuroscience | 1984 | 846 |
| 42 | Efferent connections and nigral afferents of the nucleus accumbens septi in the rat | Neuroscience | 1978 | 840 |
| 43 | Total number and distribution of inhibitory and excitatory synapses on hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells | Neuroscience | 2001 | 830 |
| 44 | GABAA and GABAB receptor site distribution in the rat central nervous system | Neuroscience | 1987 | 829 |
| 45 | Organization of the projections from the subiculum to the ventral striatum in the rat. A study using anterograde transport of Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin | Neuroscience | 1987 | 820 |
| 46 | Inflammatory cytokines in depression: Neurobiological mechanisms and therapeutic implications | Neuroscience | 2013 | 817 |
| 47 | Electrophysiology of hypothalamic magnocellular neurones secreting oxytocin and vasopressin | Neuroscience | 1982 | 811 |
| 48 | Of dreaming and wakefulness | Neuroscience | 1991 | 805 |
| 49 | Immunohistochemical evidence of substance P-like immunoreactivity in some 5-hydroxytryptamine-containing neurons in the rat central nervous system | Neuroscience | 1978 | 803 |
| 50 | Effects of the probiotic Bifidobacterium infantis in the maternal separation model of depression | Neuroscience | 2010 | 798 |
