| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Phantom auditory perception (tinnitus): mechanisms of generation and perception | Neuroscience Research | 1990 | 1,340 |
| 2 | Functional significance of the cortico–subthalamo–pallidal ‘hyperdirect’ pathway | Neuroscience Research | 2002 | 1,085 |
| 3 | Peripheral nerve regeneration | Neuroscience Research | 1996 | 551 |
| 4 | The supplementary motor area in the cerebral cortex | Neuroscience Research | 1994 | 542 |
| 5 | Neuroinflammation: The role and consequences | Neuroscience Research | 2014 | 476 |
| 6 | Distribution of glucocorticoid receptor immunoreactivity and mRNA in the rat brain: an immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization study | Neuroscience Research | 1996 | 432 |
| 7 | Executive and prefrontal dysfunction in unipolar depression: a review of neuropsychological and imaging evidence | Neuroscience Research | 2004 | 405 |
| 8 | Transcription factors in glutamatergic neurogenesis: Conserved programs in neocortex, cerebellum, and adult hippocampus | Neuroscience Research | 2006 | 398 |
| 9 | An electrochemical microprobe for detecting nitric oxide release in brain tissue | Neuroscience Research | 1990 | 388 |
| 10 | Distribution and possible roles of the highly polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM-H) in the developing and adult central nervous system | Neuroscience Research | 1993 | 385 |
| 11 | The involvement of glial cells in the development of morphine tolerance | Neuroscience Research | 2001 | 379 |
| 12 | Neuronal mechanisms of executive control by the prefrontal cortex | Neuroscience Research | 2001 | 373 |
| 13 | Complementary distribution of vesicular glutamate transporters in the central nervous system | Neuroscience Research | 2002 | 372 |
| 14 | Kinetic evaluation of photosensitivity in genetically engineered neurons expressing green algae light-gated channels | Neuroscience Research | 2006 | 360 |
| 15 | Generation of masticatory rhythm in the brainstem | Neuroscience Research | 1995 | 349 |
| 16 | [Abstracts of the 27th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, and the 3rd Joint Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society and the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry (Neuro 2004.)] | Neuroscience Research | 2004 | 329 |
| 17 | Spinal sensorimotor systems and their supraspinal control | Neuroscience Research | 1990 | 316 |
| 18 | Chronic stress, as well as acute stress, reduces BDNF mRNA expression in the rat hippocampus but less robustly | Neuroscience Research | 2005 | 307 |
| 19 | Molecular biology of the opioid receptors: structures, functions and distributions | Neuroscience Research | 1995 | 306 |
| 20 | The human entorhinal cortex: normal morphology and lamina-specific pathology in various diseases | Neuroscience Research | 1992 | 303 |
| 21 | Roles of steroid hormones and their receptors in structural organization in the nervous system | Neuroscience Research | 1995 | 300 |
| 22 | Dietary supplementation of arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acids improves cognitive dysfunction | Neuroscience Research | 2006 | 300 |
| 23 | Low dose effects of bisphenol A on sexual differentiation of the brain and behavior in rats | Neuroscience Research | 2003 | 288 |
| 24 | Mechanisms, locations, and kinetics of synaptic BDNF secretion: An update | Neuroscience Research | 2009 | 288 |
| 25 | Oxidative stress in anxiety and comorbid disorders | Neuroscience Research | 2010 | 284 |
| 26 | Activation of tau protein kinase I/glycogen synthase kinase-3β by amyloid β peptide (25–35) enhances phosphorylation of tau in hippocampal neurons | Neuroscience Research | 1998 | 280 |
| 27 | Increased levels of granular tau oligomers: An early sign of brain aging and Alzheimer's disease | Neuroscience Research | 2006 | 274 |
| 28 | Immobilization stress reduced the expression of neurotrophins and their receptors in the rat brain | Neuroscience Research | 1997 | 272 |
| 29 | Radial glia is a progenitor of neocortical neurons in the developing cerebral cortex | Neuroscience Research | 2001 | 256 |
| 30 | Towards the classification of subpopulations of layer V pyramidal projection neurons | Neuroscience Research | 2006 | 254 |
| 31 | Role of basal ganglia–brainstem pathways in the control of motor behaviors | Neuroscience Research | 2004 | 250 |
| 32 | Effects of aging on motor cortex excitability | Neuroscience Research | 2006 | 247 |
| 33 | Comparative analyses of adeno-associated viral vector serotypes 1, 2, 5, 8 and 9 in marmoset, mouse and macaque cerebral cortex | Neuroscience Research | 2015 | 237 |
| 34 | Regulation and function of immediate-early genes in the brain: Beyond neuronal activity markers | Neuroscience Research | 2011 | 236 |
| 35 | Neostriatal cell subtypes and their functional roles | Neuroscience Research | 1997 | 234 |
| 36 | Isoquinoline neurotoxins in the brain and Parkinson's disease | Neuroscience Research | 1997 | 231 |
| 37 | Stress-induced expression of immediate early genes in the brain and peripheral organs of the rat | Neuroscience Research | 1997 | 231 |
| 38 | Astrocyte reactivity and astrogliosis after spinal cord injury | Neuroscience Research | 2018 | 228 |
| 39 | Conditioned taste aversion in rats with excitotoxic brain lesions | Neuroscience Research | 1995 | 227 |
| 40 | VGLUTs: ‘Exciting’ times for glutamatergic research? | Neuroscience Research | 2006 | 226 |
| 41 | Involvement of oxidative stress in the enhancement of acetylcholinesterase activity induced by amyloid beta-peptide | Neuroscience Research | 2003 | 224 |
| 42 | Neural mechanisms of the reflex inhibition and excitation of gastric motility elicited by acupuncture-like stimulation in anesthetized rats | Neuroscience Research | 1993 | 215 |
| 43 | Organization of the pontine nuclei | Neuroscience Research | 1992 | 213 |
| 44 | Novel brain function: biosynthesis and actions of neurosteroids in neurons | Neuroscience Research | 2000 | 213 |
| 45 | Self-images in the video monitor coded by monkey intraparietal neurons | Neuroscience Research | 2001 | 211 |
| 46 | Glutamatergic and cholinergic inputs from the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus to dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta | Neuroscience Research | 1995 | 210 |
| 47 | Auditory-visual speech perception examined by fMRI and PET | Neuroscience Research | 2003 | 210 |
| 48 | Working memory and prefrontal cortex | Neuroscience Research | 1994 | 209 |
| 49 | Neuronal activity in the primate supplementary, pre-supplementary and premotor cortex during externally and internally instructed sequential movements | Neuroscience Research | 1994 | 208 |
| 50 | Induction of blood–brain barrier properties in immortalized bovine brain endothelial cells by astrocytic factors | Neuroscience Research | 1999 | 206 |
