| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Whole Brain Segmentation | Neuron | 2002 | 7,404 |
| 2 | Glutamate neurotoxicity and diseases of the nervous system | Neuron | 1988 | 6,912 |
| 3 | Parkinson's Disease | Neuron | 2003 | 4,639 |
| 4 | Expanded GGGGCC Hexanucleotide Repeat in Noncoding Region of C9ORF72 Causes Chromosome 9p-Linked FTD and ALS | Neuron | 2011 | 4,176 |
| 5 | A Hexanucleotide Repeat Expansion in C9ORF72 Is the Cause of Chromosome 9p21-Linked ALS-FTD | Neuron | 2011 | 3,833 |
| 6 | Triple-Transgenic Model of Alzheimer's Disease with Plaques and Tangles | Neuron | 2003 | 3,609 |
| 7 | Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression | Neuron | 2005 | 3,560 |
| 8 | Functional Network Organization of the Human Brain | Neuron | 2011 | 3,485 |
| 9 | LTP and LTD | Neuron | 2004 | 3,364 |
| 10 | The Reorienting System of the Human Brain: From Environment to Theory of Mind | Neuron | 2008 | 3,275 |
| 11 | Theta Burst Stimulation of the Human Motor Cortex | Neuron | 2005 | 3,223 |
| 12 | Developmental and regional expression in the rat brain and functional properties of four NMDA receptors | Neuron | 1994 | 3,218 |
| 13 | Microglia Sculpt Postnatal Neural Circuits in an Activity and Complement-Dependent Manner | Neuron | 2012 | 3,040 |
| 14 | Imaging Neuronal Subsets in Transgenic Mice Expressing Multiple Spectral Variants of GFP | Neuron | 2000 | 2,833 |
| 15 | The Cloned Capsaicin Receptor Integrates Multiple Pain-Producing Stimuli | Neuron | 1998 | 2,792 |
| 16 | Theta Oscillations in the Hippocampus | Neuron | 2002 | 2,754 |
| 17 | The Blood-Brain Barrier in Health and Chronic Neurodegenerative Disorders | Neuron | 2008 | 2,712 |
| 18 | Contributions of the Amygdala to Emotion Processing: From Animal Models to Human Behavior | Neuron | 2005 | 2,697 |
| 19 | Neurobiology of Depression | Neuron | 2002 | 2,688 |
| 20 | Mutations in LRRK2 Cause Autosomal-Dominant Parkinsonism with Pleomorphic Pathology | Neuron | 2004 | 2,653 |
| 21 | Are the Dorsal and Ventral Hippocampus Functionally Distinct Structures? | Neuron | 2010 | 2,651 |
| 22 | The molecular pathology of Alzheimer's disease | Neuron | 1991 | 2,441 |
| 23 | Mosaic Analysis with a Repressible Cell Marker for Studies of Gene Function in Neuronal Morphogenesis | Neuron | 1999 | 2,368 |
| 24 | Functional-Anatomic Fractionation of the Brain's Default Network | Neuron | 2010 | 2,333 |
| 25 | Knockout of Glutamate Transporters Reveals a Major Role for Astroglial Transport in Excitotoxicity and Clearance of Glutamate | Neuron | 1996 | 2,332 |
| 26 | Cellular basis of working memory | Neuron | 1995 | 2,304 |
| 27 | The regulation and function of c-fos and other immediate early genes in the nervous system | Neuron | 1990 | 2,271 |
| 28 | Neuronal Synchrony: A Versatile Code for the Definition of Relations? | Neuron | 1999 | 2,256 |
| 29 | Adult Neurogenesis in the Mammalian Brain: Significant Answers and Significant Questions | Neuron | 2011 | 2,193 |
| 30 | Cloning of the Gene Containing Mutations that Cause PARK8-Linked Parkinson's Disease | Neuron | 2004 | 2,183 |
| 31 | Multiple isoforms of human microtubule-associated protein tau: sequences and localization in neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's disease | Neuron | 1989 | 2,182 |
| 32 | Getting Formal with Dopamine and Reward | Neuron | 2002 | 2,180 |
| 33 | Dopamine in Motivational Control: Rewarding, Aversive, and Alerting | Neuron | 2010 | 2,017 |
| 34 | Both of Us Disgusted in My Insula | Neuron | 2003 | 2,014 |
| 35 | The Neural Bases of Cognitive Conflict and Control in Moral Judgment | Neuron | 2004 | 2,010 |
| 36 | Neurodegenerative Diseases Target Large-Scale Human Brain Networks | Neuron | 2009 | 1,994 |
| 37 | The Human Hippocampus and Spatial and Episodic Memory | Neuron | 2002 | 1,974 |
| 38 | Neuronal Calcium Signaling | Neuron | 1998 | 1,954 |
| 39 | Rhythms for Cognition: Communication through Coherence | Neuron | 2015 | 1,949 |
| 40 | From Ionic Currents to Molecular Mechanisms | Neuron | 2000 | 1,920 |
| 41 | Reduced Number of Hypocretin Neurons in Human Narcolepsy | Neuron | 2000 | 1,879 |
| 42 | Canonical Microcircuits for Predictive Coding | Neuron | 2012 | 1,876 |
| 43 | Function and Regulation of CREB Family Transcription Factors in the Nervous System | Neuron | 2002 | 1,865 |
| 44 | Nitric oxide, a novel neuronal messenger | Neuron | 1992 | 1,837 |
| 45 | Neural Synchrony in Brain Disorders: Relevance for Cognitive Dysfunctions and Pathophysiology | Neuron | 2006 | 1,807 |
| 46 | The Neural Basis of Financial Risk Taking | Neuron | 2005 | 1,787 |
| 47 | Glutamate-induced neuronal death: A succession of necrosis or apoptosis depending on mitochondrial function | Neuron | 1995 | 1,772 |
| 48 | Experimental and Theoretical Approaches to Conscious Processing | Neuron | 2011 | 1,768 |
| 49 | Restricted proliferation and migration of postnatally generated neurons derived from the forebrain subventricular zone | Neuron | 1993 | 1,746 |
| 50 | Purification and Characterization of Progenitor and Mature Human Astrocytes Reveals Transcriptional and Functional Differences with Mouse | Neuron | 2016 | 1,741 |
