Most cited papers in Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
What are the most cited papers in Neuroscience and Neural Engineering?
The most cited paper in Neuroscience and Neural Engineering is "A quantitative description of membrane current and its application to conduction and excitation in nerve" (Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, A. F. Huxley, 1952), with 23,507 citations. Next come "Improved patch-clamp techniques for high-resolution current recording from cells and cell-free membrane patches" (18,543) and "The missing memristor found" (11,715).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,699 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A quantitative description of membrane current and its application to conduction and excitation in nerve Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, A. F. Huxley · The Journal of Physiology | 28 Aug 1952 | 23,507 |
| 2 | Improved patch-clamp techniques for high-resolution current recording from cells and cell-free membrane patches Owen P. Hamill, Alain Marty, Erwin Neher et al. · Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology | Aug 1981 | 18,543 |
| 3 | The missing memristor found Dmitri B. Strukov, Gregory S. Snider, Duncan R. Stewart et al. · Nature | 30 Apr 2008 | 11,715 |
| 4 | Brain–computer interfaces for communication and control Jonathan R. Wolpaw, Niels Birbaumer, Dennis J. McFarland et al. · Clinical Neurophysiology | Jun 2002 | 7,965 |
| 5 | A robust and high-throughput Cre reporting and characterization system for the whole mouse brain Linda Madisen, Theresa A. Zwingman, Susan M. Sunkin et al. · Nature Neuroscience | 20 Dec 2009 | 7,606 |
| 6 | Event-related EEG/MEG synchronization and desynchronization: basic principles Gert Pfurtscheller, F.H. Lopes da Silva · Clinical Neurophysiology | Nov 1999 | 7,262 |
| 7 | Development of recommendations for SEMG sensors and sensor placement procedures Hermie J Hermens, Bart Freriks, Catherine Dißelhorst-Klug et al. · Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology | Oct 2000 | 7,205 |
| 8 | Impulses and Physiological States in Theoretical Models of Nerve Membrane Richard Fitzhugh · Biophysical Journal | Jul 1961 | 6,376 |
| 9 | Excitability changes induced in the human motor cortex by weak transcranial direct current stimulation Michael Andreas Nitsche, Walter Paulus · The Journal of Physiology | Sep 2000 | 5,776 |
| 10 | Millisecond-timescale, genetically targeted optical control of neural activity Edward S. Boyden, Feng Zhang, Ernst Bamberg et al. · Nature Neuroscience | 14 Aug 2005 | 5,020 |
| 11 | Nanoionics-based resistive switching memories Rainer M. Waser, Masakazu Aono · Nature Materials | Nov 2007 | 4,903 |
| 12 | Synaptic Modifications in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons: Dependence on Spike Timing, Synaptic Strength, and Postsynaptic Cell Type Guo‐Qiang Bi, Mu‐ming Poo · Journal of Neuroscience | 15 Dec 1998 | 4,891 |
| 13 | A mechanism for cognitive dynamics: neuronal communication through neuronal coherence Pascal Henry Fries · Trends in Cognitive Sciences | 17 Sep 2005 | 4,532 |
| 14 | An Active Pulse Transmission Line Simulating Nerve Axon J. Nagumo, S. Arimoto, Shin Yoshizawa · Proceedings of the IRE | Oct 1962 | 4,269 |
| 15 | Theta Burst Stimulation of the Human Motor Cortex Ying‐Zu Huang, Mark John Edwards, Elisabeth Rounis et al. · Neuron | 2005 | 4,260 |
| 16 | Reconstituting Organ-Level Lung Functions on a Chip Dongeun Huh, Benjamin D. Matthews, Akiko Mammoto et al. · Science | 24 Jun 2010 | 4,252 |
| 17 | A million spiking-neuron integrated circuit with a scalable communication network and interface Paul A. Merolla, John V. Arthur, Rodrigo Alvarez-Icaza et al. · Science | 7 Aug 2014 | 4,220 |
| 18 | Nanoscale Memristor Device as Synapse in Neuromorphic Systems Sung Hyun Jo, Ting‐Chang Chang, Idongesit E. Ebong et al. · Nano Letters | Mar 2010 | 4,190 |
| 19 | EEG alpha oscillations: The inhibition–timing hypothesis Wolfgang Klimesch, Paul Sauseng, Simon Hanslmayr · Brain Research Reviews | 2 Aug 2006 | 4,126 |
| 20 | Magnesium gates glutamate-activated channels in mouse central neurones Linda M. Nowak, Piotr D. Bregestovski, Philippe Ascher et al. · Nature | Feb 1984 | 4,063 |
| 21 | Translational Findings on Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Anxiety: Contributions from Basic Research to Clinical Practice Anna Claudia Domingos da Silveira da Luz, Gisele Pereira Dias, Mário Cesar do Nascimento Bevilaqua et al. · Neuropsychobiology | 2013 | 4,008 |
| 22 | Memristive devices for computing J. Joshua Yang, Dmitri B. Strukov, Duncan R. Stewart · Nature Nanotechnology | 27 Dec 2012 | 3,885 |
| 23 | Frequency Dependence of Signal Power and Spatial Reach of the Local Field Potential Leski, Szymon, Lindén, Henrik, Tetzlaff, Tom et al. · PubMed | 2013 | 3,659 |
| 24 | Dynamic predictions: Oscillations and synchrony in top–down processing Andreas Karl Engel, Pascal Henry Fries, Wolf Singer · Nature reviews. Neuroscience | Oct 2001 | 3,585 |
| 25 | Shaping Functional Architecture by Oscillatory Alpha Activity: Gating by Inhibition Ole Jensen, Ali Mazaheri · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience | 2010 | 3,509 |
| 26 | Neuronal ensemble control of prosthetic devices by a human with tetraplegia Leigh R. Hochberg, Mijail Demian Serruya, Gerhard M. Friehs et al. · Nature | Jul 2006 | 3,353 |
| 27 | Talking off the top of your head: toward a mental prosthesis utilizing event-related brain potentials Lawrence A. Farwell, Emanuel Donchin · Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology | Dec 1988 | 3,235 |
| 28 | Positive reinforcement produced by electrical stimulation of septal area and other regions of rat brain. John Olds, Peter Milner · Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology | 1954 | 3,196 |
| 29 | Beta-band oscillations — signalling the status quo? Andreas Karl Engel, Pascal Henry Fries · Current Opinion in Neurobiology | 31 Mar 2010 | 3,114 |
| 30 | BCI2000: A General-Purpose Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) System Gerwin Schalk, Dennis J. McFarland, Thilo Hinterberger et al. · IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering | 25 May 2004 | 3,080 |
| 31 | Direct conversion of fibroblasts to functional neurons by defined factors Thomas Vierbuchen, Austin Ostermeier, Zhiping P. Pang et al. · Nature | 27 Jan 2010 | 3,068 |
| 32 | A permanent change in brain function resulting from daily electrical stimulation Graham V. Goddard, Dan McIntyre, Curtis K. Leech · Experimental Neurology | Nov 1969 | 3,067 |
| 33 | Training and operation of an integrated neuromorphic network based on metal-oxide memristors M. Prezioso, Farshad Merrikh‐Bayat, Brian D. Hoskins et al. · Nature | May 2015 | 3,024 |
| 34 | Noise in the nervous system A. Aldo Faisal, Luc P. J. Selen, Daniel M. Wolpert · Nature reviews. Neuroscience | 5 Mar 2008 | 3,023 |
| 35 | Memristive switching mechanism for metal/oxide/metal nanodevices J. Joshua Yang, Matthew D. Pickett, Xuema Li et al. · Nature Nanotechnology | 15 Jun 2008 | 2,993 |
| 36 | Retinitis pigmentosa Dyonne T. Hartong, Eliot L. Berson, Thaddeus P. Dryja · The Lancet | Nov 2006 | 2,925 |
| 37 | Reach and grasp by people with tetraplegia using a neurally controlled robotic arm Leigh R. Hochberg, Daniel Bacher, Beata Jarosiewicz et al. · Nature | May 2012 | 2,787 |
| 38 | Canonical Microcircuits for Predictive Coding André M. Bastos, W. Martin Usrey, Rick A. Adams et al. · Neuron | Nov 2012 | 2,671 |
| 39 | Sustained excitability elevations induced by transcranial DC motor cortex stimulation in humans Michael Andreas Nitsche, Walter Paulus · Neurology | 27 Nov 2001 | 2,670 |
| 40 | Memristive devices and systems Leon Ong Chua, Sung Mo Kang · Proceedings of the IEEE | 1976 | 2,620 |
| 41 | Ionic Channels of Excitable Membranes Richard Darwin Keynes · Trends in Neurosciences | 1985 | 2,602 |
| 42 | Single-channel currents recorded from membrane of denervated frog muscle fibres Erwin Neher, Bert Sakmann · Nature | Apr 1976 | 2,576 |
| 43 | A 128$\times$128 120 dB 15 $\mu$s Latency Asynchronous Temporal Contrast Vision Sensor P. Lichtsteiner, C. Posch, Tobi Delbrück · IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits | 2008 | 2,478 |
| 44 | Fully integrated silicon probes for high-density recording of neural activity James Jaeyoon Jun et al. · Nature | 7 Nov 2017 | 2,453 |
| 45 | Pursuing prosthetic electronic skin Alex Chortos, Jia Liu, Zhenan Bao · Nature Materials | 4 Jul 2016 | 2,401 |
| 46 | Coherent oscillations: A mechanism of feature linking in the visual cortex? Reinhard Eckhorn, Roman Bauer, Wesley P. Jordan et al. · Biological Cybernetics | Dec 1988 | 2,359 |
| 47 | Memristors with diffusive dynamics as synaptic emulators for neuromorphic computing Zhongrui Wang, Saumil Joshi, Sergey E. Savel'ev et al. · Nature Materials | 26 Sep 2016 | 2,357 |
| 48 | Activity-dependent scaling of quantal amplitude in neocortical neurons Gina G. Turrigiano, Kenneth R. Leslie, Niraj S. Desai et al. · Nature | Feb 1998 | 2,344 |
| 49 | Brain-computer interface technology: a review of the first international meeting Jonathan R. Wolpaw, Niels Birbaumer, William Heetderks et al. · IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering | Jun 2000 | 2,343 |
| 50 | Structure and Regulation of Voltage-Gated Ca 2+ Channels William A. Catterall · Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology | Nov 2000 | 2,340 |
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