# Most-cited Neuroscience papers of 2017, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Neuroscience research papers published in 2017, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. [The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2048701323) · 5,951 citations
2. [Deep learning with convolutional neural networks for EEG decoding and visualization](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2741907166) · 3,742 citations · Free PDF
3. [Local-Global Parcellation of the Human Cerebral Cortex from Intrinsic Functional Connectivity MRI](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2951617899) · 3,699 citations · Free PDF
4. [Microglia Function in the Central Nervous System During Health and Neurodegeneration](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2527645962) · 2,871 citations
5. [How emotions are made: The secret life of the brain.](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2908473373) · 2,332 citations
6. [Microglia in Alzheimer’s disease](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2774947569) · 1,928 citations
7. [Physiology of Astroglia](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2777525962) · 1,680 citations
8. [The Influences of Emotion on Learning and Memory](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2748454491) · 1,535 citations · Free PDF
9. [Emotion shapes the diffusion of moralized content in social networks](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2656044294) · 1,389 citations
10. [DeepSleepNet: A Model for Automatic Sleep Stage Scoring Based on Raw Single-Channel EEG](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2604096629) · 1,380 citations · Free PDF
11. [Kynurenines: Tryptophan’s metabolites in exercise, inflammation, and mental health](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2741302852) · 1,368 citations
12. [“Putting on My Best Normal”: Social Camouflaging in Adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2616560149) · 1,360 citations · Free PDF
13. [BDNF: A Key Factor with Multipotent Impact on Brain Signaling and Synaptic Plasticity](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2624853583) · 1,356 citations · Free PDF
14. [EEG microstates as a tool for studying the temporal dynamics of whole-brain neuronal networks: A review](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2772704314) · 1,345 citations
15. [Structure and Function of the Human Insula](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2732740969) · 1,277 citations
16. [An environment-dependent transcriptional network specifies human microglia identity](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2619332462) · 1,257 citations · Free PDF
17. [Kynurenine Pathway of Tryptophan Metabolism: Regulatory and Functional Aspects](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2598111690) · 1,150 citations
18. [Toward a Rational and Mechanistic Account of Mental Effort](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2600886565) · 1,121 citations
19. [Engrams and circuits crucial for systems consolidation of a memory](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2604988916) · 1,117 citations
20. [Huntington's disease: a clinical review](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2745482791) · 1,095 citations
21. [Classification using deep learning neural networks for brain tumors](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2780099243) · 1,079 citations
22. [The impact of stress on body function: a review](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2929935816) · 1,076 citations
23. [Benchmarking of participant-level confound regression strategies for the control of motion artifact in studies of functional connectivity](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2597348720) · 1,064 citations · Free PDF
24. [Neuroimmune Interactions: From the Brain to the Immune System and Vice Versa](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2777753808) · 1,058 citations
25. [Neurobiological and Systemic Effects of Chronic Stress](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2607133520) · 1,045 citations

Canonical page: https://nerdi.pages.dev/papers/neuroscience/most-cited-2017