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Neural dynamics and brain function

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Sven Dorkenwald
McGovern Institute for Brain Research
2
Yunzhong Si
Zhejiang Normal University
3
Alexander Shapson-Coe
Harvard University
4
J. Alexander Bae
Yonsei University
5
Inga Korolczuk
Medical University of Lublin
6
Michael Winding
The Francis Crick Institute
7
Hanle Zheng
Tsinghua University
8
Charles J. Lynch
Cornell University
9
Jerry Tang
The University of Texas at Austin
10
Saritha Krishna
City College of San Francisco

Papers

1
Neuronal wiring diagram of an adult brain
Nature|2024
497 cit.
2
A petavoxel fragment of human cerebral cortex reconstructed at nanoscale resolution
Science|2024
315 cit.
3
Frontostriatal salience network expansion in individuals in depression
Nature|2024
252 cit.
4
SCSA: Exploring the synergistic effects between spatial and channel attention
Neurocomputing|2025
228 cit.
5
Publication in Nature (2025) [156 citations, W4409283533]
Nature|2025
156 cit.
6
Temporal dendritic heterogeneity incorporated with spiking neural networks for learning multi-timescale dynamics
Nature Communications|2024
102 cit.
7
CAVE: Connectome Annotation Versioning Engine
Nature Methods|2025
40 cit.
8
Semantic language decoding across participants and stimulus modalities
Current Biology|2025
10 cit.
9
Publication in PLoS ONE (2025) [3 citations, W4408281725]
PLoS ONE|2025
3 cit.
10
Publication in Neurocomputing (2025) [1 citation, W4406864528]
Neurocomputing|2025
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Jonas Kristoffer Lindeløv
Aalborg University
2
Marius Pachitariu
Janelia Research Campus
3
Bratislav Mišić
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
4
Ilana B. Witten
Princeton University
5
Julie A. Harris
Allen Institute
6
Timothée Masquelier
Canadian Nautical Research Society
7
Jianshi Tang
Tsinghua University
8
Richard F. Betzel
Indiana University Bloomington
9
Nico U.F. Dosenbach
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
10
Mark M. Churchland
Columbia University

Papers

1
Reproducible brain-wide association studies require thousands of individuals
Nature|2022
2k cit.
2
Cellpose 2.0: how to train your own model
Nature Methods|2022
1.4k cit.
3
Mapping neurotransmitter systems to the structural and functional organization of the human neocortex
Nature Neuroscience|2022
783 cit.
4
A somato-cognitive action network alternates with effector regions in motor cortex
Nature|2023
587 cit.
5
neuromaps: structural and functional interpretation of brain maps
Nature Methods|2022
471 cit.
6
Spike sorting with Kilosort4
Nature Methods|2024
390 cit.
7
Cellpose3: one-click image restoration for improved cellular segmentation
Nature Methods|2025
306 cit.
8
Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain
Nature|2024
237 cit.
9
Local structure-function relationships in human brain networks across the lifespan
Nature Communications|2022
175 cit.
10
Local molecular and global connectomic contributions to cross-disorder cortical abnormalities
Nature Communications|2022
128 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Terrence J. Sejnowski
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
2
György Buzsáki
New York University
3
Scott Makeig
University of California San Diego
4
Karl Friston
Queen Mary University of London
5
Demis Hassabis
Google DeepMind (United Kingdom)
6
Karl Deisseroth
Stanford University
7
Karel Svoboda
Allen Institute
8
Olaf Sporns
Indiana University Bloomington
9
Marcus E. Raichle
Washington University in St. Louis
10
Christof Koch
Gere Foundation

Papers

1
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
Nature|2021
45.2k cit.
2
Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
Nature|2015
30k cit.
3
EEGLAB: an open source toolbox for analysis of single-trial EEG dynamics including independent component analysis
Journal of Neuroscience Methods|2004
25k cit.
4
Mastering the game of Go with deep neural networks and tree search
Nature|2016
15.8k cit.
5
A default mode of brain function
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2001
12.4k cit.
6
Complex network measures of brain connectivity: Uses and interpretations
NeuroImage|2009
12k cit.
7
Statistical parametric maps in functional imaging: A general linear approach
Human Brain Mapping|1994
9.8k cit.
8
Mastering the game of Go without human knowledge
Nature|2017
9.2k cit.
9
An Information-Maximization Approach to Blind Separation and Blind Deconvolution
Neural Computation|1995
9.2k cit.
10
The human brain is intrinsically organized into dynamic, anticorrelated functional networks
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2005
8.8k cit.

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