A guide to Nature Index tables

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03344-0Information on the methodology used in the ranking for the 2026 Nature Spotlight: Neuroscience.

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03344-0

Information on the methodology used in the ranking for the 2026 Nature Spotlight: Neuroscience.

Why are we conscious? <i>Nature</i> investigates the theories

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03413-4Scientists have yet to reveal how the human brain produces the subjective experience we perceive as consciousness, but research has pushed the field in exciting …

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03413-4

Scientists have yet to reveal how the human brain produces the subjective experience we perceive as consciousness, but research has pushed the field in exciting directions.

Is social media changing children’s brains? Here’s what the science says

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03343-1Some countries are introducing sweeping social-media bans for young people, but the impact of screen time is still under investigation.

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03343-1

Some countries are introducing sweeping social-media bans for young people, but the impact of screen time is still under investigation.

Parkinson’s: beyond the brain

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03173-1Parkinson’s disease might develop in the gut before reaching the brain, and the environment could have a crucial role in triggering the disease.

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03173-1

Parkinson’s disease might develop in the gut before reaching the brain, and the environment could have a crucial role in triggering the disease.

Replacing the neurons that Parkinson’s destroys

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03166-0After decades of work, researchers have begun trialling transplants of dopamine neurons into people with the neurodegenerative disease — with early signs of succ…

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03166-0

After decades of work, researchers have begun trialling transplants of dopamine neurons into people with the neurodegenerative disease — with early signs of success.

How a once-controversial idea is advancing understanding of Parkinson’s disease

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03169-xThe disease is thought to be divided into two subtypes, depending on where it originates in the body — the gut or the brain.

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03169-x

The disease is thought to be divided into two subtypes, depending on where it originates in the body — the gut or the brain.

How the brain protects itself from Parkinson’s disease

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03171-3Brains are resilient. Harnessing their self-protective mechanisms might help to prevent or slow the progression of this neurodegenerative condition.

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03171-3

Brains are resilient. Harnessing their self-protective mechanisms might help to prevent or slow the progression of this neurodegenerative condition.

Clearing the way for a transformative stem-cell treatment for Parkinson’s disease

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03167-zMost Parkinson’s therapies aim to reduce the motor-control symptoms that the disease triggers. But stem-cell transplants in the brain could alter the disease at …

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03167-z

Most Parkinson’s therapies aim to reduce the motor-control symptoms that the disease triggers. But stem-cell transplants in the brain could alter the disease at a more fundamental level.