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Frontiers in Neuroscience
Front. Neurosci. print ISSN: 1662-4548; elect ISSN: 1662-453X

Frontiers in Neuroscience is a second-tier journal that highlights the most outstanding articles published in the first-tier specialty journals (e.g., Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, etc.) judged over a period of a few months. These prestigious articles are re-written in a review-like style centered on the core discovery, but in a broader neuroscience context. Advanced graphics and copyediting are used to make these discoveries more understandable to the general neuroscience reader. Authors, Review Editors and Associate Editors are awarded prizes for articles that are selected for publishing in Frontiers in Neuroscience. The inaugural issue of Frontiers in Neuroscience is a collection of original research papers contributed by the Chief Editors of Frontiers in Neuroscience and the Specialty Journals. This represents the breadth and depth that Frontiers strives for as well as the sense of excitement in brain research in the first decade of the 3rd millennium.

Editor-in-Chief
 Hebrew University, Israel


Assistant Chief Editors
 Columbia University, USA

 Vanderbilt University, USA

 Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne, Switzerland

 Duke University, USA

 
 International Institute of Neuroscience Natal Edmond and Lily Safra, Brazil

 
 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland

 University of London, UK


Associate Editors
 University of Trieste, Italy

 International Neuroinformatics Coordination Facility , Sweden

 
 University of Oslo, Norway

 Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany

 Cajal Institute (CSIC), Spain

 The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

 Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne, Switzerland

 University of California Berkeley, USA

 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

 Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne, Switzerland

 Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Germany

 Duke University, USA

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) , USA

 Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

 Columbia University, USA


Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
Front. Mol. Neurosci. ISSN: 1662-5099

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience is a first-tier electronic journal devoted to identifying key molecules, as well as their functions and interactions, that underlie the structure, design and function of the brain across all levels. The scope of our journal encompasses synaptic and cellular proteins; coding and non-coding RNA; and molecular mechanisms regulating cellular and dendritic RNA translation. In recent years, a plethora of new cellular and synaptic players have been identified from reduced systems such as neuronal cultures, but the relevance of these molecules in terms of cellular and synaptic function and plasticity in the living brain and its circuits has not been validated. The effects of spine growth and density observed using gene products identified from in vitro work are frequently not reproduced in vivo. Our journal is particularly interested in studies on genetically engineered model organisms (C. elegans, Drosophila, Mouse), in which alterations in key molecules underlying cellular and synaptic function and plasticity produce defined anatomical, physiological and behavioral changes. In the mouse, genetic alterations limited to particular neural circuits (olfactory bulb, motor cortex, cortical layers, hippocampal subfields, cerebellum), preferably regulated in time and on demand, are of special interest, as they sidestep potential compensatory developmental effects.

Editor-in-Chief
 Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Germany


Associate Editors
 Tel Aviv University, Israel

 The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institure, UK

 The School of Pharmacy, UK

 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

 Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

 Allen Institute for Brain Science, USA

 Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany

 The Neurological University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany

 Douglas Hospital Research Centre, Canada

 Universiteit Hasselt, Belgium

 Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI), France

 New York University School of Medicine, USA

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

 University of Aberdeen, UK


Review Editors
 University of Pennsylvania, USA

 School of Informatics, University of Edhinburgh, UK

 University of Southern California, USA

 Tel Aviv University, Israel

 Institute of Life Science Swansea University, UK

 Department of Molecular and Developmental Genetics/VIB11, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven Medical School, Campus Gasthuisberg, Belgium

 Neurosciences Institute, Division of Pathology & Neuroscience, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee, UK

 Novartis Pharma AG, Switzerland

 Laboratory Macdonald Research, USA

 Imperial College London,, UK

 King's College London, UK

 University of Muenster, Germany

 INSERM U422, France

 
 INSERM, France

 St. John's College, University of Cambridge, UK

 New York University, USA

 The Pennsylvania State University, USA

 University of Bristol, UK

 Harvard University, USA

 Departments of Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Physiology & Neurosciences NYU School of Medicine, USA

 Cell Biology and Gene Expression Unit, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, NIH, USA

 University of Pennsylvania, USA

 Thomas Jefferson University, USA

 Washington University, USA

 University of Connecticut,, USA

 Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

 Johns Hopkins Univ, USA

 University of British Columbia, Canada

 Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

 Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

 New York University, USA

 University of Tennessee, USA

 MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building, University of Leicester, UK

 New York University School of Medicine, USA

 Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, CNRS, France

 University of London, UK

 Institute of Neurophysiology, Germany

 University of California, USA

 University of Duesseldorf, Germany

 Humboldt University Medical School (Charité), Germany

 University of Liverpool, UK

 Dept. of Physiology, Hebrew University, Israel

 
 Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Israel

 Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Germany

 Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia

 University of Edinburgh, UK

 University of Bristol, UK

  University of Pittsburgh, USA

 Erasmus Medical Center, The Netherlands

 University of Dundee, UK

 University of Pennsylvania, USA

 Imperial College London, UK

 Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

 Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany

 Porter Neuroscience Research Center, USA

 Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie Hamburg, Germany

 University of Michigan, USA

 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA

 University of California, USA

 Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic

 The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Abramson Research Center, USA

 RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan

 Departments of Physiology and Neurobiology, Brain Research Institute, USA

 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea (South)

 University of Edinburgh, UK

 University College London , UK

 Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie Hamburg, Germany

 Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

 Institute of Biomedicine, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Finland

 Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Ukraine

 Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

 University of Heidelberg, Germany

 Penn State Neuroscience Institute, USA

 Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research, Germany

 University of Maryland, USA

 Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France

 Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Germany

 Instituto de Neurociencias, Campus de San Juan, Spain

 IPMC CNRS, France

 University of Colorado, USA

 Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK

 Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Australia

 Nat Inst on Aging, USA

 University of California, USA

 
 UC Davis, USA

 Department of Pharmacology, University College London, UK

 SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER, School of Graduate Studies, Brooklyn, USA

 
 Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University Medical School, USA

 University of Glasgow, UK

 Universite Bordeaux 2, France

 Washington University School of Medicine, USA

 Center for Molecular Neurobiology, The Ohio State University, USA

 Bar-Ilan University, Israel

 DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, USA

 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA

 INSERM - CNRS - Université de Montpellier, France

 Newcastle University, UK

 Baylor College of Medicine, USA

 Max Delbrück Centrum, Germany

 SUNY Stony Brook, USA

 INSERM, U.732, France

 University of Milano, Italy

 University of Turin, Italy

 Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany

 University of Bern, Switzerland

 The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA

 The University of British Columbia, Canada

 The University of British Columbia, Canada

 Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

 University College London (UCL), UK

 Weizmann Institute, Israel

 University of Washington, USA

 Unviersity of California, USA

 University of Glasgow, UK

 Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Spain

 NMI Naturwissenschaftliches und Medizinisches Institut, Universität Tübingen, Germany

 National Institute of Neuroscience, Japan

 Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

 Peking University, China

 University of Toronto, Canada

 University of Aberdeen, UK

 Keio University, Japan

 Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA


Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Front. Cell. Neurosci. ISSN: 1662-5102

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience is a first-tier electronic journal devoted to better understanding the cellular mechanisms underlying the functions of the cells composing the nervous system (neural and non-neuronal) across all species. The past years have seen exciting progress in this area because of the merging of traditionally separate fields such as anatomy, physiology and molecular genetics. We welcome submissions of multidisciplinary studies of cellular function in vertebrates, invertebrates, from cell culture to slices to in vivo, and involving genetically amenable species such as Drosophila, C. elegans, mice and zebrafish as well as any other species suited to elucidate fundamental principles of cellular function in neurons. Studies on the basic neural functions such as the generation of action potentials, synaptic transmission, biophysical and biochemical aspects of receptor activation, synaptic plasticity, intra and inter cell signaling related to the emergent functions of cells, glial-neuronal signaling and synaptic and dendritic integration, are welcome. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience also publishes research on the morphology of cells and how these morphologies relate to the emergent functions of neurons. Our journal also publishes research focused on the developing, adult and ageing cell as well as cellular changes in diseases. While the journals primary focus is on experimental studies, we welcome the addition of computational models to further explore experimental findings.

Editor-in-Chief
 Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany


Associate Editors
 University of Pavia, Italy

 University College London, UK

 University of Texas, USA

 Nestle Research Center, Switzerland

 Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

 Australian National University, Australia

 Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany

 University of Cambridge, UK

 University of Texas at San Antonio, USA

 Hebrew University, Israel


Review Editors
 University of Virginia, USA

 International School for Advanced Studies, Italy

  Brain Research Center, Bar Ilan University, Israel

 University College London, UK

 INSERM-Université de la Méditerranée-Marseille, France

 UNIC-CNRS, France

 Ecole Normale Supérieure, France

 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA

 The University of Queensland, Australia

 Katz Lab, Volen National Center for Complex Systems, MS 013, Brandeis University, USA

 University Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

 Utah State University, Biology Department, USA

 MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK

 Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

 Erasmus Medical Center, The Netherlands

 Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Germany

 University of Zurich, Switzerland

 Cardiff University, UK

 University of Cologne, Germany

 Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research, Germany

 Australian National University, Australia

 Bar-Ilan University, Israel

 MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK

 University of Konstanz, Germany

 SUNY Stony Brook, USA

 Howard Hugues Medical Institute, Janelia Farms, USA

 Cardiff University, UK

 University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

 University of Technology Sydney, Australia

 The University of Edinburgh, UK

 Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungary

 Institute of Physiology I (Neurophysiology), Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Germany

 Aston University, UK

 University of Milano, Italy

 Australian National University, Australia

 Weizman Institute for Science, Israel

 University of London, UK

 University of New York, USA

 Northwester University, USA

 Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany

 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA


Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
Front. Neuroanat. ISSN: 1662-5129

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy is a first-tier electronic journal that publishes articles addressing important aspects of the anatomical organization of all nervous systems across all species. The use of classical and modern techniques and approaches include axonal transport methods to track the connections between brain regions; electron microscopy to obtain a more quantitative understanding of the sub-cellular and connectivity anatomy; immunocytochemistry to map protein expression patterns; in situ hybridization to map gene expression patterns; and many other powerful techniques used to examine the organization of the nervous system. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy encourages comparative studies between brain regions, between species, and also between health and disease, but is not concerned with studies that have a primary clinical focus. We encourage studies that employ modern quantitative anatomical techniques in combination with experimental studies, but submissions of descriptive neuroanatomy and theories of neuroanatomical design are also welcome. Image quality and powerful illustrations will be a major emphasis of Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. We also encourage anatomical papers that are complimented by theoretical studies to better understand the anatomical design principles of the brain.

Editor-in-Chief
 Cajal Institute (CSIC), Spain


Associate Editors
 Lund University, Sweden

 
 Vetenskapsrådet, Sweden

 
 Nordic Center of Excellence, Norway

 
 NeuroFortis - Strong research environment, Sweden

 Washington University School of Medicine, USA

 Albert Ludwigs University, Germany

 Universida Complutense de Madrid, Spain

 The University of Texas at Austin, USA

 Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA

 University of California, USA

 Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA

 Cajal Club, USA

 
 Northwestern University, USA

 University of Geneva, Switzerland

 Universidad de Murcia, Spain

 RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan

 Instituto de Neurociencias, Spain

 
 University Pierre and Marie Curie, France

 University of Southern California, USA

 NTNU, Norway

 
 VU University Medical Center, Netherlands

 The Fourth Military Medical University, China


Review Editors
 Caltech, Division Biology 216-76, USA

 Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, USA

 University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, USA

 New York University, USA

 Catholic University, Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Belgium

 University Pablo de Olavide, Spain

 University Gottingen Medical School, Germany

 
 German Society for Gene Therapy, Germany

 University of Buffalo, USA

 Boston University, USA

  Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA

 Università di Verona, Italy

 University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

 Cajal Institute (CSIC), Spain

 University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

 Brown University, USA

 Vanderbilt University, USA

 Université de Fribourg, Switzerland

 University of Catania, Italy

 Goethe-University, Germany

 Georgetown University, USA

 National Institute of Health, USA

 University of Calgary, Canada

 Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, USA

 University of Hamburg, Germany

 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

 International Institute for Neurosciences of Natal Edmond and Lily Safra (IINN-ELS), Brazil

 University of Zurich, Switzerland

 Nathan Kline Institute, USA

 Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

 University of Melbourne, Australia

 
 National Vision Research Institute, Australia

 Washington University, USA

 Yale University School of Medicine, USA

 VU University , The Netherlands

 Marmara University, Turkey

 University of Málaga, Spain

 Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

 Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany

 University of Rochester, Dept Pharm & Physio, USA

 Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Germany

 University of Washington, USA

 French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), France

 University of California / Beckman Vision Ctr, USA

 Mt Sinai School of Medicine, Dept of Neuroscience, USA

 RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan

 Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

 University of Castilla-la Mancha, Spain

 Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Japan

 University of Chicago, USA

 McGill University, Canada

 
 Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada

 University of Munich, Germany

 Kyoto University, Graduae School of Medicine, Japan

 University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA

 INSERM, U846, France

 
 INSERM, France

 Medical College of Georgia, USA

 University of Debrecen, Department of Anatomy Histology and Embryology, Hungary

 National Defense Medical College, Japan

 Rush Presbyterian Medical Center, USA

 Kyushu University, Japan

 Göteborg University, Sweden

 Toho University, Japan

 University of Navarra, Spain

 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

 University of Fribourg, Switzerland

 Lund University, Sweden

 Universidade do Porto, Portugal

 Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

 Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

 University of Parma, Italy

 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

 University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

 Universidad de Murcia, Spain

 Universidad de Valencia, Spain

 Ecole Normale Supérieure, France

 Columbia University Medical Center, United States of America

 Universidad de Lleida, Spain

 Weill-Cornell Med Col, Dept Neurology, Neuroscience, USA

 Wakayama Medical University, Japan

 University of Oxford, UK

 University of South Dakota, School of Medicine, Division Basic Biomed Science, USA

 Allen Institute for Brain Science, USA

 University of Cambridge, UK

 University of California, USA

 University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, USA

 University of Washingteon, Department of Psychology, USA

 Institut National De La Sante et De La Recherche Medicale, France

 Georgia State University, USA

 University College London, UK

 International Institute for Neurosciences of Natal Edmond and Lily Safra (IINN-ELS), Brazil

  Rosalind Franklin University Medical Science, Ctr Stemcell & Regen Med, USA

 University of Vigo, Spain

 University of California Los Angeles, USA

  Emory University, Div Neuroscience & CBN, Yerkes Primate, USA

 Universitätsklinikum Jena, Germany

 National Institutes of Health, USA

 UC Irvine Dept Anat & Neurobio, USA

 Monash University, Australia

 Boston University, Medicine Campus, Dept Anatomy, Neurobiology, USA

 University of Turin, Italy

 Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

 Washington University School of Medicine, USA

 Salk Institute, USA

 Maastricht University, Dept.Psychiat. Neuropsychol., The Netherlands

 University of Portsmouth, UK

 Yale University, School of Medicine, Dept Neurobiology, USA

 George Washington University, USA

 Kumamoto University, Japan

 University of California San Francisco, USA

 University of Arizona College of Medicine, USA

 Universitair Medish Zentrum, Rudolf Magnus Institute, The Netherlands

 Emory University, Yerkes Primate Ctr, USA

 University of Kuopio, Finland

 Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Spain

 Arroscience Inc., Canada

 Albert Ludwigs Univeristy, Germany

 University of California Irvine, USA

 Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

 University of Wisconsin, USA

 Kyoto University, Japan

 Kumamoto University, Japan

 Tata Institue of Fundamental Research, India

 Duke University Medical Centre, USA

 Florida Atlantic University, USA

 University of Tasmania, Australia

 Vrije University, Netherlands

 National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan

 Hokkaido University, Japan

 University of North Carolina, USA

 University of California, Berkeley, USA

 Ludwig Maximilians University, Germany

 University of California Davis, USA


Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
Front. Syst. Neurosci. ISSN: 1662-5137

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience is a first-tier electronic journal devoted to understanding whole systems of the brain such as those involved in sensation, movement, learning and memory, attention, reward, decision-making, reasoning, executive functions, and emotions. The orientation is towards papers addressing the structural and functional architecture of brain systems as well as the principles of information processing, storage and retrieval at the systems level. The study of brain systems includes the analysis of individual regions as well as multiple levels and nodes of information processing. The journal will represent the full range of systems neuroscience research, from the analysis of pathways of information flow to neuronal circuits that transform simple inputs to complex outputs; short- and long-term changes in circuits that arise during activity-dependent development and plasticity; the dynamics of neuronal networks; and cognitive modules that are engaged in specific tasks. Systems neuroscience relies on a variety of approaches, spanning studies of single-cell responses in alert primates to cellular analyses of reduced preparations that leave intact key elements of computation. Recent advances in high-resolution imaging of brain activity and structure at network, cellular and sub-cellular levels, along with the application of molecular tools, have begun to transform systems neuroscience. Our journal also admits computational studies that compliment experiments to better understand the emergent transformations in brain systems. We also encourage studies with multiple analysis approaches in order to better understand brain function during multiple forms and time scales of information processing – in the normal and diseased brain and in any species.

Editor-in-Chief
 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) , USA


Associate Editors
 National Brain Research Centre, India

 Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany

 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA

 Unviersity of California, USA

 University of Oxford, UK

 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

 University of Cambridge, UK

 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA

 University of Chicago, USA


Review Editors
 University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

  Washington University, USA