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
Vanderbilt University, USA
Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne, Switzerland
International Institute of Neuroscience Natal Edmond and Lily Safra, Brazil
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) , USA
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
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
St. John's College, University of Cambridge, UK
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
University of Bristol, UK
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
University of British Columbia, Canada
Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
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
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 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
University of Colorado, USA
Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Australia
University of California, 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
Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Max Delbrück Centrum, Germany
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
University of Toronto, Canada
University of Aberdeen, UK
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
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
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
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
Howard Hugues Medical Institute, Janelia Farms, USA
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
University of Milano, Italy
Australian National University, Australia
Weizman Institute for Science, Israel
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Göteborg University, Sweden
University of Navarra, Spain
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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 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
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
Albert Ludwigs Univeristy, Germany
University of California Irvine, USA
Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
University of Wisconsin, USA
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
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
