Over the last decade, there has been growing interest and a series of important developments in the field of cellular neuroscience, advancing our understanding of the cellular mechanisms that underlie cell function in the nervous system across all species. These advances have been fostered by rapid improvements in the research techniques that enable us to gather insights from different approaches, together with the need to better understand the field in order to achieve our mission to live healthy lives on a healthy planet.
Whilst the community should proud of major advances, there is still a long way to go to resolve neuroscientific issues. In this Research Topic we encourage researchers to summarize the state of the art as well as the main challenges that the field of cellular neuroscience is facing. These challenges may studies that focus on differences in vertebrate and invertebrate studies, basic neural function, integrative studies that bridge molecular and cellular physiology as well as the behavioral outcome, cell morphology and aging studies . We also welcome contributions that look into the future and define the directions that the field will take in the coming years. What have been the key discoveries made so far? What are the most pressing matters that need to be addressed in this field?
This collection will serve as a basis to define the state of the art at the end of the second decade of the XXI century, and define the progress that needs to be made in the next decade. We encourage authors to contribute with review articles or perspectives. However, all article types are welcomed.
Some notable areas to address:
• Challenges in the understanding of pathological mechanisms of cellular damage in disease, as well as molecular processes
• Cellular mechanisms underlying aging and neurodegeneration
• Challenges in neural circuit and cell properties e.g. characteristics of excitatory and inhibitory neurons, ionic channel function, synaptic transmissions and plasticity, neuromodulation
• Challenges in computational modelling of cellular properties
• Challenges and future perspectives in non-neuronal cells such as immune cells, glial cells, neurovascular cells and other cells that populate the nervous system
Over the last decade, there has been growing interest and a series of important developments in the field of cellular neuroscience, advancing our understanding of the cellular mechanisms that underlie cell function in the nervous system across all species. These advances have been fostered by rapid improvements in the research techniques that enable us to gather insights from different approaches, together with the need to better understand the field in order to achieve our mission to live healthy lives on a healthy planet.
Whilst the community should proud of major advances, there is still a long way to go to resolve neuroscientific issues. In this Research Topic we encourage researchers to summarize the state of the art as well as the main challenges that the field of cellular neuroscience is facing. These challenges may studies that focus on differences in vertebrate and invertebrate studies, basic neural function, integrative studies that bridge molecular and cellular physiology as well as the behavioral outcome, cell morphology and aging studies . We also welcome contributions that look into the future and define the directions that the field will take in the coming years. What have been the key discoveries made so far? What are the most pressing matters that need to be addressed in this field?
This collection will serve as a basis to define the state of the art at the end of the second decade of the XXI century, and define the progress that needs to be made in the next decade. We encourage authors to contribute with review articles or perspectives. However, all article types are welcomed.
Some notable areas to address:
• Challenges in the understanding of pathological mechanisms of cellular damage in disease, as well as molecular processes
• Cellular mechanisms underlying aging and neurodegeneration
• Challenges in neural circuit and cell properties e.g. characteristics of excitatory and inhibitory neurons, ionic channel function, synaptic transmissions and plasticity, neuromodulation
• Challenges in computational modelling of cellular properties
• Challenges and future perspectives in non-neuronal cells such as immune cells, glial cells, neurovascular cells and other cells that populate the nervous system
