Milena Świtońska, PhD

Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Jan Biziel University Hospital No. 2, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland; Faculty of Health Science, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Interests: Functional anatomy of the brain; Sensory integration disorders and therapeutic possibilities; Neurosonology in stroke; Prevention of stroke; Biomarkers in stroke; Treatment of post-stroke spasticity with botulinum toxin under ultrasound guidance; Dystonias and their treatment

Maria Alemany-Navarro, PhD

Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; OCD Clinical and Research Unit, Psychiatry Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Clinical Sciences, Bellvitge Campus, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Interests: Obsessive compulsive disorder

Paulina Borkowska, PhD

Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland

Interests: Flow cytometry; PCR; Gel electrophoresis; DNA extraction; Electrophoresis; Immunofluorescence; RNA isolation; Molecular genetics; DNA amplification; Agarose gel electrophoresis

Sofiane Boucenna, PhD

Laboratoire ETIS UMR 8051, Université Paris-Seine, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, ENSEA, CNRS, France

Interests: Machine learning; Pattern recognition; Neural networks and artificial intelligence; Learning; Robotics; Image processing; Computer vision; Feature extraction; Supervised learning; Cognitive neuroscience

Estela Bruxel, PhD

Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, UNICAMP, Brazil

Interests: Neurodevelopmental disease; Neurogenetics; Psychiatry disorders; Pharmacogenomics

Elisenda Bueicheku, PhD

Department of Psychology, Jaume I Univeristy, Valencia, Spain

Interests: Cognitive neuroscience; Resting-state fMRI; Connectomics; Adult neuropsychology; Healthy aging; Alzheimer disease; Attention system; Working memory system; Executive functioning system

Barbara Cappelletto, PhD

Spine and Spinal Cord Surgical Unit, ASUIUD, Presidio Ospedaliero-Universitario Santa Maria della Misericordia di Udine, Udine, Italy

Interests: Spine surgery; Intervertebral disc arthroplasty; Spine; Spinal cord injury; Orthopedic surgery; Back pain; Neurosurgery; Intervertebral disk degeneration

Alberto Caranti, MD

Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Department of San Pier Damiano Hospital, via Portisano 1, Faenza, Italy

Interests: Head and neck oncology; VIII cranial nerve diseases and surgery; Internal ear physiology; Internal ear diseases; Cranial nerves diseases

Giovanni Casini, PhD

Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Interests: Retinal physiology and pathology

Antonino Catalano, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Interests: Cognitive Impairment; Anxiety; Depression; Comorbidity

Silvia Cavedoni, PhD

Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy

Interests: Clinical psychology; Adult psychopathology; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Virtual reality; Technologies, Quantitative and qualitative Research methods

Xufeng Chen, PhD

Department of Anesthesiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA

Interests: Neurophysiology; Electrophysiology, Ion channel, Glutamatergic receptors, Psychiatric pathology, Neuropathic pain and its associated diseases

Akella Chendrasekhar, MD

Department of Surgery, Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY, USA

Interests: Trauma; Surgical critical care; Surgery

Yong-An Chung, MD, PhD

Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea; Neuroscience Translational Research Center, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, Republic of Korea

Interests: Parkinson's disease; Neuroradiology

Stefania Coelli, PhD

Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering (DEIB), Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

Interests: Signal processing; EEG/MEG/IEEG; Neuroimaging; Brain connectivity; Epilepsy; Sensorimotor functions

Christopher Davis, PhD

Department of Biomedical Sciences, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, WSU Health Sciences Spokane, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Room 213/Lab 230, 412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd, Spokane, WA, USA

Interests: Sleep loss; Neurobehavioral and neuromolecular regulation of sleep, Wake and plasticity; Cognitive performance, Brain chemistry; Slice electrophysiology; microRNAs; Rodent models

Maxine De Butte, PhD

Department of Psychology, Sociology, and Social Work, West Texas A&M University, WTAMU Box 60876, Canyon, TX, USA

Interests: Global and focal Ischemia; Melatonin; Antioxidants; Mild cognitive impairment (rodent models); Estradiol neuroprotection; Chronic hypoperfusion; Learning and memory In rodents

Ali Douik, PhD

Department of Applied Informatics, National Engineering School of Sousse, University of Sousse, Tunisia

Interests: Optimization; Digital image processing; Computer vision; Image; processing; Pattern recognition; Feature extraction; Classification; Pattern classification; Feature selection; Unsupervised learning

Pilar Flores, PhD

Department of Psychology, and Heath Research Center, Universidad de Almería, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, Almería, Spain

Interests: Neurorehabilitation; Neuromodulation; Learning; Behavioural science; Brain stimulation; Assistive technology; Psychopharmacology; Questionnaire; Neurostimulation; Neurodevelopmental disorders

Vanessa Fraga, PhD

Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Interests: Alzheimer's disease

Paolo Frassanito, MD, PhD

Pediatric Neurosurgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Largo Agostino Gemelli, 8, Rome, Italy

Interests: Pediatric neurosurgery; Hydrocephalus; Brain tumors

Ayataka Fujimoto, MD, PhD

Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Japan

Interests: Epilepsy; Neurosurgery; Neurpsychology; Brain tumor; Pediatric neurology; Pediatric neurosurgery

Parisa Gazerani, PhD

Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; Pharmacy, Department of Life Sciences and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet, Oslo, Norway

Interests: Neuroscience; Pain; Headache; Migraine; Neuropharmacology; Neurodegenerative disorders; Biomarkers

Mário Gomes-Pereira, PhD

Centre de Recherche en Myologie (CRM), Inserm UMRS974, Association Institut de Myologie, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

Interests: DNA; RNA; Molecular biology; Gene expression; Splicing; Neurogenetics; Neurobiology; Cell culture; Peroteomics; Trinucleotide repeats; Neurodegenerative diseases

Alexandra Grandison, PhD

School of Psychology, University of Surrey Guildford, UK

Interests: Categorisation; Language; Linguistic relativity; Language acquisition; Development; Cross-cultural comparison; Event-related potentials; Eye-tracking

Kunal Gupta, PhD

Department of Neurosurgery, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN, USA

Interests: Deep brain stimulation; Thalamotomy; Pallidotomy; Laser interstitial thermal therapy; Responsive neurostimulation; Vagal nerve stimulation; Resection of epilepsy focus; Stereoelectroencephalography; Microvascular decompression; Radiofrequency ablation; Peripheral nerve decompression; Peripheral nerve transfer

Selen Gur-Ozmen, MD, PhD

Department of Neuroscience, School of Health Sciences, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey

Interests: Aesthetic neuroscience; Cognitive neuroscience; Migraine; Stroke; Behavioral neuroscience

Dorin Harpaz, PhD

Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel; Institute of Postharvest and Food Science, Department of Postharvest Science, Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, Israel

Interests: Ischemic stroke mechanisms; Diagnostics; Etiology classification; Blood-based biomarkers; Statistical analysis; Point-of-care biosensors

Yasuhiko Hayashi, PhD

Department of Neurosurgery, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan

Interests: Brain tumors (hypothalamic and pituitary tumors); Tumor biology; Pediatric neurosurgery; Neuroendoscopy

Matthias Heckmann, PhD

Department of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, University of Medicine Greifswald, Sauerbruchstr, Greifswald, Germany

Interests: Neonatal neuroprotection with particular focus on steroids

Akihiko Hiyama, MD, PhD

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Interests: Mesenchymal stem cell; Signaling pathways; Stem cell biology; Cell signaling; WNT signaling; Intervertebral disk; Low back pain; Spine; Cell culture; PCR

Hiroe Hu, PhD

MedStar-Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, NY, USA

Interests: Consultation liaison psychiatry

Samia Hussein, MD

Medical Biochemistry& Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

Interests: qRT-PCR; PCR; RNA extraction; Gel electrophoresis; DNA extraction; Reverse transcription; DNA Gel electrophoresis; DNA isolation

Sang-Hwan Hyun, PhD

College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea

Interests: Neuropathic pain; Embryonic development; Stem cell; Differentiation

Ramón Iglesias-Rey, PhD

Clinical Neurosciences Research Laboratory (LINC), Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Clinical University Hospital (CHUS), SERGAS, Travesía da Choupana, s/n, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Interests: Cerebral ischemia; New therapeutic strategies based on magnetocaloric materials, Mapping of brain temperature and magnetic resonance imaging

Nafisa Jadavji, PhD

Department of Biomedical Sciences, Midwestern University, 19555 N 59th Ave, Glendale, AZ, USA

Interests: Nutrition; Neurodevelopment; Stroke; Vascular dementia; Aging

Santosh Jadhav, PhD

Institute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Interests: Alzheimer's disease; Tauopathies; Synaptic impairment; Macrophages; Peripheral immune system; Dendritic cells; Aging

Michael James, MD

Duke University Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, DUMC 3094, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Departments of Neurology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Critical Care and Perioperative Population Health Research (CAPER) Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Interests: Biomarker and therapeutic development for patients with intracerebral hemorrhage

Malgorzata Jasinska, PhD

Department of Histology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

Interests: Synaptic plasticity; Synapses; Dendritic spines; Neuronal plasticity; Circadian/daily rhythmicity

Subash Khushu, PhD

NMR Research Centre, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), DRDO, Delhi, India; The Transdisciplinary University of Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), Bangalore, India

Interests: Cognitive neuroscience; Imaging; Magnetic resonance; Image analysis; Memory; Neuroimaging; Brain imaging; Medical imaging; Medical and biomedical image processing

Young Eun Kim, MD

Department of Neurology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Anyang, Republic of Korea

Interests: Parkinson's disease; Synucleinopathy; REM sleep behavior disorder; Biomarker; Neuroscience

Shannon Kindilien, PhD

College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Interests: Epilepsy; Traumatic brain injury; Depression; Pharmacy; Geriatrics and gerontology; Malnutrition and neurologic disability; Health economic outcomes

Maria A. Klyuchnikova, PhD

Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Interests: Chemical communication In mammals; Rodent models; Human olfaction; Stress; Behavioral neuroscience

Orhan Korkmaz, PhD

Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey

Interests: Immunohistochemistry; Parkinson's disease; ESI; Neurodegeneration; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neuroprotection; Neuroscience; movement disorders; Alzheimer's disease; Neurological diseases

Karthik Krishnamurthy, MD

Department of Neuroscience, Jefferson Weinberg ALS Center, Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience, Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Interests: Neurodegeneration; Stem cells; Protein aggregation; Synapses; Calcium signaling; Astrocytes; Alzheimer's; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Oxidative stress; Aging

Li-Jen Lee, PhD

Department and Graduate Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Interests: Development and function of cortical subplate neurons; roles of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) in the brain; Therapeutic and preventive strategies for mental disorders; banking of human brains and related tissues

Wei Li, PhD

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

Interests: Neurophysiology; Neurobiology; Electrophysiology; Neuropharmacology

Charis Liapi, MD, PhD

Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Interests: Neuropsychiatry; Computational neuroscience; Neuroimaging; Psychiatry; Cognitive neuroscience

Chih-Li Lin, PhD

Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Interests: Alzheimer’s disease; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Neuronal insulin signaling; Neuronal iPS cells

Lucia Lisi, PhD

Institute of Pharmacology, Catholic University Medical School, Rome, Italy

Interests: Multiple sclerosis; Microglia; Inflammatory diseases

Ahmed Lotfy, PhD

Biotechnology and Life Sciences Department, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies for Advanced Sciences (PSAS), Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

Interests: Stem cells; Mesenchymal stem cells; Neural stem cells; Neural stem cells migration; iPSCs; Multiple sclerosis

Guilherme Lucas, MD, PhD

Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Interests: Neuropathic pain; Inflammatory pain; Post-herpetic neuralgia; Trophic factors; Neurotrophins; Neuropeptides

Sabino Luzzi, MD, PhD

Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Surgical Sciences, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

Interests: Microneurosurgical anatomy; Skull base tumors; Functional neuroimaging; Cortical-subcortical mapping; Intracranial aneurysms; Brain revascularization techniques; Brain AVMs

Rodolfo Maduri, MD

Avaton Surgical Group, Clinique de Genolier, Swiss Medical Network, Switzerland

Interests: Minimally invasive spine surgery; Transtubular spinal tumor surgery

Valentina Mancuso, PhD

E-Campus University, Department of Psychology, Via Isimbardi, 10, 22060 Novedrate CO, Italy

Interests: Neuropsychology; Virtual reality; Neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation using technologies (virtual reality, 360 degree videos, mobile App..); Noninvasive brain stimulation; Cognitive functions; Neurocognitive disorders

Hany Marei, MD

Department of Cytology and Histology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Interests: Neurological diseases; Cancers; Immunotherapy using different molecular tools such as gene expression, Pathway analysis, Genetic and proteomic profiling

Anza Memon, MD

Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI, USA; School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

Interests: Multiple sclerosis; Multiple sclerosis cognition and fatigue; Neurosarcoidosis; Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

Hirotsugu Miyoshi, MD, PhD

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

Interests: Anesthesiology; Malignant hyperthermia

Mastura Monif, PhD

Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Interests: Neurology; Neuroimmunology; Neuroinflammation; Multiple sclerosis (MS); Autoimmune encephalitis; Gliomas; Microglia; Purinergic receptors

Nicola Montemurro, MD, PhD

Department of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana (AOUP), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Interests: Brain tumor; Glioblastoma multiforme; Low-grade glioma; Meningioma; Schwannoma; Augmented reality; Tractography; Awake surgery

Mélanie Morin-Brureau, PhD

Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine UMR_S 938, sorbonne university, France

Interests: Epilepsy; Angiogenesis; Neurological diseases; Neurophysiology; Cell migration; Blood brain barrier

Masoud Mozafari, PhD

University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Interests: Biomaterials and conductive polymers for nerve tissue engineering; Advanced drug delivery through the blood-brain barrier

Ranjithmenon Muraleedharan, PhD

Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

Interests: Cancer biology; Epigenetics; Stem cell biology

Matilda Naesström, PhD

Department of Clinical Sciences, Psychiatry, Umeå University, Sweden

Interests: Deep brain stimulation; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Major depressive disorder; Anxiety; Psychopharmacology; Education

Akihiro Nakamura, PhD

Central Research Laboratory, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Interests: Damage associated molecular pattern; Natural antibody; Autoimmunity; Biogerontology; Post translational modifications

Winfried Neuhuber, PhD

Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Chair of Anatomy I, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Interests: Anatomy of the autonomic nervous system

Luke Ney, PhD

Queensland University of Technology, School of Psychology and Counselling, Brisbane, Australia

Interests: Endocannabinoid; Cannabinoid; Posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Fear; Fear extinction; Fear conditioning; hormones; Anxiety; mass spectrometry

Viann Nguyen-Feng, PhD

Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, USA

Interests: Interpersonal trauma; Emotional abuse; Disabling life experiences; Integration of mental and physical health; Mind-body approaches; Trauma-sensitive Yoga; Access to care; Technological interventions

Bart Nieuwenhuis, PhD

Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Interests: Axon regeneration; Axon growth; Gene therapy; AAV; Promoter; Integrin; PI3K; Endoplasmic reticulum

Ke Ning, MD

Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Interests: Primary cilia; Wnt/Shh signalings; Optogenetics; Phosphoinositides; Genetics; Pediatric eye diseases; Eye/Neuronal development; Sleep deprivation; Lacrimal gland; Retinal/Corneal diseases; Glaucoma; Dry eye; Joubert syndrome; Lowe syndrome; Senior-Loken syndrome

Michael Noll-Hussong, MD

Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Saarland University Medical Center and Saarland University Faculty of Medicine, Germany

Interests: Chronic pain; Empathy; fMRI; Hypnotherapy; Neuroimaging; Neurosciences; Psychiatry (Incl. psychotherapy); Psycho-oncology; Psychosomatic medicine; Psychosomatics; Psychotherapies; PTSD; Resting state fMRI; Social cognitive neuroscience

Katarzyna Nowakowska-Domagala, PhD

Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Interests: Neuropsychology; Clinical psychology; Chronopsychology; Addiction; Mood disorders

Antonio Orlacchio, MD, PhD

Laboratorio di Neurogenetica, Centro Europeo di Ricerca sul Cervello (CERC) - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Biomediche, Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Interests: Neurology; Human genetics; Neurogenetics; Neurodegenerative diseases

Donato Pacione, MD

Department of Neurosurgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA

Interests: Skull; Spine

Dimitrios Panagopoulos, PhD

Department of Neurosurgery, Pediatric Hospital of Athens, Agia Sophia, Athens, Greece

Interests: Pediatric neurosurgery; CSF circulation; Complex spine deformities; Spinal dysraphism management

Nikolaos Papanas, MD, PhD

Diabetes Centre, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece

Interests: Diabetic neuropathy; Vascular disease

Shantipriya Parida, PhD

Idiap Research Institute, Centre du Parc, Rue Marconi 19, Martigny, CH-1920, Switzerland

Interests: Natural language processing; Computational neuroscience; Deep learning

María Carmen Pastor, PhD

Department of Psychology, Jaume I University, Castellón, Spain

Interests: Affective neuroscience

Szczepan Paszkiel, PhD

Opole University of Technology, Proszkowska 76 Street, Opole, Poland

Interests: Neurosciences; EEG, Artificial intelligence; Machine learning; Signal analysis; Brain-computer interfaces; Biomedical engineering

Luigi Alberto Pini, PhD

Headache and Drug Abuse Centre, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Interests: Headache; Pain treatment; Drug abuse

Zdravka Poljaković, MD, PhD

Department of Neurology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, Zagreb, Croatia

Interests: Treatment of acute stroke; Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms; Intensive care in neurology

Miroljub Popović, PhD

Department of Human Anatomy and Psichobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, Spain

Interests: Learning; Memory; Anxiety; Aging; Adolescent; Alzheimer's disease; Circadian rhythm; Animal studies

Chiara Porro, PhD

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Interests: Flow cytometry; Inflammation; Apoptosis; Cytokines; Cell culture; Cell migration; Immunohistochemistry; Cell proliferation; Inflammatory diseases; Immunofluorescence

Sophie V. Precious, PhD

Brain Repair Group, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

Interests: Stem cell biology; Huntington's disease; Regenerative medicine; Neural transplantation; Directed differentiation of cell sources to neural phenotypes

Thomas D. Prevot, PhD

Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Interests: Preclinical models; Chronic stress; GABA signaling; Drug development; Pharmacology; Mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease; Emotion; Cognition; Learning and memory

Nidan Qiao, MD

Department of NeurosurgeryHuashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Interests: Integrating innovative statistical approaches to neurosurgical and neuroendocrine diseases

Angela Rao, PhD

Calvary Hospital Kogarah, NSW 2217, Australia

Interests: Psychological health; Depression; Anxiety; Mind-body therapies; Meditation; Cardiac rehabilitation; Palliative care

Rossana Rauti, PhD

Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Interests: Interactions between living neurons and carbon-based nanomaterials; Neurovascular crosstalk; Neurovascular communication

Jonathon Reay, PhD

Department of Psychology, Teesside University, Victoria, Victoria Rd, Middlesbrough, UK

Interests: Cognitive neuroscience; Behavioural neuroscience; fNIRS brain imaging; Ageing; Neurodevelopment

Honey V. Reddi, PhD

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

Interests: Clinical diagnostics for epilepsy and other inherited disorders

P. Reddy, PhD

Internal Medicine, Neuroscience/Pharmacology, Neurology, Public Health Departments and School of Health Professions, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA

Interests: Drug discovery; Aging; Neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's, Huntington's, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis; Depression, biomarker development; Bioinformatics and gene expression analysis; Animal models

Rida Rehman, PhD

Department of Neurology, Ulm University, ZBF - Helmholtzstrasse 8/1, Ulm, Germany

Interests: Neuroscience; Traumatic brain injury; Spinal cord injury; Receptor tyrosine kinases; R software; Array analyses; CyTOF; Cytokines expression

Massimiliano Renzi, PhD

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Interests: Molecular and cellular Neuroscience; Neurophysiology; Neuropharmacology; Neuropathology; Neuropsychology

Daniel Rossignol, MD

Rossignol Medical Center, Irvine, CA, USA

Interests: Autism spectrum disorders; Pans/Pandas; Cerebral palsy; Mitochondrial dysfunction; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; ADD/ADHD; Preconception care; Pediatric special needs

Thorsten Rudroff, PhD

Department of Health and Human Physiology, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

Interests: Non-invasive brain stimulation; Neuroimaging; Fatigue; Multiple sclerosis; Aging; Cannabis; Post-Covid-19 fatigue

Gabriel Rusanescu, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

Interests: Chronic pain; Signal transduction; Neural stem cells; Neuronal differentiation; Neuropharmacology; Pharmacogenomics

Oriela Rustemi, MD

Department of Neurosurgery, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy

Interests: Neurosurgery (particularly cerebrovascular, skull base, techiques); Neuroscience

Katarzyna Rygiel, MD, PhD

Department of Family Practice, Medical University of Silesia (SUM), Zabrze, Poland

Interests: Cardio-oncology; Immuno-oncology; Psycho-oncology; Cardio-metabolic diseases; Diseases of civilization; Psycho-somatic disease; Stress management; Lifestyle modification; Human aging; Quality of life; Patient education; Interdisciplinary team collaboration; Clinical research

Ho-Sung Ryu, PhD

Department of Neurology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea

Interests: Parkinson’s disease

Hosein Safari, PhD

Department of Neurosurgery, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Interests: Global, regional, national burden of neurological disorders

Juan Salom, PhD

Joint Unit for Cerebrovascular Research, La Fe Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain; Department of Physiology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Interests: Ischemic stroke; Animal models; Ischemic brain damage; Cell senescence; Neuroprotection; New therapies

Dalia Samy, PhD

El Sahel Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

Interests: Stroke; Multiple sclerosis; Rehabilatation; Epilepsy

Salvatore Sardo, MD

Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Giovanni Paolo II Hospital, ASSL 2 Olbia, Olbia, Italy

Interests: Anesthesia; Postoperative cognitive dysfunction; Anesthesia neurotoxicity; Consciousness

Marek Schwendt, PhD

Department of Psychology, Center for Addiction Research and Education (CARE), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Interests: Neurocircuitry and neurobiology of drug addiction and PTSD; The role of glutamate receptors in cognition and motivation

Michiko Shigyo, PhD

Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Interests: Neuroscience; Molecular biology; Neuronal regeneration; Spinal cord injury; Stem cells; Cell culture; Neurodegenerative diseases; Disease animal models; Alzheimer's disease; histology; Pharmaceutical Sciences

Godwin Sokpor, PhD

Department of Human Genetics, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Interests: Neuroanatomy; Forebrain development; Neuroprogenitors; Cortical neurogenesis; Neuronal migration; Cortical (epi)transcriptome; Chromatin remodeling in neural cells; Epigenome editing; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Olfactory epitheliogenesis

Drozdstoy Stoyanov, MD, PhD

Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Interests: Translational neuroscience; Psychiatry; Clinical psychology

Vladimir S. Sukhorukov, MD, PhD

Research Center of Neurology, 125367, Moscow, Russia

Interests: Neural tissue; Neurodegeneration diseases; Neuromuscular diseases; Hypoxia; Mitochondria; Autophagy disorder

Chinmay Suryavanshi, PhD

Department of Physiology, Kasturba Medical College Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India

Interests: EEG; Event related potentials; Facial emotion recognition

Burcu Sut, PhD

Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology, Niğde, Turkey

Interests: Epigenetics; Chromatin; Transcriptional regulation; Cancer; Data mining

Damian Szczesny, PhD

Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

Interests: Neurodegenerative diseases; Neuropharmacology; Experimental pharmacology; Pain research

Karen Szumlinski, PhD

Department of Psychological Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA; Department of Molecular, Developmental and Cellular Biology and the Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Interests: Drug abuse; Psychomotor stimulant; Alcohol

Woo-Suk Tae, PhD

Brain Convergence Research Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Interests: Neuroimaging (computational neuroscience) of psychiatric and neurologic disorders

Madhumita Takalkar, PhD

Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, School of Electrical and Data Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Australia

Interests: Artificial intelligence and image processing; Computer vision; Knowledge representation and machine learning

Tomonori Tamaki, MD, PhD

Department of Neurological Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Interests: Intracranial aneurysm

Ping-Heng Tan, MD, PhD

Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Interests: Neuralgia; Spinal cord dorsal horn; Spinal ganglia

Francis Tirol, MD

Department of Neurology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

Interests: Drug-resistant epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Brain stimulation for epilepsy; Continuous EEG monitoring

Silvia Tommasin, PhD

Human Neuroscience Department, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Interests: Astrophysics; Neuroscience; Resting state fMRI; Simultaneous EEG-fMRI; Cognitive neuroscience; Neuroimaging; Brain connectivity

Fabio Torregrossa, MD

Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (BiND), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Interests: Gliomas; Brain mapping; Brain neoplasms; neuroregeneration; Traumatic brain injury; Cerebral vascular malformations; Pain

Lucio Tremolizzo, PhD

Neurology, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy

Interests: Neurobiology; Biomarkers; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Dementia

Gianluca Trevisi, MD

Neurosurgical Unit, Ospedale Santo Spirito, Pescara, Italy

Interests: Neuro-oncology; Pituitary surgery; Skull base surgery; Brain connectivity; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Neuro-traumatology

Giuseppe Umana, PhD

Department of Neurosurgery, Trauma Center, Gamma Knife Center, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania, Italy

Interests: Spine surgery; Vascular surgery; Skull base surgery; Microsurgery; Radiosurgery; Neuronavigation; Minimally invasive surgery

Prabitha Urwyler, PhD

ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; University Neurorehabilitation Unit, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

Interests: Digital markers; Ambient assisted living; Visual exploration; Hallucinations; Cognitive training; Embodiment; Psychosis and neurodegenerative diseases

Veria Vacchiano, PhD

Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Interests: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Neuroimmunology; Degenerative diseases

Thijs van der Zijden, MD

Department of Radiology, Antwerp Unversity Hospital, Belgium

Interests: Diagnostic radiology; Interventional neuroradiology; Angiography; Angiographic CT; Neurovascular diseases

Tomaz Velnar, MD, PhD

Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Interests: Neurotrauma

V. B. Voitenkov, PhD

Research Institute of Children's Infections, St Petersburg, Russia

Interests: Multiple sclerosis; Biomechanics; Kinematics; Motion analysis; Rehabilitation; Gait analysis; Neurological diseases; Movement analysis; Physical rehabilitation; Neurorehabilitation

Alyssa Weatherholt, PhD

Pott College of Science Engineering and Education, Kinesiology and Sport, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN, USA

Interests: Exercise science; Muscle physiology; Exercise physiology; Exercise performance; Exercise testing; Computed tomography; Strength & conditioning; Resistance training; Skeletal muscle physiology; Physical fitness

Hillary Wehe, PhD

Department of Psychology, Davis and Elkins College, 100 Campus Dr, Elkins, WV, USA

Interests: Learning; Memory; Motivation; Reward

Stephanie Willerth, PhD

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, B.C. V8P 5C2, Canada

Interests: Tissue engineering; Regenerative medicine; Biomaterials scaffolds for controlling stem cell differentiation

Kaiyuan Wu, PhD

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA

Interests: Biochemical, Molecular Biological, Cell Imaging; Proteins; Autophagy; Autophagy Related Diseases

Yanhua Xie, PhD

Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona Health Sciences, Tucson, AZ, USA; Department of Basic Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, USA

Interests: Parkinson’s disease; Chronic pain; Neural circuitry; Osteopathic manipulative treatments

Kayvan Yaghoobi, PhD

Department of Neuroscience, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Interests: Neuroscience; Neuroregeneration; Stem cell; Traditional and complementary medicine

Xiaoyu Yang, MD, PhD

Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Interests: Brain tumor; Degenerative spinal disorders; Spinal cord injury

Tien-Chun Yang, PhD

Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Interests: Neurodegeneration; Retinal ganglion cells

Ping-Hong Yeh, PhD

National Intrepid Center of Excellence, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA

Interests: Neuroimaging; Neurodegenerative disorders; Traumatic brain injury; Sleep disorders; Affective disorders; Substance use disorders

Candela Zorzo, PhD

Department of Psychology, University of Oviedo, Plaza Feijoo, s/n, E-33003 Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Neurociencias del Principado de Asturias (INEUROPA), Spain

Interests: Behavioral neuroscience; Learning and memory; Spatial cognition; Neurobiology and brain physiology; Behavioral testing; Cognitive neuroscience; Memory; Behavioral analysis; Behavioral experiment; Animal memory