Special Issues

• Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease—Recent Advances

  Guest Editor: Lilach Soreq
  Keywords: brain; deep brain stimulation (DBS); leukocytes; microarrays; parkinson’s disease; RNA-Seq
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• From Bench to Bedside: Photobiomodulation for Neurodegenerative Diseases

  Guest Editor: Cecile Moro
  Keywords: photobiomodulation; low level light therapy; Parkinson disease; neurodegenerative disease; hermetic effect; transcranial illumination; intracranial illumination; PBM mechanism
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• Neural Correlates of Affective Spectrum Disorders

  Guest Editor: Drozdstoy Stoyanov
  Keywords: affective disorders; anxiety; depression; bipolar spectrum
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• Precision Medicine and Molecular Clues in the Treatment of Neurological Disorders

  Guest Editors: Estela Maria Bruxel, Danielle do Carmo Ferreira Bruno
  Keywords: precision medicine; personalized treatment; pharmacogenomics; neurological disorders; neurogenetics
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• Studies on the Neurophysiology of Motor Dysfunction in Movement Disorders

  Guest Editor: Fady Alnajjar
  Keywords: movement disorders; motor dysfunction; neurophysiology; rehabilitation; advanced technologies (virtual reality, augmented reality, smart robotics, artificial intelligence)
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• Advances in Hearing Loss with Tinnitus and Cognitive Performance

  Guest Editors: Qingwei Ruan, Bing Chen, Francesco Panza
  Keywords: hearing loss; tinnitus; hearing aid; cochlear implant; cognitive impairment; auditory reserve; cognitive reserve; vulnerablity; frailty; homeostasis; allostatic load
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Neurological Disorders

  Guest Editors: Vasileios Siokas, Efthimios Dardiotis
  Keywords: single nucleotide polymorphisms; neurogenetics; neurological disorders; SNP; neurology
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

• Brain Imaging-Volume II

  Guest Editors: Foteini Christidi, Efstratios Karavasilis
  Keywords: structural neuroimaging; functional neuroimaging; metabolic neuroimaging; neurological conditions; psychiatric conditions
  Submission deadline: 25 October 2023

• Pathophysiological Mechanisms, Biomarkers, and Treatments for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

  Guest Editors: Brandon P. Lucke-Wold, Amelia Alberts
  Keywords: chronic traumatic encephalopathy; diffuse axonal injury; cerebral microdialysis; brain multi-modality monitoring; decompressive craniectomy; traumatic brain injury biomarkers; traumatic brain injury pharmacotherapy
  Submission deadline: 25 October 2023

• Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Efficient Management of Neurodegenerative Diseases

  Guest Editors: Ghulam Md Ashraf, Athanasios Alexiou
  Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; biomarkers; brain; central nervous system; cerebrospinal fluid; dementia; diagnosis; drug targeting and delivery; frailty; geriatrics; Huntington's disease; mild cognitive impairment; neurodegenerative disorders; neuropharmacology; Parkinson's disease; pathophysiological mechanisms; prognosis; therapeutic agents
  Submission deadline: 30 October 2023

• Neuroinflammation in Cerebral Injury

  Guest Editors: Yanqiang Wang, Hua Liu, Hongjun Wang
  Keywords: neuroinflammation; neuroimmune inflammation; neuroprotection; cerebral injury; cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury; stroke
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 October 2023

• Enhancing Understanding of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) across the Globe

  Guest Editors: Dagmara Dimitriou, Stephen A. Mangar
  Keywords: prenatal alcohol exposure; neurodevelopmental conditions; FASD; ASD; sleep; biomarkers; neuroimaging; epigenetics; gene-environment interaction; neurobehavior
  Submission deadline: 30 October 2023

• The Cognitive Neuroscience of Reading, Writing, and Related Developmental Disorders

  Guest Editors: Juliana Dushanova, Ana I. Schwartz
  Keywords: developmental learning disorders; functional brain measures; reading disability; multiple deficit model; longitudinal studies; neurocognitive stimulation
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Advances in Traumatic Brain Injury

  Guest Editors: Brandon Lucke-Wold, Ogaga Urhie
  Keywords: traumatic brain injury (TBI); mechanism; Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS); rehabilitation; decompression; intracranial pressure monitoring; axonal; mortality; morbidity
  (3 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Recent Research on Neurodevelopmental Disorders

  Guest Editor: Ike C. de la Pena
  Keywords: neurodevelopmental disorders; ADHD; autism; intellectual disability; motor disorders; pathophysiology; treatment; basic research; review
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Intelligent, Computer-Based Investigation of Neurodegenerative Disorders Induced by Neurosecretory Signaling

  Guest Editor: Yuzhen Xu
  Keywords: neurodegenerative diseases; neurosecretory signaling
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Recent Advances Toward GABA (A) Receptors

  Guest Editors: Blandina Bernal-Morales, Gabriel Guillén-Ruiz
  Keywords: GABA-A receptor; inhibitory GABAergic pathways; neural diseases; GABA modulators; anxiety; depression; epilepsy; stress
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Mechanisms of Action Underlying Chronic Impairment of the Central Nervous System Resulting from Infectious Diseases

  Guest Editor: Peter Koulen
  Keywords: ALS; Alzheimer disease; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; autoimmunity; bacteria; central nervous system; CNS; cognitive impairment; dementia; drug development; immune system; immunity; infection; infectious diseases; microglia; multiple sclerosis; nervous systems; neuritis; neurodegeneration; neuroimmunomodulation; neuroinflammation; neuroprotection; pain; Parkinson’s disease; retina; uveitis; virus
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Circadian Rhythm and Sleep: Current Issues and Challenges

  Guest Editors: Atanu Kumar PATI, Arti PARGANIHA
  Keywords: circadian rhythm; sleep; sleep-wake patterns and disorders; neurobiology of circadian rhythm; circadian rhythm and metabolic disorders; cancer; shift workers; transmeridian travelers; chronotherapy; LAN and circadian rhythm
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Mechanisms of White Matter Development that Underlie Cognitive Dysfunction

  Guest Editor: Corinna M. Bauer
  Keywords: white matter; cognitive function; cognitive dysfunction; neural mechanisms; myelination; neurodevelopmental disorders; neurodegenerative disorders
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Neuropsychology in Neurological Diseases

  Guest Editor: Lenka Kramska
  Keywords: neuropsychology; neuropsychological tests; cerebrovascular diseases; stroke; brain tumors; epilepsy; traumatic brain injury; neuroinfections; neurodegenerative disorders; memory; functional neurological disorders
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• Stroke Neurology (Ischemic Stroke; Care, Treatment and Neuroprotection) -  Volume Ⅱ

  Guest Editor: Thomas I. Nathaniel
  Keywords: neuroprotection; ischemic stroke; care; treatment; telestroke
  Submission deadline: 31 October 2023

• The Role of the Brain-Gut Axis in Neuroinflammation and Brain Disorders

  Guest Editor: Giovanna Traina
  Keywords: gut; intestinal microbiota; immune system; brain disorders; gut-brain axis; neurodegeneration; neuroinflammation
  (3 Papers published)
  Submission deadline: 20 November 2023

• Neurobiological Basis of Learning Disability

  Guest Editors: Celestino Rodríguez, Marisol Cueli
  Keywords: learning disability; detection; assessment; intervention; neurological basis
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2023

• Novel Research in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

  Guest Editor: Joseph Sadek
  Keywords: attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); comorbidity; executive dysfunction; psychostimulants; psychosocial treatment
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2023

• Genetics in Neurodegenerative Disorders: Modifying the Future

  Guest Editor: Wael Mohamed
  Keywords: neurodegenerative disorders; dementia; precision medicine; biomarkers; aging; PD
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2023

• Neurophysiology and Genetics of Brain Plasticity in Cerebrovascular Diseases

  Guest Editors: Aurel Popa-Wagner, Bogdan Catalin
  Keywords: neurophysiology; neuroplasticity; brain plasticity; cerebrovascular diseases; depression
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2023

• Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors in Autism Spectrum Disorder

  Guest Editors: Mingkuan Sun, Guanglin Xing
  Keywords: autism spectrum disorder; animal model; genetic factors; environmental toxins; pathogenesis; chemical exposure
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2023

• The Pathogenic Mechanisms Underlying Brain Disorders

  Guest Editors: Parisa Gazerani, Marcos DosSantos
  Keywords: brain; brain disorders; neurological disorders; psychiatric disorders; molecular; cellular; genetics; epigenetics; risk factors; human; animal; mechanism; translational; modeling; neuronal; non-neuronal; glia
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2023

• Mechanism of Parkinson's Disease (PD) and New/Future Drug Therapies

  Guest Editor: Wolfgang H. Jost
  Keywords: Parkinson’s disease; drug therapy; medication; cellular approach; neuroprotection
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2023

• The Pathogenic Mechanism of α-Synucleinopathies and Development of Preventive/Therapeutic Drugs

  Guest Editors: Ichiro Kawahata, Kohji Fukunaga
  Keywords: α-Synuclein; Parkinson’s disease; dementia with Lewy bodies; multiple system atrophy; dopaminergic neurons; oligodendrocytes; mitochondria; dopamine receptors; biomarkers; therapeutics
  Submission deadline: 30 November 2023

• Mechanotransduction in the Brain

  Guest Editor: Owen P. Hamill
  Keywords: intracranial pressure; intracranial hypertension; normal pressure hydrocephalus; brain baroreceptors; respiratory and cardiac induced intracranial pulsatility; global neural network entrainment; global clock mechanisms
  Submission deadline: 20 December 2023

• Sleep and Epilepsy

  Guest Editor: Peter Halász
  Keywords: NREM sleep and epilepsy; use dependent synaptic sleep homeostasis; sleep enlarges epileptic networks; high frequency epileptic oscillations and epileptogenesis; epilepsy is a derailment of sleep plasticity; system epilepsies
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 20 December 2023

• Tau Functions and Dysfunctions in Brain Disorders

  Guest Editor: Viswanath Das
  Keywords: neurodegenerative diseases; neurofibrillary tangles; neurons; microtubule-associated proteins; protein kinases; small molecules; tau propagation; tauopathies; therapeutic strategies
  (1 Paper published)
  Submission deadline: 20 December 2023

• Recent Advances in Understanding Multiple Sclerosis

  Guest Editor: Christos Bakirtzis
  Keywords: multiple sclerosis; neurodegeneration; disease modifying treatments; neuroinflammation; neuroradiology; biomarkers
  Submission deadline: 20 December 2023

• The Neural Mechanisms Underlying Aging and Various Neurological Disorders

  Guest Editor: Nyeonju Kang
  Keywords: aging; neurological disorders; biobehavioral science; motor control; biomechanics; neurophyisology; non-invasive brain stimulation; brain imaging; meta-analysis
  Submission deadline: 20 December 2023

• Neural Correlates, Perceptual Processing, Learning and Memory of Faces and Places

  Guest Editors: Laura Piccardi, Paola Guariglia
  Keywords: neural correlates; neurological disorders; perceptual processing; learning and memory; face recognition; topographical agnosia; landmark-based navigation; landmark recognition; spatial cognition
  Submission deadline: 20 December 2023

• MicroRNAs in Central Nervous System Disorders: Molecular, Cellular and Translational Neuroscience

  Guest Editor: Christian Barbato
  Keywords: microRNAs; non-coding RNA; neurobiology; neuropathology; neurological diseases; neurodegenerative diseases; motor neuron diseases; neuropsychiatric diseases; neurotherapeutics; translational neuroscience
  Submission deadline: 30 December 2023

• Molecular Mechanisms of Age-Related Neurological Disease

  Guest Editor: Leeanne McGurk
  Keywords: ALS; Alzheimer’s disease; amyloid beta; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; cell signalling; dementia; frontotemporal dementia; hormonal signalling; inflammation; metabolism; MND; motor neuron disease; Parkinson’s disease; synuclein; TDP-43
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• The Therapeutics Action of Biomolecules in Aged Neurons

  Guest Editor: Saurabh Kumar Jha
  Keywords: ion channels; calcium homeostasis; endoplasmic reticulum stress; mitochondrial dynamics; hypoxia; cell cycle dysregulation; neuroinflammation; molecular chaperones; natural products; nanomedicine
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Regulated Cell Death in Nervous System Diseases: Phenotype Identification, Mechanistic Research, and Clinical Transformation

  Guest Editors: Kun Xiong, Weitao Yan, Lei Shang, Tao Chen
  Keywords: Nervous System Diseases; Regulated Cell Death; molecular or cellular mechanism; therapy; drug intervention
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Novel Therapeutic Approaches Targeting Oxidative Stress in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Damage

  Guest Editor: Jia-Wei Min
  Keywords: neonates; hypoxic-ischemic brain damage; neuroprotection; therapy; natural products; drugs; molecular mechanisms; oxidative stress; neuroinflammation; neuronal damage
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Brain Mechanisms of Emotion Dysregulation and Its Treatments

  Guest Editor: Irene Messina
  Keywords: emotion regulation; emotional processing; affective neuroscience; interpersonal; spontaneous process; psychopathology; psychiatric treatments
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Advances in Hippocampal Neuroplasticity and Behavior in Neurological Diseases and Aging

  Guest Editors: Changjong Moon, Poornima D. E Weerasinghe-Mudiyanselage
  Keywords: aging; behavior; hippocampus; neurodegeneration; neurological disorder; neuroplasticity; structural plasticity
  Submission deadline: 31 December 2023

• Neuropediatrics: from Basic Science to Clinical Practice, Volume II

  Guest Editor: Tomaz Velnar
  Keywords: neuropediatrics; neurotrauma; neurosurgery; neurooncology; neurorehabilitation
  Submission deadline: 05 January 2024

• Neural Stem Cell and Neurodegenerative Diseases 

  Guest Editor: Mingxin Zhu
  Keywords: neural stem cell; neurodegenerative diseases; treatment
  Submission deadline: 20 January 2024

• Advances in Migraine and Neuropathic Pain

  Guest Editors: Alfonso Gil-Martínez, Luis Matesanz-García
  Keywords: neuropathic pain; migraine; biomarkers; neuromodulation; exercise; pharmacology; non-pharmacology; physical therapy
  Submission deadline: 25 January 2024

• Gut, Mood and Behavior

  Guest Editor: Giovanna Traina
  Keywords: gut-brain axis; intestinal microbiota; mood diseases; immune system; microbial molecules; gut; behavior; myelin
  Submission deadline: 30 January 2024

• The Role of Temporal Coupling in Neural Events: A Basis of Perception and Voluntary Control

  Guest Editor: Daya Shankar Gupta
  Keywords: perception; time-dimension; temporal processing of information; voluntary movements; mutual information; entropy; awareness; action; entropy
  Submission deadline: 31 January 2024

• Neuroscience of Speech and Language in Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Conditions

  Guest Editor: Garrett Cardon
  Keywords: speech; language; neuroscience; neurobiology; neurophysiology; autism; neurodevelopmental disability; neuroimaging
  Submission deadline: 31 January 2024