Brain Research is dedicated to publishing the highest quality and greatest impact articles within the ever-evolving field of Neuroscience. We recognize how technology has changed the way scientific breakthroughs are communicated and Brain Research is committed to serving as a dynamic journal meeting the needs of the neuroscience research community. We now offer multiple formats for scientists to share their work with the community. These include Short Reports, Technology Developments, and Commentaries, in addition to standard research articles and reviews that the journal has published in its storied 50-year history.

Brain Research is a broad-format journal accepting manuscripts from across the international neuroscience community that range in scope from issues in fundamental neurobiology to translational and clinical neuroscience, there are contemporary themes within neuroscience that our Editorial Board has identified that are of particular innovation and interest because of their innovation and importance, highlighted below. The journal is further committed to studies that investigate sex-differences as a powerful cross-cutting variable within these high-interest areas. Consistent with our mission, however, Brain Research remains enthusiastic to publish any neuroscience-oriented work that advances the field in a meaningful way.

Neurodegenerative Diseases and Dementia - molecular insights into the mechanism of disease and preclinical models
Psychiatric diseases, autism spectrum disorders - preclinical models and insights into mechanisms underlying neuropsychiatric disorders
Neuromodulation - optogenetics, DREADDs, deep brain stimulation, TMS, tDCS are all creating new levels of control and intervention in brain function in both the preclinical and clinical settings
fMRI, ERP and other "windows into the brain" - quantitative approaches to cognitive neuroscience and real-time measures are rapidly advancing our understanding of the brain
Stem cell biology/neurodevelopment - Emerging developments in stem cell biology are changing the way we view, and study, neurodevelopment, and represent an exciting interface of technology and biology


Article Types:
Research Article - Standard submission, graphical abstract required
Review - Standard submission, graphical abstract required
Short Report - High impact, 3 figure max, expedited review, one-round only, can be moved to Research Article if major revisions are requested and interest is strong, graphical abstract required
Neurotech Report - A methods paper whose impact is based purely on a technical or methodological advance, does not need to be hypothesis-driven science, graphical abstract required
Point-Counterpoint - A pair of articles addressing a contemporary debate or controversy within a field - can be broad or very focused in nature, merged graphical abstract required

Research Reports
Reviews

Editor-in-Chief
J. Matthew LaVoie
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Deputy Editors-in-Chief
Gary Aston-Jones
Piscataway, United States
J. Paul Taylor
Memphis, United States
Cell Biology, Signaling and Synaptic Transmission
Editors
Yi-Shuian Huang
Taipei, Taiwan
Erik Roberson
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Cognition and Computational Neuroscience
Editors
Heather Bimonte-Nelson, PhD
Tempe, Arizona, United States
Maria Natasha Rajah
Québec, Quebec, Canada
Susan Ravizza
East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Erich Schröger
Leipzig, Germany
Development and Aging
Editors
Fen-Biao Gao
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Carina Hanashima
Tokyo, Japan
Flora Vaccarino
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Neurobiology of Disease
Editors
Cesar Borlongan
Tampa, Florida, United States
Sandra Hewett
Syracuse, New York, United States
Anthony E. Kline
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Salvatore Oddo
Tempe, Arizona, United States
Marina Romero-Ramos, PhD
Aarhus, Denmark
Jin Xu
Shanghai, China
Systems Neuroscience and Behavior
Editors
Thiago Cunha
São Paulo, Brazil
David Finn
Galway, Ireland
Stan Floresco, PhD
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Jane Rebecca Taylor
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Barry Waterhouse
Stratford, New Jersey, United States
Editorial Board
S. Ackerman
Farmington, Connecticut, United States
C. Alain
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
K. Alho
Helsinki, Finland
C.J. Aoki
New York, New York, United States
L.H.M.C. Arckens
Leuven, Belgium
E.C. Azmitia
New York, New York, United States
R.J. Bodnar
Flushing, New York, United States
D. Boire
Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
J.F. Cavanagh
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
P. Chan
Beijing, China
J.D. Cohen
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
J.F. Cryan, PhD
Cork, Ireland
R.J. DiLeone, PhD
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
M. Dragunow
Auckland, New Zealand
P. Gabbott
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
C.M. Gall
Irvine, California, United States
L-M. Garcia-Segura
Madrid, Spain
A. Gintzler
Brooklyn, New York, United States
S. Gourley
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
T. Hökfelt
Stockholm, Sweden
B. Hope
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Y.P. Hsueh
Taipei, Taiwan
E.J. Huang
San Francisco, California, United States
A. João Rodrigues
Braga, Portugal
J. Kaiser
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
J.C. LaManna
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
C. Lance-Jones
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
J.D. Levine
San Francisco, California, United States
E.H. Lo
Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States
G. Lubec
Wien, Austria
C.L. Masters
Parkville, Australia
J.F. McGinty
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
L. Mei
Augusta, Georgia, United States
R.H. Miller
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
D. Morilak
San Antonio, Texas, United States
E.J. Nestler, MD, PhD
New York, New York, United States
J. Oberdick
Columbus, Ohio, United States
U. Pandey
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
K.C.H. Pang
East Orange, New Jersey, United States
G.W. Pasternak
New York, New York, United States
G. Perry, PhD
San Antonio, Texas, United States
P.M. Pilowsky
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
T. Price
Richardson, Texas, United States
J. Raber
Portland, Oregon, United States
J. Rüsseler
Bamberg, Germany
A. Ryabinin
Portland, Oregon, United States
H. Seo
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
J. Shen
Taipei, Taiwan
D.A. Steindler
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
R.L. Stornetta
Richmond, Virginia, United States
M. Tohyama
Osaka, Japan
D. Trotti
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
K.Y. Tseng
North Chicago, Illinois, United States
L.L. Uphouse
Denton, Texas, United States
E.J. Van Bockstaele, PhD
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
J.C. Vickers
Hobart, Australia
X. Wang
Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States
I.S. Zagon
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
X. Zhang
Shanghai, China