Brain Structure and Function welcomes original research leading to significant advances in understanding brain structure-function relationships. The relationship between structure and function can be explored at different levels from individual cells to networks and using various models from animal to human.


Cellular and Systems Neuroscience studies remain at the core of Brain Structure and Function, with a continued focus on high quality research into the mammalian central nervous system, although coverage may range beyond this taxon. Manuscripts with focus on the peripheral nervous system are not accepted for publication.

 

Brain Structure and Function also welcomes high-quality Neuroimaging studies with a clear anatomical focus and anatomical hypotheses. Typical submissions in Brain Structure and Function can employ a combination of methods including genetics, post-mortem staining, high-throughput electron microscopy, in vitro / in vivo electrophysiology, electroencephalography, magnetoencephalography and neuroimaging (structural and/or functional) to investigate neuronal and glial structure, connectivity, and physiology.

 

Functional investigations may include behavioural experiments and cognitive studies, provided they have a firm grounding in neuroanatomy. Emphasis is on normal brain function, although disease models contributing to the understanding of normal brain structure-function relationships will also be considered.

 

Studies involving purely clinical or neuropathological analyses, without demonstrating the translational value to the healthy brain, are out of scope for this journal. Publications in Brain Structure and Function will remain strongly grounded in anatomy while progressively bridging existing gaps between neurobiology, neuroimaging and function.

Brain Structure & Function
Editors-in-Chief

Laszlo Zaborszky
Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 
197 University Avenue
Newark, NJ 07102
USA 
e-mail: zaborszky@axon.rutgers.edu
Fax: +1-973-353-1588
Karl Zilles
Institute of Medicine
Research Center Jülich
52425 Jülich, 
Germany
e-mail: k.zilles@fz-juelich.de
Tel.: +49(0)2461-61-3015
Fax: +49(0)2461-61-2990

Section Editors

Brain Cyto-, Myelo-, and Receptor Architecture
Karl Zilles - Jülich/Düsseldorf, Germany
Cellular and Molecular Neuroanatomy
Laszlo Zaborszky - Newark, NJ, USA
Structural Connectivity
Michel Thiebaut de Schotten – Paris, France
Structural Connectivity
Hiromasa Takemura – Osaka, Japan
Cellular Neuroanatomy and Modern Cell Labeling Methods
Jochen F. Staiger – Göttingen, Germany
Brain Evolution
Chet Sherwood - Washington, DC, USA
Cellular Development
Lee Shapiro - Bryan, TX, USA
Primate Anatomy and Physiology
Marcello Rosa - Melbourne, Australia
Cognitive and Behavioral Function of Neurocircuits
Kevin Pang - East Orange, NJ, USA
Cellular Neuroscience
Marisela Morales - Baltimore, MD, USA
Stem Cells, Neuroplasticity
Eva Mezey - Besthesda, MD, USA
Immunocytochemistry and Optogenetics
Juan Mena Segovia - Newark, NJ, USA
Neuroanatomy of Brain Dysfunction
Patrick R. Hof - New York, NY, USA
Neuroimaging and Cognitive Neuroscience
William Graves - Newark, NJ, USA
Neurophysiology of Cells and Circuits
Dirk Feldmeyer - Jülich, Germany
Human subcortical nuclei and fiber tracts
Volker A. Coenen - Freiburg, Germany
Genetics and Genetic Imaging
Sven Cichon - Basel, Switzerland
Structure and Function of Normal Brain Aging
Svenja Caspers - Jülich, Germany
Electrophysiology and Brain imaging of Normal and Pathological Aging
José L. Cantero - Seville, Spain
Neuroinformatics of Structure–Function Relationships
Jan Bjaalie - Oslo, Norway
Neuroimaging and Methods
Christian Beckmann - Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Neuroimaging and Neural Systems in the Healthy Brain
Katrin Amunts - Jülich, Germany

Advisory Board

John Allman - Pasadena, CA, USA 
Kevin Alloway - Hershey, PA, USA 
David Amaral - Sacramento, CA, USA 
Chiye Aoki - New York, NY, USA 
Babak Ardekani - Orangeburg, NY, USA 
Giorgio Ascoli - Fairfax, VA, USA 
Anders Bjorklund - Lund, Sweden 
Paul J. Bolam - Oxford, UK 
Anna K. Braun - Magdeburg, Germany 
György Buzsáki - Newark, NJ, USA
Michael W. Cole - Newark, NJ, USA 
Barry W. Connors - Providence, RI, USA 
Bud Craig - Phoenix, AZ, USA 
Stanislas Dehaene - Paris, France
Thomas Deller - Frankfurt, Germany 
Karoly Elekes - Tihany, Hungary 
Bruce Fischl - Charlestown, MA, USA 
Tamas F. Freund - Budapest, Hungary 
Stephen D. Ginsberg - Orangeburg, NY, USA
Yosef Grodzinsky - Montreal, Canada 
Patrice Guyenet - Charlottesville, VA, USA 
Stephen J. Hanson - Newark, NJ, USA 
Michael Hasselmo - Boston, MA, USA 
Claus C. Hilgetag - Hamburg, Germany 
Terry L. Jernigan - San Diego, CA, USA 
Hans-Otto Karnath - Tübingen, Germany 
Yasuo Kawaguchi - Okazaki, Japan 
Gerd Kempermann - Dresden, Germany 
Jose L. Lanciego - Pamplona, Spain 
Nikos Logothetis - Tübingen, Germany 
Joachim Lübke - Jülich, Germany 
Guiseppe Luppino - Parma, Italy 
Manuel Malmierca - Salamanca, Spain 
Helen S. Mayberg - Atlanta, GA, USA 
John Mazziotta - Los Angeles, CA, USA 
Bruce McEwen - New York, NY, USA 
Zoltan Molnar - Oxford, UK 
Joan I. Morrell - Newark, NJ, USA 
John Morrison - New York, NY, USA
Thomas W. Mühleisen - Jülich, Germany
Elliott J. Mufson - Phoenix, AZ, USA 
Nicola Palomero-Gallagher - Juelich, Germany 
Kevin Pang - Newark, NJ, USA 
George Paxinos - Sydney, Australia
Franco Pestilli - Bloomington, IN, USA 
Charles E. Ribak - Irvine, CA, USA 
Paul E. Sawchenko - San Diego, CA, USA 
Helen Scharfman - Orangeburg, NY, USA 
Frank Schneider - Aachen, Germany 
Susan R. Sesack - Pittsburgh, PA, USA 
N. Jon Shah - Jülich, Germany 
Attila Sik - Birmingham, UK
Yoland Smith - Atlanta, GA, USA 
Paula Tallal - Newark, NJ, USA
James Tepper - Newark, NJ, USA
Arthur W. Toga - Los Angeles, CA, USA
Kamil Uludag - Maastricht, NL
Csaba Vadasz - Orangeburg, NY, USA
Emmanuel Valjent - Montpellier, France
Robert P. Vertes - Boca Raton, FL, USA
Meno P. Witter - Trondheim, Norway
Andreas Wree - Rostock, Germany
Deniz Yilmazer-Hanke - Omaha, NE, USA
Rafael Yuste - New York, NY, USA
Daniel S. Zahm - St. Louis, MO, USA