The official journal of the Japan Neuroscience Society.

Neuroscience Research is an international journal for high quality articles in all branches of neuroscience, from the molecular to the behavioral levels. The journal is published in collaboration with the Japan Neuroscience Society and is open to all contributors in the world.

Neuroscience Research publishes original full-length research articles, short communications, technical notes, and reviews on all aspects of neuroscience.

Research Papers 
Short Communications
Technical notes
Letters to the Editors
Review Articles 
Update Articles 
 Perspectives 

Editor-in-Chief
Hiroyuki Kamiguchi
RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Lab. for Neuronal Growth Mechanisms, Japan
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Shigeru Kitazawa
Osaka University Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences Dynamic Brain Network, Japan
Founding Editor
Masao Ito †
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Japan
Advisory Board
Fred H. Gage
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, California, United States
Okihide Hikosaka
National Eye Institute, United States
Atsushi Iriki
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan
Tadashi Isa
Kyoto University, Japan
Carol Ann Mason
Columbia University, United States
Mu-Ming Poo
Institute of Neuroscience Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Wolfram Schultz
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Molecular Neuroscience
Section Editor
Toshihisa Ohtsuka
University of Yamanashi, Japan
Associate Editors
Toshiyuki Araki
National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan
Marta E. Hallak
National University of Cordoba, Argentina
Toshiya Manabe
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Ikue Mori
Nagoya University, Japan
Kohtaro Takei
Yokohama City University, Japan
Ayako M. Watabe
Tokyo Jikei University of Medicine, Japan
Ryohei Yasuda
Max Planck Florida Institute, United States
Cellular Neuroscience
Section Editor
Dr. Haruhiko Bito
The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Japan
Associate Editors
Masayuki Miura
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Kinichi Nakashima
Kyushu University, Japan
Erin M. Schuman
Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Brain Research, Germany
Tatsunori Seki
Tokyo Medical University, Japan
Esther Stoeckli
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Yumiko Yoshimura
National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan
Michisuke Yuzaki
Keio University, Japan
Development / Repair Neuroscience
Section Editor
Mineko Kengaku
Kyoto University, Japan
Associate Editors
Gordon J. Fishell
NYU Neuroscience Institute, New York, New York, United States
Zhigang He
BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (SYSTEM), United States
Takuji Iwasato
National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
Kazunori Nakajima
Keio University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Kazunobu Sawamoto
Nagoya City University, Japan
Nobuhiko Yamamoto
Osaka University, Japan
Toshihide Yamashita
Osaka University, Japan
Sensory and Motor Systems
Section Editor
Shigeru Kitazawa
Osaka University Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences Dynamic Brain Network, Japan
Associate Editors
Ichiro Fujita
Osaka University, Japan
Hiroaki Gomi
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp, Japan
Maria Concetta Morrone
University of Pisa, Italy
Yukari Ohki
Kyorin University Faculty of Medicine School of Medicine, Japan
Yves Rossetti
National Institute of Health and Medical Research, France
Reza Shadmehr
Johns Hopkins University, United States
Kaoru Takakusaki
Asahikawa Medical University, Japan
Masaki Tanaka
Hokkaido University, Japan
Cognition and Behavior
Section Editor
Masamichi Sakagami
Tamagawa University, Japan
Associate Editors
Bernard Balleine
University of New South Wales, Australia
Michael J. Frank
Brown University, United States
Masahiko Haruno
NICT Center for Information and Neural Networks, Japan
Yuji Ikegaya
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Kae Nakamura
Kansai Medical University, Japan
Mathias Pessiglione
Institute of Brain and Spinal Cord, France
Geoffrey Schoenbaum
University of Maryland School of Medicine, United States
Saori Tanaka
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Center for Information and Neural Networks, Japan
Ken-Ichiro Tsutsui
Tohoku University, Japan
Neurochemistry
Section Editor
Takefumi Kikusui
Azabu University Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine School of Veterinary Medicine Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Japan
Associate Editors
Carlos F. Ibanez
Karolinska Institute, Singapore
Takanori Ida
University of Miyazaki, Japan
Junichi Nabekura
National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan
Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath
Indian Institute of Science, India
Tomoaki Shirao
Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine School of Medicine, Japan
Chihiro Tohda
University of Toyama, Japan
Keiji Wada
National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Translational Medical Center, Japan
Neuroscience of Disease
Section Editors
Tadafumi Kato
Lab for Mol. Dynam. of Ment Disorders, RIKEN Brain Science Inst., Japan
Koji Yamanaka
Nagoya University, Japan
Associate Editors
Nobutaka Hattori
Juntendo University, Japan
Akiko Hayashi-Takagi
Riken Center for Brain Science, Japan
Eujoon Kim
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Makoto Michikawa
Nagoya City University, Japan
Yoshitaka Nagai
Osaka University, Japan
Akira Sawa
Johns Hopkins University Department of Biomedical Engineering, United States
Hidehiko Takahashi
Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
Hideyuki Takeuchi
Yokohama City University, Japan
Taisuke Tomita
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Takeo Yoshikawa
Riken Center for Brain Science, Japan