Editorial Board

Updated January 2020

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Publishing decisions are made by respected, working scientists spanning neuroscience disciplines, and because the Society for Neuroscience is a nonprofit organization, all decisions are based on scientific factors rather than commercial.

Advisory Board

Features Editor

Reviewing Editors

Reviewing Editor	Institution	Topics	Expertise
Dritan Agalliu	Columbia University Medical Center	Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias; Axon and Dendrite Development; Brain Blood Flow, Metabolism, and Homeostasis; Brain Patterning; Demyelinating Disorders; Developmental Disorders; Ischemia; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Motor Neurons and Muscle; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Movement Disorders; Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis; Neuroimmunology; Parkinson's Disease; Postnatal Neurogenesis; Spinal Cord Injury and Plasticity; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Stem Cells; Stroke Recovery; Synaptogenesis and Activity-Dependent Development
Julie Andersen	Buck Institute for Research on Aging	Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias; Basal Ganglia; Neuroimmunology; Transplantation and Regeneration; Voluntary Movements; Aging; Drug Discovery and Development; Gene Therapy; Genomics, Proteomics, and Systems Biology; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Movement Disorders; Neurotoxicity, Inflammation, and Neuroprotection; Parkinson's Disease; Postnatal Neurogenesis; Stem Cells; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Stress and the Brain
Alfonso Araque	University of Minnesota	Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods	Aging; Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias; Behavioral Pharmacology; Bioinformatics; Drugs of Abuse and Addiction; Epilepsy; Genomics, Proteomics, and Systems Biology; Glial Mechanisms; G-Protein Linked Receptors; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Ion Channels; Ischemia; Ligand-Gated Ion Channels; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Network Interactions; Neurotransmitter Release; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Parkinson's Disease; Physiological Methods; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission; Transporters
Julie Bakker	Liège University	Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Adolescent Development; Behavioral Neuroendocrinology; Chemical Senses; Developmental Disorders; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques
Morgan Barense	University of Toronto	Cognition and Behavior; Disorders of the Nervous System	Aging; Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias; Animal Cognition and Behavior; Human Cognition and Behavior
Douglas Bayliss	University of Virginia	Integrative Systems; Neuronal Excitability; Sensory and Motor Systems	Autonomic Regulation; Chemical Senses; G-Protein Linked Receptors; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Ion Channels; Motor Neurons and Muscle; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules
Helene Benveniste	Yale School of Medicine	Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Aging; Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias; Autonomic Regulation; Biological Rhythms and Sleep; Brain Blood Flow, Metabolism, and Homeostasis; Comparative Anatomy and Evolution; Demyelinating Disorders; Drugs of Abuse and Addiction; Ischemia; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Movement Disorders; Neurotoxicity, Inflammation, and Neuroprotection; Neurotransmitter Release; Perinatal Brain Injury; Physiological Methods; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Stroke Recovery
Upi Bhalla	National Centre for Biological Sciences	History, Teaching, and Public Awareness; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Bioinformatics; Chemical Senses; Computation, Modeling, and Simulation; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Network Interactions; Physiological Methods; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission; Teaching Neuroscience
Laura Bradfield	University of Technology Sydney	Cognition and Behavior; Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods	Animal Cognition and Behavior; Drugs of Abuse and Addiction; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Motivation and Emotion; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Physiological Methods; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques
Macià Buades-Rotger	University of Lübeck	Cognition and Behavior; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Novel Tools and Methods	Behavioral Neuroendocrinology; Behavioral Pharmacology; Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral State Disorders; Data Analysis and Statistics; Food Intake and Energy Balance; Human Cognition and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neuroendocrine Processes; Physiological Methods; Stress and the Brain; Trauma
Juan Burrone	Centre for Developmental Neurobiology	Development; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods	Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Network Interactions; Neurotransmitter Release; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptogenesis and Activity-Dependent Development
Pablo Castillo	Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York	Neuronal Excitability	Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission
Sunghee Cho	Weill Cornell Medicine at Burke Medical Research Institute	Cognition and Behavior; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems	Animal Cognition and Behavior; Ischemia; Neuroimmunology; Neurotoxicity, Inflammation, and Neuroprotection; Perinatal Brain Injury; Stroke Recovery
Elizabeth Cropper	Mt. Sinai School of Medicine	Cognition and Behavior; Sensory and Motor Systems	Generation; Neuroethology; Vertebrate and Invertebrate Rhythmic Motor Patterns
Karen Davis	University of Toronto	Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Network Interactions; Pain; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Tactile/Somatosensory
Lindsay De Biase	University of California Los Angeles	Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Aging; Drugs of Abuse and Addiction; Glial Mechanisms; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Movement Disorders; Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis; Neurotoxicity, Inflammation, and Neuroprotection; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission
Gustavo Deco	Universidad Pompeu Fabra	Novel Tools and Methods	Computation, Modeling, and Simulation
Niraj Desai	NINDS	Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods	Computation, Modeling, and Simulation; Developmental Disorders; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Network Interactions; Physiological Methods; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission; Synaptogenesis and Activity-Dependent Development
Trevor Drew	Universite de Montreal	Cognition and Behavior; Sensory and Motor Systems	Animal Cognition and Behavior; Basal Ganglia; Brain-Machine Interface; Cerebellum: Central Physiology; Generation; Kinematics and EMG; Posture and Gait/Locomotion; Spinal Cord Injury and Plasticity; Vertebrate and Invertebrate Rhythmic Motor Patterns; Voluntary Movements
Lynda Erskine	University of Aberdeen	Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; History, Teaching, and Public Awareness; Novel Tools and Methods	Axon and Dendrite Development; Brain Patterning; Developmental Disorders; Development of Motor, Sensory and Limbic Systems; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Teaching of Neuroscience
Christie Fowler	University of California, Irvine	Cognition and Behavior; Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; Novel Tools and Methods	Adolescent Development; Animal Cognition and Behavior; Behavioral Pharmacology; Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral State Disorders; Drug Discovery and Development; Drugs of Abuse and Addiction; Genomics, Proteomics, and Systems Biology; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Motivation and Emotion; Schizophrenia and Bi-polar Disorder; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques
Karyn Frick	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Cognition and Behavior; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Novel Tools and Methods	Aging; Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias; Animal Cognition and Behavior; Behaviorial Neuroendocrinology; Behavioral Pharmacology; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Neuroendocrine Processes
Miriam B. Goodman	Stanford University	Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Auditory; Computation, Modeling, and Simulation; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Ion Channels; Pain; Physiological Methods; Sensory Disorders; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Tactile/Somatosensory; Trauma
Christian Hansel	University of Chicago	Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Cerebellum: Central Physiology; Developmental Disorders; Eye Movements; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Ion Channels; Network Interactions; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Physiological Methods; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission
Mary Heinricher	Oregon Health & Science University	Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Autonomic Regulation; Drugs of Abuse and Addiction; Pain; Physiological Methods; Tactile/Somatosensory
Karl Herrup	University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Novel Tools and Methods	Aging; Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias; Demyelinating Disorders; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Neuroimmunology; Neurotoxicity, Inflammation, and Neuroprotection; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques
Bong-Kiun Kaang	Seoul National University	Cognition and Behavior; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods;	Animal Cognition and Behavior; G-Protein Linked Receptors; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Synaptic Plasticity
Aniko Korosi	University of Amsterdam	Cognition and Behavior; Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; History, Teaching, and Public Awareness; Integrative Systems; Novel Tools and Methods	Aging; Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias; Animal Cognition and Behavior; Behavioral Neuroendocrinology; Developmental Disorders; Food Intake and Energy Balance; Neuroendocrine Processes; Neuroimmunology; Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis; Postnatal Neurogenesis; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Teaching of Neuroscience; Trauma
Alexxai Kravitz	Washington University in St. Louis	Cognition and Behavior; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Novel Tools and Methods	Drugs of Abuse and Addiction; Food Intake and Energy Balance; Motivation and Emotion; Parkinson's Disease; Physiological Methods
Chay Kuo	Duke University School of Medicine	Development; Integrative Systems; Novel Tools and Methods; Disorders of the Nervous System	Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis; Postnatal Neurogenesis; Stem Cells; Transplantation and Regeneration; Neuroimmunology; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Ischemia; Perinatal Brain Injury; Stroke Recovery
Mark Laubach	American University	Cognition and Behavior; History, Teaching, and Public Awareness; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Animal Cognition and Behavior; Basal Ganglia; Bioinformatics; Brain-Machine Interface; Comparative Anatomy and Evolution; Data Analysis and Statistics; Motivation and Emotion; Physiological Methods; Public Awareness of Neuroscience; Teaching Neuroscience; Voluntary Movements
Jonathan Lee	University of Birmingham	Cognition and Behavior; Disorders of the Nervous System	Animal Cognition and Behavior; Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral State Disorders; Drugs of Abuse and Addiction
Ifat Levy	Yale University	Cognition and Behavior; Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; Sensory and Motor Systems	Adolescent Development; Aging; Basal Ganglia; Human Cognition and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Vision
Li Li	NYU Shanghai	Disorders of the Nervous System; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Computation, Modeling, and Simulation; Data Analysis and Statistics; Eye Movements; Parkinson's Disease; Posture and Gait/Locomotion; Vision; Visual Sensory-motor Processing
Siegrid Löwel	Göttingen University	Development; Sensory and Motor Systems	Adolescent Development; Synaptogenesis and Activity-Dependent Development; Vision
Len Maler	University of Ottawa	Cognition and Behavior; History, Teaching, and Public Awareness; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Animal Cognition and Behavior; Auditory; Cerebellum: Central Physiology; Comparative Anatomy and Evolution; Computation, Modeling, and Simulation; Data Analysis and Statistics; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Multisensory; Network Interactions; Neuroethology; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission; Tactile/Somatosensory; Teaching Neuroscience; Vestibula; Vision
Kirill Martemyanov	The Scripps Research Institute	Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Basal Ganglia; Drugs of Abuse and Addiction; G-Protein Linked Receptors; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Sensory Disorders; Vision
Margaret McCarthy	University of Maryland	Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems	Postnatal Neurogenesis; Synaptogenesis and Activity-Dependent Development; Neuroendocrine Processes; Neuroimmunology; Behavioral Neuroendocrinology; Stress and the Brain; Neurotoxicity, Inflammation, and Neuroprotection; Behavioral Pharmacology; Perinatal Brain Injury
Thomas McHugh	RIKEN Brain Science Institute	Cognition and Behavior; Novel Tools and Methods	Animal Cognition and Behavior; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Physiological Methods
Liset Menendez de la Prida	Instituto Cajal CSIC	Cognition and Behavior; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods	Animal Cognition and Behavior; Biological Rhythms and Sleep; Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral State Disorders; Computation, Modeling, and Simulation; Epilepsy; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Network Interactions; Physiological Methods; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission
Anna Menini	International School for Advanced Studies-SISSA	History, Teaching, and Public Awareness; Neuronal Excitability; Sensory and Motor Systems	Chemical Senses; Ion Channels; Ligand-Gated Ion Channels; Public Awareness of Neuroscience
Michael Michaelides	National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program	Cognition and Behavior; Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Adolescent Development; Animal Cognition and Behavior; Basal Ganglia; Behavioral Neuroendocrinology; Behavioral Pharmacology; Brain Blood Flow, Metabolism, and Homeostasis; Brain-Machine Interface; Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral State Disorders; Drug Discovery and Development; Drugs of Abuse and Addiction; Food Intake and Energy Balance; G-Protein Linked Receptors; Gene Therapy; Genomics, Proteomics, and Systems Biology; Ligand Gated Ion Channels; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Motivation and Emotion; Neuroendocrine Processes; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Physiological Methods; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Stress and the Brain; Transporters; Voluntary Movements
Zoltan Nusser	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Chemical Senses; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Ion Channels; Ligand-Gated Ion Channels; Neurotransmitter Release; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission
Satu Palva	Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki	Sensory and Motor Systems; Cognition and Behavior; Novel Tools and Methods	Auditory; Vision; Visual Sensory-motor Processing; Eye Movements; Tactile/Somatosensory; Human Cognition and Behavior; Data Analysis and Statistics
Tatiana Pasternak	University of Rochester	Cognition and Behavior; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Animal Cognition and Behavior; Human Cognition and Behavior; Multisensory; Physiological Methods; Vision; Visual Sensory-motor Processing
Quentin Pittman	University of Calgary	Cognition and Behavior; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Neuronal Excitability	Animal Cognition and Behavior; Autonomic Regulation; Behavioral Neuroendocrinology; Behavioral Pharmacology; Epilepsy; Glial Mechanisms; G-Protein Linked Receptors; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Neuroendocrine Processes; Neurotoxicity, Inflammation, and Neuroprotection; Neurotransmitter Release; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Perinatal Brain Injury; Stress and the Brain; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission; Thirst and Water Balance; Transporters
Christine Portfors	Washington State University	Cognition and Behavior; History, Teaching and Public Awareness; Sensory and Motor Systems	Animal Cognition and Behavior; Auditory; Multisensory; Neuroethology; Public Awareness of Neuroscience
Brad Postle	University of Wisconsin - Madison	Cognition and Behavior; Disorders of the Nervous System; Sensory and Motor Systems	Aging; Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias; Animal Cognition and Behavior; Parkinson's Disease; Eye Movements; Human Cognition and Behavior; Sensory Disorders; Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral State Disorders; Vision; Visual Sensory-motor Processing
Alfonso Represa	INSERM	Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods	Developmental Disorders; Epilepsy; Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis; Perinatal Brain Injury; Postnatal Neurogenesis; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Stem Cells; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission; Synaptogenesis and Activity-Dependent Development
Lorna Role	Stony Brook University	Cognition and Behavior; Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods	Aging; Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias; Animal Cognition and Behavior; Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral State Disorders; Developmental Disorders; Drugs of Abuse and Addiction; Ion Channels; Ligand-Gated Ion Channels; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Motivation and Emotion; Neurotransmitter Release; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Parkinson's Disease; Physiological Methods; Schizophrenia & Bi-Polar Disorder; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission; Synaptogenesis and Activity-Dependent Development
Carmen Sandi	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne	Cognition and Behavior; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems	Animal Cognition and Behavior; Behavioral Neuroendocrinology; Behavioral Pharmacology; Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral State Disorders; Motivation and Emotion; Stress and the Brain
Alexey Semyanov	Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry	Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods	Aging; Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias; Epilepsy; Glial Mechanisms; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Network Interactions; Neurotransmitter Release; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Physiological Methods; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission; Transporters
Yavin Shaham	NIDA/NIH	Disorders of the Nervous System	Drugs of Abuse and Addiction
Rae Silver	Columbia University	Cognition and Behavior; History, Teaching, and Public Awareness; Integrative Systems	Behavioral Neuroendocrinology; Biological Rhythms and Sleep; Motivation and Emotion; Neuroendocrine Processes; Neuroimmunology; Public Awareness of Neuroscience; Teaching Neuroscience
Cheryl Sisk	Michigan State University	Cognition and Behavior; Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Adolescent Development; Animal Cognition and Behavior; Behavioral Neuroendocrinology; Biological Rhythms and Sleep; Chemical Senses; Developmental Disorders; Motivation and Emotion; Neuroendocrine Processes; Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis; Postnatal Neurogenesis; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Stress and the Brain; Synaptic Plasticity
Deanna Smith	University of South Carolina	Development; Disorders of the Nervous Systems; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Axon and Dendrite Development; Developmental Disorders; Epilepsy; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Movement Disorders; Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Spinal Cord Injury and Plasticity
William Stacey	University of Michigan	Disorders of the Nervous System; Novel Tools and Methods	Computation, Modeling, and Simulation; Data Analysis and Statistics; Epilepsy
Karen Szumlinski	University of California	Cognition and Behavior; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Neuronal Excitability; Sensory and Motor Systems	Animal Cognition and Behavior; Basal Ganglia; Behavioral Pharmacology; Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral State Disorders; Drugs of Abuse and Addiction; G-Protein Linked Receptors; Ligand-Gated Ion Channels; Motivation and Emotion; Neurotransmitter Release; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Pain; Schizophrenia & Bi-Polar Disorder; Stress and the Brain; Synaptic Plasticity
Muriel Thoby-Brisson	INSERM	Development; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Development of Motor, Sensory, and Limbic Systems; Generation; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Ion Channels; Ligand-Gated Ion Channels; Network Interactions; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Vertebrate and Invertebrate Rhythmic Motor Patterns
Philippe Tobler	University of Zurich	Cognition and Behavior	Human Cognition and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion
Katalin Tóth	Université Laval	Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability	Epilepsy; Neurotransmitter Release; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission
Jeff Twiss	University of South Carolina	Development; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Axon and Dendrite Development; Development of Motor, Sensory, and Limbic Systems; Transplantation and Regeneration; Spinal Cord Injury and Plasticity; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques