Editorial Board

Updated March 2021

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Editor-in-Chief

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

Reviewing Editors

Reviewing Editor	Institution	Topics	Expertise
Mikko Airavaara	University of Helsinki	Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability	Parkinson’s Disease
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
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
Francisca Bronfman	Universidad Andrés Bello	Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; History, Teaching, and Public Awareness; Integrative Systems; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods	Aging; Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias; Axon and Dendrite Development; Brain Blood Flow, Metabolism, and Homeostasis; Brain Wellness; Food Intake and Energy Balance; Ischemia; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Neurotoxicity, Inflammation, and Neuroprotection; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Stroke Recovery; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptogenesis and Activity-Dependent Development; Teaching of Neuroscience
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
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
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
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
Nathalie Ginovart	University of Geneva	Neuronal Excitability; Sensory and Motor Systems; Cognition and Behavior; Novel Tools and Methods; Diseases of the Nervous System; History, Teaching, and Public Awareness	Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Neurotransmitter Release; Network Interactions; Basal Ganglia; Animal Cognition and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Schizophrenia & Bi-Polar Disorder; Drugs of Abuse and Addiction; Behavioral Pharmacology; Teaching Neuroscience
Erica R. Glasper	University of Maryland	Cognition and Behavior; Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems	Animal Cognition and Behavior; Behavioral Neuroendocrinology; Motivation and Emotion; Neuroendocrine Processes; Neurotoxicity, Inflammation, and Neuroprotection; Postnatal Neurogenesis; Stress and the Brain
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
Kristen M. Harris	The University of Texas at Austin	Development; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods	Axon and Dendrite Development; Synaptogenesis and Activity-Dependent Development; Development of Motor, Sensory and Limbic Systems; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques
Karl Herrup	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	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
Arvind Kumar	KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm	Disorders of the Nervous System; History, Teaching, and Public Awareness; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Synaptic Transmission; Synaptic Plasticity; Network Interactions; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Parkinson’s Disease; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Movement Disorders; Multisensory; Vision; Basal Ganglia; Computation, Modeling, and Simulation; Data Analysis and Statistics; History of Neuroscience; Teaching Neuroscience; Public Awareness of Neuroscience
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
Arianna Maffei	Stony Brook University	Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Chemical Senses; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Network Interactions; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Movement Disorders; Neurotransmitter Release; Physiological Methods; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission; 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
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
Silvia Pagliardini	University of Alberta	Development; Integrative Systems; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Development of Motor, Sensory and Limbic Systems; Vertebrate and Invertebrate Rhythmic Motor Pattern Generation; Biological Rhythms and Sleep; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Physiological Methods
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
Isabel Perez-Otaño	Instituto de Neurociencias	Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability	Synaptogenesis and Activity-Dependent Development; Synaptic Plasticity; Developmental Disorders; Demyelinating Disorders
Eran Perlson	Tel Aviv University	Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Axon and Dendrite Development; Development of Motor, Sensory and Limbic Systems; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Motor Neurons and Muscle; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Movement Disorders; Neurotoxicity, Inflammation, and Neuroprotection; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Spinal Cord Injury and Plasticity; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Synaptogenesis and Activity-Dependent Development; Transplantation and Regeneration
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
Nicholas Priebe	University of Texas at Austin	Development; Novel Tools and Methods, Sensory and Motor Systems	Computation, Modeling, and Simulation; Data Analysis and Statistics; Development of Motor, Eye Movements, Sensory, and Limbic Systems; Vision; Visual Sensory-motor Processing
Nathalie Rouach	Collège de France	Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Synaptogenesis and Activity-Dependent Development; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Ligand Gated Ion Channels; G-Protein Linked Receptors; Ion Channels; Transporters; Neurotransmitter Release; Synaptic Transmission; Synaptic Plasticity; Network Interactions; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Glial Mechanisms; Developmental Disorders; Epilepsy; Drugs of Abuse and Addiction; Vision; Physiological Methods
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
Viji Santhakumar	University of California, Riverside	Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods	Computation, Modeling, and Simulation; Epilepsy; Network Interactions; Neuroimmunology; Physiological Methods; Postnatal Neurogenesis; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission; Trauma
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
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
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
Alexander Soutschek	Ludwig Maximilian University Munich	Cognition and Behavior; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems	Aging; Behavioral Neuroendocrinology; Human Cognition and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion
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
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
Leandro Vendruscolo	National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH	Cognition and Behavior; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems	Behavioral Neuroendocrinology; Behavioral Pharmacology; Drugs of Abuse and Addiction; Motivation and Emotion; Stress and the Brain
Ayako M. Watabe	Jikei University School of Medicine	Cognition and Behavior; Neuronal Excitability	Animal Cognition and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Network Interactions; Neurotransmitters and Signaling Molecules; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission
Susanne Wolf	Charité University Medicine	Cognition and Behavior; Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; History, Teaching, and Public Awareness; Integrative Systems; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Adolescent Development; Aging; Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias; Animal Cognition and Behavior; Glial Mechanisms; Ischemia; Molecular, Biochemical, and Genetic Techniques; Neuroimmunology; Perinatal Brain Injury; Postnatal Neurogenesis; Schizophrenia & Bi-Polar Disorder; Stress and the Brain; Teaching Neuroscience; Vision
Christina Zelano	Northwestern University	Cognition and Behavior; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Novel Tools and Methods; Sensory and Motor Systems	Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias; Animal Cognition and Behavior; Autonomic Regulation; Biological Rhythms and Sleep; Chemical Senses; Data Analysis and Statistics; Epilepsy; Human Cognition and Behavior; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Movement Disorders; Motivation and Emotion; Multisensory; Physiological Methods