Updated March 2023
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

Liset Menendez de la Prida
Instituto Cajal CSIC

Jeanne Nerbonne
Washington University Medical School

Lorna Role
NINDS

Yavin Shaham
NIDA-IRP/NIH
Reviewing Editors
Reviewing Editor | Institution | Topics | Expertise |
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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 |
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 |
Frederike Beyer![]() |
Queen Mary University of London | Sensory and Motor Systems; Integrative Systems; Cognition and Behavior | Voluntary Movements; Stress and the Brain; Human Cognition and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion |
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 |
Niko Busch![]() |
University of Münster | Cognition and Behavior; Sensory and Motor Systems | Eye Movements; Human Cognition and Behavior; Multisensory; Vision; Visual Sensory-motor Processing |
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 |
Christopher S. Colwell![]() |
University of California, Los Angeles | Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Sensory and Motor Systems | Autonomic Regulation; Basal Ganglia; Biological Rhythms and Sleep; Developmental Disorders; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Movement Disorders |
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 |
Benjamin Deneen![]() |
Baylor College of Medicine | Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability; Sensory and Motor Systems | Brain Patterning; Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis; Postnatal Neurogenesis; Stem Cells; Synaptogenesis and Activity-Dependent Development; Glial Mechanisms; Developmental Disorders; Demyelinating Disorders; Neuro-Oncology; Perinatal Brain Injury; Spinal Cord Injury and Plasticity |
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 |
David Franklin![]() |
Technical University of Munich | Sensory and Motor Systems | Multisensory; Visual Sensory-motor Processing; Tactile/Somatosensory; Generation; Kinematics and EMG; Motor Neurons and Muscle; Voluntary Movements |
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![]() |
The Ohio State University | 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 |
Matthew Grubb![]() |
King’s College London | Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability; Sensory and Motor Systems; Novel Tools and Methods | Postnatal Neurogenesis; Axon and Dendrite Development; Synaptogenesis and Activity-Dependent Development; Development of Motor, Sensory and Limbic Systems; Synaptic Transmission; Synaptic Plasticity; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Sensory Disorders; Chemical Senses; Vision; Staining, Tracing, and Imaging Techniques; Physiological Methods |
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![]() |
University of Pittsburgh | 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 |
Anne Keitel![]() |
University of Dundee | Neuronal Excitability; Sensory and Motor Systems | Auditory; Human Cognition and Behavior; Network Interactions |
Tod Kippin![]() |
University of California, Santa Barbara | Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems | Behavioral Neuroendocrinology; Behavioral Pharmacology |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Christoph Michel![]() |
University of Geneva | Neuronal Excitability; Disorders of the Nervous System; Sensory and Motor Systems; Cognition and Behavior; Novel Tools and Methods; History, Teaching, and Public Awareness | Network Interactions; Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias; Aging; Developmental Disorders; Epilepsy; Schizophrenia and Bi-polar Disorder; Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral State Disorders; Vision; Visual Sensory-motor Processing; Brain-Machine Interface; Human Cognition and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Physiological Methods; Computation, Modeling, and Simulation; Data Analysis and Statistics; Teaching of Neuroscience |
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 |
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 |
Jean Christophe Poncer![]() |
INSERM/Sorbonne University | Disorders of the Nervous System; Neuronal Excitability; Novel Tools and Methods | Developmental Disorders; Epilepsy; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Ion Channels; G-Protein Linked Receptors; Ligand Gated Ion Channels; Network Interactions; Neurotransmitter Release; Physiological Methods; Synaptic Plasticity; Synaptic Transmission; 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 |
Masha Prager-Khoutorsky![]() |
McGill University | Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; Neuronal Excitability | Brain Blood Flow, Metabolism, and Homeostasis; Food Intake and Energy Balance; Glial Mechanisms; Ion Channels; Intrinsic Membrane Properties; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Movement Disorders; Neuroendocrine Processes; Neuroimmunology; Thirst and Water Balance |
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 |
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 |
David Schoppik![]() |
New York University - Langone Medical Center | Cognition and Behavior; Development; Disorders of the Nervous System; Sensory and Motor Systems | Auditory; Cerebellum: Central Physiology; Chemical Senses; Development of Motor, Sensory and Limbic Systems; Developmental Disorders; Eye Movements; Motor Neurons and Muscle; Multisensory; Neurodegenerative Disorders and Movement Disorders; Neuroethology; Posture and Gait/Locomotion; Sensory Disorders; Spinal Cord Injury and Plasticity; Vision; Visual Sensory-motor Processing; Vertebrate and Invertebrate Rhythmic Motor Pattern Generation; Vestibular; Voluntary Movements |
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 |
Harald Sonthemier![]() |
University of Virginia School of Medicine | Neuronal Excitability; Disorders of the Nervous System; Integrative Systems; History Teaching, and Public Awareness | Glial Mechanisms; Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias; Epilepsy; Neuro-Oncology; Brain Blood Flow, Metabolism, and Homeostasis; Teaching Neuroscience |
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 |
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 |
Laura Volpicelli-Daley![]() |
University of Alabama at Birmingham | Disorders of the Nervous System | Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias; Parkinson’s Disease; Neurodegenerative Disorders & Movement Disorders |
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 |
Michaël Zugaro![]() |
Collège de France, CNRS UMR 7241, INSERM U 1050 | Cognition and Behavior; Integrative Systems | Animal Cognition and Behavior; Biological Rhythms and Sleep; Learning and Memory; Spatial Cognition |