Updated January 2021
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

Valina L. Dawson, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Sabine Kastner, PhD
Princeton University

David McCormick, PhD
University of Oregon

Lorna Role, PhD
NINDS

Yavin Shaham, PhD
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 |
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![]() |
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 |
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 |
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 |