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The journal is aimed at psychiatrists and neurologists as well as scientists specialising in other related areas: basic and clinical research, and humanities. It publishes basic and clinical studies from the following areas:
biochemistry,
physiology,
genetics,
psychological and social determinants of human behaviour in the field of:
neuropharmocology,
neurochemistry,
neuroendocrinology,
electrophysiology,
psychology,
genetics,
brain imaging.

The journal publishes original papers, review articles, case reports, clinical observations and - at the initiative of the Editorial Board - essays and reflections on current theoretical and practical controversies.

Articles submitted to the journal are evaluated first by the Section Editors, specialists in the fields of psychiatry, clinical psychology, science of the brain and mind and neurology, and reviewed by acknowledged authorities in the respective field. Authors and reviewers remain anonymous to each other.

Post281;y Psychiatrii i Neurologii - Advances in Psychiatry and Neurology is an official journal of the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw.

The essential point of Practical Neurology is that it is practical in the sense of being useful for everyone who sees neurological patients and who wants to keep up to date, and safe, in managing them. In other words this is a journal for jobbing neurologists who plough through the tension headaches and funny turns week in and week out.

En réponse aux besoins actuels de Formation Médicale Continue, la partie d’enseignement postuniversitaire de la Revue Neurologique devient Pratique Neurologique – FMC, quatre numéros sous l’égide de la Société Française de Neurologie et du Collège des Enseignants de Neurologie qui comportent les rubriques suivantes : Faites le point, Pour la pratique, Cas remarquables, Testez-vous, Histoire de la Neurologie, Images, Recommandations et Actualités. Ils sont l’occasion pour les chercheurs et les praticiens de faire le point, d’évaluer et d’optimiser le niveau de leurs connaissances et de leur pratique. Suivant une ligne éditoriale claire, les articles d'enseignement sont rédigés avec soin et suivent les règles du journalisme médical : bien structurés et richement illustrés. Un numéro spécial comporte les comptes rendus des Journées d’Enseignement Supérieur de Neurologie publié chaque année à l’occasion des Journées de Neurologie de Langue Française (JNLF).

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry does not publish work on the actions of biological extracts unless the pharmacological active molecular substrate and/or specific receptor binding properties of the extract compounds are elucidated.

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The Neuroimaging section of Psychiatry Research publishes manuscripts on positron emission tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, computerized electroencephalographic topography, regional cerebral blood flow, computed tomography, magnetoencephalography, autoradiography, post-mortem regional analyses, and other imaging techniques. Reports concerning results in psychiatric disorders, dementias, and the effects of behaviorial tasks and pharmacological treatments are featured. We also invite manuscripts on the methods of obtaining images and computer processing of the images themselves. Selected case reports are also published.Benefits to authorsWe also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services.Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our support pages: http://support.elsevier.com

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences is published bimonthly by the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology as its official journal. The journal publishespapers in all fields of psychiatry and related neurosciences in the following categories: Review Articles, Regular Articles, Short Communications and Letters to the Editor. All manuscripts, except abstracts or proceedings of relevant scientific meetings, will be peer reviewed by at least two anonymous reviewers, an Editorial Board Member and the Editor. Manuscripts are accepted for publication according to their quality, originality and significance to our readership on the understanding that they have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere and have been approved by each author. Manuscripts can now be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pcn.

This interdisciplinary journal publishes papers relating the plasticity and response of the nervous system to accidental or experimental injuries and their interventions, transplantation, neurodegenerative disorders and experimental strategies to improve regeneration or functional recovery and rehabilitation. Experimental and clinical research papers adopting fresh conceptual approaches are encouraged. The overriding criteria for publication are novelty, significant experimental or clinical relevance and interest to a multidisciplinary audience. Experiments on un-anesthetized animals should conform with the standards for the use of laboratory animals as established by the Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, US National Academy of Sciences. Experiments in which paralytic agents are used must be justified. Patient identity should be concealed. All manuscripts are sent out for blind peer review to editorial board members or outside reviewers.

Au service du progrès neurologiqueLa Revue neurologique rend compte des évolutions les plus récentes de votre spécialité au travers de Revues générales, Mémoires originaux, Brèves communications, Lettres à l'éditeur...Un support efficace de formation médicale continue La Revue neurologique vous permettra d'optimiser votre pratique gràce aux rubriques Mises au point, Pratique neurologique, Images, Comment j'examine, Cas cliniques, etc.Une tribune d'expression et d'audience internationalesLa Revue neurologiquepublie les sujets de recherche d'auteurs français ou étrangers de renom.

SLEEP is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific and medical journal featuring a wide spectrum of sleep-related research. The journal is the official publication of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC (APSS), a joint venture of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society.The primary audiences are clinicians and research professionals specializing in sleep-related disorders. SLEEP publishes 12 regular issues annually, along with a digital supplement featuring abstracts presented at the yearly SLEEP Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. Subscribers have access to all new and archived issued online. All articles are available to the public free of charge six months after publication.Sleep specialists treat a broad spectrum of disorders, categorized into primary dysfunction of the neural mechanisms of sleep and arousal, pathologies uniquely related to sleep and disturbances of sleep associated with behavioral or psychiatric syndromes. Experts come from a variety of primary backgrounds, including pulmonology, neurology, psychiatry, psychology, otolaryngology, and dentistry.SLEEP publishes original findings and analysis related to sleep disorders, medical dysfunctions during sleep, clinical investigations, therapeutic trials, physiologic events, anatomic structures and molecular components underlying normal and abnormal sleep, psychological and psychophysiologic research, and the pharmacology of sleep.

The Scandinavian Journal of Pain, the scientific journal of the researcher-network Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain (www.SASP.org), is a comprehensive forum for original research from international researchers, on all aspects of pain including the nature of pain, pain mechanisms, and pain management. In order to bring pain-researchers and pain-clinicians up-to-date on important issues, the journal also encourages submissions of topical reviews.Scandinavian Journal of Pain provides a broad and stimulating approach to new pain-related research by also commissioning editorial comments published together with all accepted papers. The editorial comment highlights the significance of the research in the paper and often provides a concise review of the topic of the paper. This puts the papers into context of the present climate of pain research.Scandinavian Journal of Pain is primarily an online journal, and it also publishes a condensed print version for its subscribers. This paper-version prints the editorial comments, the extended abstracts, and the Highlights of the online-published papers. This provides the essence of the research and its importance in the care or future care of patients.The editorial comments and the Editor's choice paper in each issue are currently available as Free for View on ScienceDirect and www.scandinavianjournalpain.com. All articles published in the Scandinavian Journal of Pain are indexed in Scopus/Science Direct and EMBASE.Scandinavian Journal of Pain publishes these categories of articles: Basic and clinical research; systemic and topical reviews; hypothesis-generating case-reports and observational studies; letter to the Editor. The abstracts of presentations at scientific meetings of SASP are also published online. For current contents, and for papers in press, see www.scandinavianjournalpain.com.The Scandinavian countries have a long and distinguished tradition of excellent scientific and medical contributions to pain research, and the Scandinavian Journal of Pain is a consequence of this tradition.For more information to authors on how to write and submit a manuscript, seewww.scandinavianjournalpain.com/authorinfo

Schizophrenia Research and Treatment is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies related to all aspects of schizophrenia.

Seizure - European Journal of Epilepsy is an international journal owned by Epilepsy Action (the largest member led epilepsy organisation in the UK). It provides a forum for papers on all topics related to epilepsy and seizure disorders.Seizure focuses especially on clinical and psychosocial aspects, but will publish papers on the basic sciences related to the condition itself, the differential diagnosis, natural history and epidemiology of seizures, as well as the investigation and practical management of seizure disorders (including drug treatment, neurosurgery and non-medical or behavioural treatments).The journal reflects the social and psychological burden and impact of the condition on people with epilepsy, their families and society at large, and the methods and ideas that may help to alleviate the disability and stigma, which the condition may cause. The journal aims to share and disseminate knowledge between all disciplines that work in the field of epilepsy.

Seminars in Neurology is a review journal on current trends in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of neurological diseases. Areas of coverage include multiple sclerosis, central nervous system infections, muscular dystrophy, neuro-immunology, spinal disorders, strokes, epilepsy, motor neuron diseases, movement disorders, higher cortical function, neuro-genetics and neuro-ophthalmology. Each issue is presented under the direction of an expert guest editor, and invited contributors focus on a single, high-interest clinical topic.