Neuroscience 2024

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We are pleased to present an outstanding selection of articles curated specifically for Neuroscience 2024 opens in new tab/window. Highlighting the most recent developments and fresh viewpoints, this carefully chosen collection has been assembled to support the 10 Theme opens in new tab/window in SfN’s Neuroscience 2024 Scientific Program opens in new tab/window and the wider neuroscience community.

In order to make it simpler to locate all the pertinent research on a particular topic in one location, we listed the collections based on Themes for each session opens in new tab/window. We enthusiastically encourage you to peruse the Neuroscience 2024 Themes Collection and learn more about the fascinating developments influencing the future of neuroscience research.

Neuroscience 2024 Themes Collection

Theme A. Development opens in new tab/window

• Perinatal ethanol exposure affects cell populations in adult dorsal hippocampal neurogenic niche opens in new tab/window

• iPSC-derived healthy human astrocytes selectively load miRNAs targeting neuronal genes into extracellular vesicles opens in new tab/window

• Recapitulation and investigation of human brain development with neural organoids opens in new tab/window

• Early movement restriction affects the acquisition of neurodevelopmental reflexes in rat pups opens in new tab/window

• Socialization, and its modulation by sex, on the development and recovery of activity-based anorexia in rats opens in new tab/window

• Lack of association between behavioral development and simplified topographical markers of the sleep EEG in infancy opens in new tab/window

• Loss of Slc35a2 alters development of the mouse cerebral cortex opens in new tab/window

• Prenatal and postnatal influences on behavioral development in a mouse model of preconceptional stress opens in new tab/window

Theme B: Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia opens in new tab/window

• The reliability of two prospective cortical biomarkers for pain: EEG peak alpha frequency and TMS corticomotor excitability opens in new tab/window

• Glial roles in sterile inflammation after ischemic stroke opens in new tab/window

• Hippocampal alterations after SARS-CoV-2 infection: A systematic review opens in new tab/window

• The dual role of microglia in intracerebral hemorrhage opens in new tab/window

• Enteric glia at center stage of inflammatory bowel disease opens in new tab/window

• Enduring memory consequences of early-life stress / adversity: Structural, synaptic, molecular and epigenetic mechanisms opens in new tab/window

• Tanycyte, the neuron whisperer opens in new tab/window

• Brainstem astrocytes regulate breathing and may affect arousal state in rats opens in new tab/window

Theme C: Neurodegenerative Disorders and Injury opens in new tab/window

• Anxiety control by astrocytes in the lateral habenula opens in new tab/window

• Unraveling brain diseases: The promise of brain-on-a-chip models opens in new tab/window

• A review of dorsal root ganglia and primary sensory neuron plasticity mediating inflammatory and chronic neuropathic pain opens in new tab/window

• Biomarkers of mitochondrial dysfunction in autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis opens in new tab/window

• Alpha-synuclein pathology is associated with astrocyte senescence in a midbrain organoid model of familial Parkinson's disease opens in new tab/window

• Memantine: Updating a rare success story in pro-cognitive therapeutics opens in new tab/window

• Functional connectivity of interictal iEEG and the connectivity of high-frequency components in epilepsy opens in new tab/window

• Histamine and receptors in neuroinflammation: Their roles on neurodegenerative diseases opens in new tab/window

Theme D: Sensory Systems opens in new tab/window

• Interactive effects of pain and arousal state on heart rate and cortical activity in the mouse anterior cingulate and somatosensory cortices opens in new tab/window

• Cellular models of pain: New technologies and their potential to progress preclinical research opens in new tab/window

• Sensory gating functions of the auditory thalamus: Adaptation and modulations through noise-exposure and high-frequency stimulation in rats opens in new tab/window

• Sensory processing sensitivity, memory and cognitive training with neurofeedback opens in new tab/window

• The importance of awareness in face processing: A critical review of interocular suppression studies opens in new tab/window

• Repeated exposure to multiple concurrent stressors alters visual processing in the adult posterior parietal cortex opens in new tab/window

• Exploring the impact of bubble type on sensory stimulation in drinks opens in new tab/window

• Motion sickness and cybersickness – Sensory mismatch opens in new tab/window

Theme E: Motor Systems opens in new tab/window

• Pain-sensorimotor interactions: New perspectives and a new model opens in new tab/window

• Serotonergic and noradrenergic contributions to motor cortical and spinal motoneuronal excitability in humans opens in new tab/window

• Ferrostatin-1 improves neurological impairment induced by ischemia/reperfusion injury in the spinal cord through ERK1/2/SP1/GPX4 opens in new tab/window

• Exploring motor cortex functional connectivity in Parkinson's disease using fNIRS opens in new tab/window

• Neural oscillations guiding action during effects imagery opens in new tab/window

• Neural underpinnings of fine motor skills under stress and anxiety: A review opens in new tab/window

• Effect of auricular acupuncture on neuroplasticity of stroke patients with motor dysfunction: A fNIRS study opens in new tab/window

• Increased anxiolytic effect in aged female rats and increased motoric behavior in aged male rats to acute alcohol administration: Comparison to younger animals opens in new tab/window

Theme F: Integrative Physiology and Behavior opens in new tab/window

• Cardiac interoception in patients accessing secondary mental health services: A transdiagnostic study opens in new tab/window

• Practical solutions for including sex as a biological variable (SABV) in preclinical neuropsychopharmacological research opens in new tab/window

• Depression-like phenotypes in mice following common bile duct ligation: Insights into the gut–liver–brain axis via the vagus nerve opens in new tab/window

• Methylone produces antidepressant-relevant actions and prosocial effects opens in new tab/window

• Supplementation of probiotic Bifidobacterium breve Bif11 reverses neurobehavioural deficits, inflammatory changes and oxidative stress in Parkinson's disease model opens in new tab/window

• Beyond the hippocampus: Amygdala and memory functioning in older adults opens in new tab/window

• Physiological and behavioral contagion/buffering effects of chronic unpredictable stress in a socially enriched environment: A preliminary study opens in new tab/window

• Physiology, patterns and behavior opens in new tab/window

Theme G: Motivation and Emotion opens in new tab/window

• Brain changes following mindfulness: Reduced caudate volume is associated with decreased positive urgency opens in new tab/window

• Observers predict actions from facial emotional expressions during real-time social interactions opens in new tab/window

• Congenital Anosmia and Facial Emotion Recognition opens in new tab/window

• Mini-review: Wild laughs: Ontogenesis and phylogenesis of humour opens in new tab/window

• Emotion recognition and mood along the menstrual cycle opens in new tab/window

• What a difference timing makes: Cortisol effects on neural underpinnings of emotion regulation opens in new tab/window

• Emotion-related impulsivity moderates the role of arousal on reflection impulsivity opens in new tab/window

• Emotion contagion and physiological synchrony: The more intimate relationships, the more contagion of positive emotions opens in new tab/window

Theme H: Cognition opens in new tab/window

• The cognitive reality monitoring network and theories of consciousness opens in new tab/window

• DPP-4 inhibition by linagliptin ameliorates age-related mild cognitive impairment by regulating microglia polarization in mice opens in new tab/window

• The chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin induces brain senescence, with modulation by APOE genotype opens in new tab/window

• Creatine supplementation research fails to support the theoretical basis for an effect on cognition: Evidence from a systematic review opens in new tab/window

• Hormonal contraception and cognition: Considering the influence of endogenous ovarian hormones and genes for clinical translation opens in new tab/window

• Sex mechanisms as nonbinary influences on cognitive diversity opens in new tab/window

• Effects of chronic stress on cognitive function – From neurobiology to intervention opens in new tab/window

• J147 affects cognition and anxiety after surgery in Zucker rats opens in new tab/window

Theme I: Techniques opens in new tab/window

• A review of critical challenges in MI-BCI: From conventional to deep learning methods opens in new tab/window

• Advances in Alzheimer's disease: A multifaceted review of potential therapies and diagnostic techniques for early detection opens in new tab/window

• Effects of transcranial electrical stimulation techniques on foreign vocabulary learning opens in new tab/window

• A protocol for high-resolution episcopic microscopy and 3D volumetric analyses of the adult mouse brain opens in new tab/window

• Enhancing translation: A need to leverage complex preclinical models of addictive drugs to accelerate substance use treatment options opens in new tab/window

• Behavioral therapies targeting reward mechanisms in substance use disorders opens in new tab/window

• The hole-board apparatus in the study of anxiety opens in new tab/window

• From means to meaning in the study of sex/gender differences and similarities opens in new tab/window

Theme J: History, Education, and Society opens in new tab/window

• ANXIOLYTICS: Origins, drug discovery, and mechanisms opens in new tab/window

• Role of social context in addiction etiology and recovery opens in new tab/window

• From past to future: 50 years of pharmacological interventions to treat narcolepsy opens in new tab/window

• Associations between body mass index and smoking behaviour: A cross-sectional study of the German adult population opens in new tab/window

• Women’s use of alcohol: Neurobiobehavioral concomitants and consequences opens in new tab/window

• Sex and gender in health research: Intersectionality matters opens in new tab/window

• Leveraging individual power to improve racial equity in academia opens in new tab/window

• Sex diversity in the 21st century: Concepts, frameworks, and approaches for the future of neuroendocrinology opens in new tab/window

Neuroscience Journal Collection

Elsevier’s Neuroscience portfolio features a wide range of journals devoted to the publication of research on all aspects of the field.

• Addiction Neuroscience opens in new tab/window

• Animal Behaviour opens in new tab/window

• Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical opens in new tab/window

• Behavioural Brain Research opens in new tab/window

• Brain Behavior and Immunity opens in new tab/window

• Brain Behavior and Immunity Integrative opens in new tab/window

• Brain Organoid and Systems Neuroscience Journal opens in new tab/window

• Brain Research opens in new tab/window

• Brain Research Bulletin opens in new tab/window

• Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health opens in new tab/window

• Cortex opens in new tab/window

• Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research opens in new tab/window

• Current Opinion in Neurobiology opens in new tab/window

• Current Research in Neurobiology opens in new tab/window

• Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience opens in new tab/window

• Experimental Eye Research opens in new tab/window

• Experimental Neurology opens in new tab/window

• Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology opens in new tab/window

• Glial Health Research opens in new tab/window

• Hormones and Behavior opens in new tab/window

• IBRO Neuroscience Reports opens in new tab/window

• Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy opens in new tab/window

• Journal of Neuroimmunology opens in new tab/window

• Journal of Neuroscience Methods opens in new tab/window

• Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology opens in new tab/window

• Mechanisms of Ageing and Development opens in new tab/window

• Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology opens in new tab/window

• Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience opens in new tab/window

• Neurobiology of Disease opens in new tab/window

• Neurobiology of Learning and Memory opens in new tab/window

• Neurobiology of Pain opens in new tab/window

• Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms opens in new tab/window

• Neurobiology of Stress opens in new tab/window

• Neurochemistry International opens in new tab/window

• NeuroImage opens in new tab/window

• NeuroImage: Clinical opens in new tab/window

• Neuroimage: Reports opens in new tab/window

• Neuropeptides opens in new tab/window

• Neuropharmacology opens in new tab/window

• Neuropsychologia opens in new tab/window

• Neuroscience opens in new tab/window

• Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews opens in new tab/window

• Neuroscience Letters opens in new tab/window

• Neuroscience Research opens in new tab/window

• Peptides opens in new tab/window

• Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior opens in new tab/window

• Physiology & Behavior opens in new tab/window

• Progress in Neurobiology opens in new tab/window

• Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry opens in new tab/window

• Progress in Retinal and Eye Research opens in new tab/window

• Steroids opens in new tab/window

• Vision Research opens in new tab/window

New Open Access Journals

The emphasis of Brain and Environment is on objective measures of this impact on the nervous system provided by epi/genetic approaches, cellular/molecular studies, neurophysiology, brain imaging and behavior, in both humans and non-human mammalian model species. Provided such measures are made, contributions are welcome from a broad range of disciplines including neuroscience, neuropsychology, sociology, psychiatry, clinical neurology, neurosocioeconomics, and political, economic and environmental sciences.

Led by Editor-in-Chief, Bruno Frenguelli, BSc, PhD

To express your interest in becoming involved with Brain and Environment, please contact Publisher, Megan Monachino, at [email protected] opens in new tab/window.