期刊名称：JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
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The Journal of Neuroscience Methods publishes research papers and a limited number of broad and critical reviews dealing with new methods or significant developments of recognised methods, used to investigate the organisation and fine structure, biochemistry, molecular biology, histo and cytochemistry, physiology, biophysics and pharmacology of receptors, neurones, synapses, and glial cells, in the nervous system of man, vertebrates and invertebrates, or applicable to the clinical and behavioural sciences, tissue culture, neurocommunications, biocybernetics or computer software. Although articles should be written in sufficient detail to allow others to verify these methods, they should also be intelligible to a broad scientific audience. In addition, the journal will publish letters in a camera-ready format containing comments or discussion of methodology described in this journal, or any other journal devoted to the neurosciences. Articles should be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief. Submission of a paper to the Journal of Neuroscience Methods implies that it is not being submitted for publication elsewhere.
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Instructions to Authors
SUBMISSION POLICY
Manuscripts should be addressed to one of the Editors-in-Chief. Submission of a paper to Journal of Neuroscience Methods Research is understood to imply that it has not previously been published (except in abstract form) and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts submitted under multiple authorship are reviewed on the assumption that all listed authors concur with the submission and that a copy of the final manuscript has been approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities in the laboratories where the work was carried out. Authors are invited to provide the Editors-in-Chief with the names (and addresses) of five potential reviewers whom they feel are especially qualified in the subject area of the manuscript.
Submission Procedure
1. Web Submission
Web submission is preferred. Instructions are available for downloading on the website via the Author Gateway. Corresponding Authors can upload their article as a LaTeX, Microsoft (MS) Word, WordPerfect, PostScript or Adobe Acrobat PDF document. The system generates an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article which is used for the reviewing process. It is crucial that all graphical and tabular elements be placed within the text, so that the file is suitable for reviewing. Authors, Reviewers and Editors send and receive all correspondence by e-mail and no paper correspondence is necessary. Note: compuscripts submitted are converted into PDF for the review process but may need to be edited after acceptance to follow journal standards. For this an editable file format is necessary. See the further general instructions on how to prepare your article below.
2. Hard Copy Submission
In the case of hard copy submission three copies of the manuscript, written in English, should be submitted to one of the Editors-in-Chief. The manuscripts should be typed, double-spaced, with at least a 4 cm margin of uniform size, and accompanied by a list of 6-8 keywords and a summary of about 200 words on a separate page. Words to be printed in 'italics' should be underlined. The length of articles should be restricted to 10 printed pages; i.e., approximately 18 manuscript pages. Included also should be a set of the electronic files of the manuscript on floppy-disk, Zip-disk or CD-ROM. For preparation of electronic files, see the instructions herein below.
Electronic manuscripts. The preferred storage medium is a 3.5 inch disk in MS-DOS format, although other systems are welcome, e.g., Macintosh (in this case, save your file in the usual manner, do not use the option save in MS-DOS format). If you use NEC, please submit your article on a double-density 3.5 disk (not on a high-density 3.5 disk). Your disk and exactly matching printed version (as a printout) should be submitted together to the accepting Editor.
It is important that the file on disk and the printout are identical. Please specify the type of computer and word processing package used (do not convert your text file to plain ASCII). Ensure that the letter 'l' and digit '1' (also letter 'O' and digit '0') have been used properly, and format your article (tabs, indents, etc.) consistently. Characters not available on your word processor (Greek letters, mathematical symbols, etc.) should not be left open, but indicated by a unique code (e.g. gralpha, @, #, etc., for the Greek letter  ). Such codes should be used consistently throughout the entire text. Please make a list of such codes and provide a key. Do not allow your word processor to introduce word splits and do not use a 'justified' lay-out. Please adhere strictly to the general instructions on style/arrangement and, in particular, the reference style of the journal. Tables will be handled conventionally. Illustrations should be submitted as original drawings or glossy prints. Further information may be obtained from the Publisher.
ORGANIZATION OF THE ARTICLE
As a rule, Full Length Reports and Review Articles should be divided into sections headed by a caption (Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References, Tables, Figures and Legends). Acknowledgements for personal and technical assistance should follow the Discussion section. Financial support should be indicated in the Acknowledgements. The preferred medium of final submission to the accepting Editor is on disk with the accompanying reviewed and revised manuscript.
Title page. The title page should contain the following items: (i) complete title (preferably no chemical formulas or arbitrary abbreviations); (ii) full names of all authors; (iii) complete affiliations of all authors; (iv) the number of text pages of the whole manuscript (including figures and tables) and the number of figures and tables; (v) the name and complete address of the corresponding author (as well as telephone number, facsimile number and E-mail address.
Abstract. This should provide a concise description of the purpose of the report or review article and should not exceed 200 words. The abstract should include a maximum of 8 keywords, which reflect the entries the author(s) would like to see in an index.
Authors' full names, academic or professional affiliations, and complete addresses should be included on a separate title page. The name and address plus telephone and fax numbers as well as e-mail address of the author to whom proofs and correspondence are to be sent should be given.
Literature references.
References in the text should start with the name of the author(s), followed by the publication date in brackets, e.g. Jones (1970) has shown the importance of. . ., or . . . has been described (Jones, 1970; Brown and Jones, 1971; Chin et al., 1972). . .; using date order. All references cited in the text should be listed at the end of the paper on a separate page (also double-spaced) arranged in alphabetical order of first author. All items in the list of references should be cited in the text and, conversely, all references cited in the text must be presented in the list. Literature references must be complete, including initials of the authors cited, title of paper referred to, abbreviated title, year, volume, and first and last page numbers of the article, in a periodical. The abbreviations of journal titles should conform to those adopted by List of Serial Title Word Abbreviations, CIEPS/ISDS, Paris, 1985, ISBN 2-904-938-02-8. (See example 2.) The form of literature references of books should be: author, initials, title of book, publisher and city, year, and page number referred to. (See example 1.) References to authors contributing to multi-author books or to proceedings printed in book-form should be similar to those for books. (See example 3.)
Examples:-
Bures J, Buresov¨¢ O, Huston JP. Techniques and Basic Experiments for the Study of Brain and Behavior, second ed. Elsevier: Amsterdam, 1983: 326.
Langston JW, Irwin I, Langston EB, Forno LS. The importance of the `4-5' double bond for neurotoxicity in primates of the pyridine derivative MPTP. Neurosci. Lett., 1984; 50: 289-94.
Sofroniew MV. Morphology of vasopressin and oxytocin neurones and their central and vascular projections. In Cross BZ, Leng G, editors. The Neurohypophysis: Structure, Function and Control, Progress in Brain Research. Elsevier: Amsterdam, 1983; 50: 101-14.
ILLUSTRATIONS
All illustrations must be submitted in triplicate and reach the editors in a form and condition suitable for reproduction. Authors should consult the Elsevier Science website for guidelines for preparing (electronic) artwork: http://authors.elsevier.com/artwork The illustrations should bear the author's name and be numbered in Arabic numerals according to the sequence of their appearance in the text, where they are to be referred to as Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc. Line drawings should be in Black ink on drawing or tracing paper or glossy sharp photographs of the same. Lettering should be clear and of adequate size to be legible after reduction. Professional labelling is preferable but, if this is not possible lettering should be in fine pencil. Photographs, including roentgenograms, electroencephalograms, and electron micrographs should be supplied as original clear black-and-white prints on glossy paper, rather than copies which reproduce detail badly, usually larger than the final size of reproduction, but not more than 20 by 25 cm. Micrographs should have a scale bar rather than a magnification factor in the legend.
Color reproduction. Reproduction in color will have to be approved by the Editor. The extra costs of color reproduction will be charged to the author(s).
Each illustration must have a legend. These should be typed with double-spacing on a separate page and begin with the number of the illustration they refer to.
If illustrations or other small parts of articles or books already published elsewhere are used in papers submitted to The Journal of Neuroscience Methods, the written permission of author and publisher concerned must be included in the manuscript. The original source must be indicated in the legend of the illustration in these cases.
Tables. Tables of numerical data should each be typed (also with double-spacing) on a separate page, numbered sequence in Roman numerals (Tables I, II, etc.), provided with a heading, and referred to in the text as Table I, Table II, etc.
PROOFS
Authors should keep a copy of their manuscripts, as proofs will be sent to them without manuscript. Proofs will usually be drawn on lower-quality paper. Only printer's errors may be corrected; no change in, or additions to, the edited manuscript will be allowed at this stage. The corrected proofs must be returned within 48 hours after receipt. If the Publisher receives no reply, the assumption will be made that there are no errors to correct and the article can be published after in-house correction.
REPRINTS
A total of 25 reprints of each paper will be provided free of charge to the author(s). Additional copies can be ordered at prices shown on the reprint order form which will be sent to the author upon receipt of the accepted manuscript at Elsevier
AUTHOR ENQUIRIES
For enquires relating to the submission of articles (including electronic submission), the status of accepted articles through our Online Article Status Information System (OASIS), author Frequently Asked Questions and any other enquires relating to Elsevier Science, please consult http://www.elsevier.com/locate/authors
For specific enquires on the preparation of electronic artwork, consult http://www.elsevier.com/locate/authorartwork
Contact details for questions arising after acceptance of an article, especially those relating to proofs, are provided when an article is accepted for publication.
Editorial Board
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- Co-Editor-in-Chief Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia:
- Vincenzo Crunelli, School of Biosciences, Preclinical Building, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, P.O. Box 911, Cardiff CF1 3US, UK. Tel: +44 29 2087 4764 , Fax: +44 29 2087 4765 , Email: jneuromet@cardiff.ac.uk
- Editorial Assistant:
- Laura Gaffuri
- Co-Editor-in-Chief Americas and Australasia:
- Greg A. Gerhardt, University of Kentucky, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, 306 Davis Mills Building, Lexington, KY 40536-0098, USA. Tel: +1 859 257 7406, Fax: +1 859 257 5310, Email: naejnm@pop.uky.edu
- Editorial Assistant:
- David Dubovich
- Founding Editor:
- J.S. Kelly, Edinburgh, UK
- Editorial Board:
- A. Aertsen, Freiburg, Germany
J. Bockaert, Montpellier, France
J. Bottenstein, Galveston, TX, USA
N.G. Bowery, Birmingham, UK,
D.A. Brown, London, UK
J. Bures, Prague, Czech Republic
R.J. Carey, Syracuse, NY, USA
D.A. Carter, Cardiff, UK
R.A. Deisz, Berlin, Germany
J. Duncan, London, UK
A.A. Feltz, Strasbourg, France
F.H. Gage, La Jolla, CA, USA
J.P. Gallagher, Galveston, TX, USA
H.M. Geller, Bethesda, MD, USA
G.L. Gerstein, Philadelphia, PA, USA
A.H. Gjedde, Aarhus, Denmark
K. Hauser, Lexington, KY, USA
B.J. Hoffer, Baltimore, MD, USA
R.W. Horton, London, UK
J.P. Huston, Dusseldorf, Germany
J.G.R. Jefferys, Birmingham, UK
J.B. Justice Jr., Atlanta, GA, USA
J.H. Kordower, Chicago, IL, USA
M.G. Lacey, Birmingham, UK
N. Leresche, Paris, France
R.C. Malenka, Palo Alto, CA, USA
C.A. Marsden, Nottingham, UK
J. McCulloch, Glasgow, UK
P. Meyrand, Talence, France
R.R. Mize, New Orleans, LA, USA
T.P. Obrenovitch, Bradford, UK
R.W. Olsen, Los Angeles, CA, USA
M. Otsuka, Tokyo, Japan
F. Porreca, Tuscon, AZ, USA
S.J. Redman, Canberra City, Australia
M.E.A. Reith, Peoria, IL, USA
K.G. Reymann, Magdeburg, Germany
M. Segal, Rehovot, Israel
R. Sloviter, Tucson, AZ, USA
T. Takahashi, Tokyo, Japan
R.D. Traub, Brooklyn, NY, USA
B.C. Wheeler, Urbana, IL, USA
J.T. Williams, Portland, OR, USA
F. Wouterlood, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
N.R. Zahniser, Denver, CO, USA
K. Zilles, D¨¹sseldorf, Germany
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