Frontiers In Molecular Neuroscience

Journal Title：Frontiers In Molecular Neuroscience

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience is a first-tier electronic journal devoted to identifying key molecules, as well as their functions and interactions, that underlie the structure, design and function of the brain across all levels. The scope of our journal encompasses synaptic and cellular proteins, coding and non-coding RNA, and molecular mechanisms regulating cellular and dendritic RNA translation. In recent years, a plethora of new cellular and synaptic players have been identified from reduced systems, such as neuronal cultures, but the relevance of these molecules in terms of cellular and synaptic function and plasticity in the living brain and its circuits has not been validated. The effects of spine growth and density observed using gene products identified from in vitro work are frequently not reproduced in vivo. Our journal is particularly interested in studies on genetically engineered model organisms (C. elegans, Drosophila, mouse), in which alterations in key molecules underlying cellular and synaptic function and plasticity produce defined anatomical, physiological and behavioral changes. In the mouse, genetic alterations limited to particular neural circuits (olfactory bulb, motor cortex, cortical layers, hippocampal subfields, cerebellum), preferably regulated in time and on demand, are of special interest, as they sidestep potential compensatory developmental effects.

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 是一本一流的电子期刊，致力于识别构成大脑各个层面结构、设计和功能的关键分子及其功能和相互作用。我们期刊的范围涵盖突触和细胞蛋白、编码和非编码 RNA，以及调节细胞和树突 RNA 翻译的分子机制。近年来，从简化系统（如神经元培养）中识别出了大量新的细胞和突触参与者，但这些分子在活体大脑及其回路中的细胞和突触功能和可塑性方面的相关性尚未得到验证。使用从体外工作中识别出的基因产物观察到的脊柱生长和密度的影响通常无法在体内重现。我们的期刊特别关注基因工程模型生物（秀丽隐杆线虫、果蝇、小鼠）的研究，其中细胞和突触功能和可塑性的关键分子的改变会产生明确的解剖、生理和行为变化。在小鼠中，局限于特定神经回路（嗅球、运动皮层、皮质层、海马亚区、小脑）的基因改变尤其令人感兴趣，因为它们最好是按时和按需进行调节，从而避免潜在的补偿性发育效应。

Frontiers In Molecular Neuroscience创刊于2008年，由Frontiers Media S.A.出版商出版，收稿方向涵盖NEUROSCIENCES全领域，此刊是中等级别的SCI期刊，所以过审相对来讲不是特别难，但是该刊专业认可度不错，仍然是一本值得选择的SCI期刊 。平均审稿速度 14 Weeks ，影响因子指数3.5，该期刊近期没有被列入国际期刊预警名单，广大学者值得一试。