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AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR NEUROCHEMISTRY The Latest in Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology
 
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Monica Carson
  Riverside, U.S.A.

Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Christopher S. Colwell
  Los Angeles, U.S.A.

Reviews Editors
Scott T. Brady
  Chicago, U.S.A.
Wilma J. Friedman
  Newark, U.S.A.

Senior Editors
Susan Y. Bookheimer
  Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Carol A. Colton
  Durham, U.S.A.
Kazuhiro Ikenaka
  Osaka, Japan
Gary Landreth
  Cleveland, U.S.A.
Wendy Macklin
  Denver, U.S.A.
Mary C. McKenna
  Baltimore, U.S.A.
Vladimir Parpura
  Birmingham, U.S.A.
Thomas Seyfried
  Chestnut Hill, U.S.A.

Founding Editor
Anthony T. Campagnoni
  Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Editorial Board

Welcome to ASN NEURO
- Your peer-reviewed Open Access NEURO Journal

Why publish in ASN NEURO? ASN NEURO is a Gold Open Access Journal with an author-friendly peer review process, with fast decision times (approx. 4 weeks) and rapid publication (approx. 3 weeks from acceptance). Knowledge environments categorize papers into collections by subject for ease of discoverability. Our publication fees are very competitive: USD1,200 for ASN members, USD1,950 for non-members.

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"I was very impressed with ASN Neuro. Our paper has already been listed on PubMed - less than a week since resubmission. The whole process has been very straightforward, quick and hassle-free. The ASN Neuro team seems highly professional and I would like to thank you especially for your editorial input. The reviewers were constructive and the manuscript is now something I am very proud of."
Emma Wilson Ph.D (Assistant Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California)
  NEWS

New Editor-in-Chief for ASN NEURO - Monica Carson

We are delighted to announce that Monica Carson has become the new Editor-in-Chief of ASN NEURO. Dr Carson was most recently a Deputy Editor-in-Chief for the journal.
In recognition of the hard work and commitment that Tony Campagnoni has given to the journal during his time as Editor-in-Chief, he has become Founding Editor.

ASN NEURO has received its first 2-year Impact Factor of 3.750 in the 2011 JCR released by Thomson Reuters on 29 June. This places the journal in the top 30% of neuroscience journals.

Special Online Collection: Neuroglia - more than a nervenkitt
Guest Editors: Vlad Parpura and Alexei Verkhratsky
  Latest IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION
The use of poly(N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-methacrylamide) hydrogel to repair a T10 spinal cord hemisection in rat: a behavioural, electrophysiological and anatomical examination
Vincent Pertici, Julien Amendola, Jérôme Laurin, Didier Gigmes, Laura Madaschi, Stephana Carelli, Tanguy Marqueste, Alfredo Gorio and Patrick Decherchi
  Highlighted RESEARCH PAPER
Tumour necrosis factor α enhances CCL2 and ICAM-1 expression in peripheral nerve microvascular endoneurial endothelial cells
Kelly A. Langert, Cynthia L. Von Zee and Evan B. Stubbs

Recruitment and trafficking of autoreactive leucocytes across the blood-nerve barrier is an early pathological insult in Guillain-Barré syndrome. Although the aetiology and pathogenesis of this syndrome remains unclear, pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as TNFα, are reported to be elevated in the early course of the disease, and may initiate nerve injury by activating the blood-nerve barrier. The paper by Langert et al. shows that in peripheral nerve microvascular endoneurial endothelial cells TNFα causes dose- and time-dependent increases in CCL2 and ICAM-1 content, potentially facilitating recrutiment and trafficking of autoreactive leucocytes across the blood-nerve barrier in autoimmune disorders such as Gullain-Barré syndrome.
  Latest REVIEW
mTOR: a link from the extracellular milieu to transcriptional regulation of oligodendrocyte development
Teresa L. Wood, Kathryn K. Bercury, Stacey E. Cifelli, Lauren E. Mursch, Jungsoo Min, Jinxiang Dai and Wendy B. Macklin
  Upcoming Meetings
5th Conference on advances in molecular mechanisms underlying neurological disorders
University of Bath, Bath, UK, 23-26 June 2013
45th European Brain and Behaviour Society meeting
Munich, Germany, 6-9 September 2013