Brain stimulation

期刊简介：Brain Stimulation publishes on the entire field of brain stimulation, including noninvasive and invasive techniques and technologies that alter brain function through the use of electrical, magnetic, radiowave, or focally targeted pharmacologic stimulation.Brain Stimulation aims to be the premier journal for publication of original research in the field of neuromodulation. The journal includes: a) Original articles; b) Short Communications; c) Invited and original reviews; d) Technology and methodological perspectives (reviews of new devices, description of new methods, etc.); and e) Letters to the Editor. Special issues of the journal will be considered based on scientific merit.The scope of Brain Stimulation extends across the entire field of brain stimulation, including noninvasive and invasive techniques and technologies that alter brain function through the use of electrical, magnetic, radiowave, or focally targeted pharmacologic stimulation. This includes investigations that study the effects of brain stimulation on basic processes, such as gene expression and other aspects of molecular biology, neurochemical regulation, functional brain activity, sensorimotor function, and cognitive and affective processes at the systems level.The journal seeks the highest level of research on the biophysics and biopsychophysics of stimulation paradigms as well as the use of these techniques as a probe to outline patterns of neural connectivity. As an equal partner with this basic emphasis, the journal will have strong representation of research on the therapeutic potential and adverse effects of the stimulation technologies. The inclusion of research in therapeutics will represent not only clinical trials, but also conceptual pieces, discussions of ethics as they pertain to this field, services research, etc.

【译文】脑刺激期刊涵盖了整个脑刺激领域，包括通过使用电、磁、无线电波或局部靶向的药理刺激来改变大脑功能的非侵入性和侵入性技术和方法。该期刊旨在成为神经调节领域原创研究发表的首选期刊。期刊内容包括：a) 原创文章；b) 简报；c) 邀请和原创评论；d) 技术和方法论视角（新设备的评论、新方法的描述等）；以及e) 编辑信件。期刊将考虑基于科学价值的特刊。脑刺激期刊的范围涵盖了整个脑刺激领域，包括通过使用电、磁、无线电波或局部靶向的药理刺激来改变大脑功能的非侵入性和侵入性技术和方法。这包括研究脑刺激对基本过程的影响，如基因表达和其他分子生物学方面、神经化学调节、功能脑活动、感觉运动功能以及系统水平的认知和情感过程。期刊寻求对刺激范式生物物理和生物心理物理的最高水平研究，以及将这些技术作为探针来描绘神经连接模式。作为这一基本重点的平等伙伴，期刊将强烈代表对刺激技术治疗潜力和不良影响的研究。治疗研究包括临床试验，以及概念文章、与该领域相关的伦理讨论、服务研究等。