Frontiers in Neural Circuits

期刊简介：Frontiers in Neural Circuits publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research on the emergent properties of neural circuits - the elementary modules of the brain. Specialty Chief Editors Takao K. Hensch and Edward Ruthazer at Harvard University and McGill University respectively, are supported by an outstanding Editorial Board of international experts. This multidisciplinary open-access journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics and the public worldwide.Frontiers in Neural Circuits launched in 2011 with great success and remains a "central watering hole" for research in neural circuits, serving the community worldwide to share data, ideas and inspiration. Articles revealing the anatomy, physiology, development or function of any neural circuitry in any species (from sponges to humans) are welcome. Our common thread seeks the computational strategies used by different circuits to link their structure with function (perceptual, motor, or internal), the general rules by which they operate, and how their particular designs lead to the emergence of complex properties and behaviors. Submissions focused on synaptic, cellular and connectivity principles in neural microcircuits using multidisciplinary approaches, especially newer molecular, developmental and genetic tools, are encouraged. Studies with an evolutionary perspective to better understand how circuit design and capabilities evolved to produce progressively more complex properties and behaviors are especially welcome. The journal is further interested in research revealing how plasticity shapes the structural and functional architecture of neural circuits.

【译文】《神经回路前沿》发表对神经回路（大脑的基本模块）的涌现特性的严格同行评审研究。哈佛大学和麦吉尔大学的特刊主编Takao K. Hensch和Edward Ruthazer分别得到国际专家组成的杰出编辑委员会的支持。这本多学科开放获取期刊处于传播和沟通科学知识和重大发现的前沿，向全球的研究人员、学者和公众传播。2011年，《神经回路前沿》成功启动，并继续成为神经回路研究的“中心聚集地”，为全球社区提供数据、思想和灵感的分享。欢迎发表揭示任何物种（从海绵到人类）任何神经回路解剖、生理、发育或功能的文章。我们的共同线索是寻找不同回路使用的计算策略，将它们的结构与功能（感知、运动或内部）联系起来，它们运作的一般规则，以及它们的特定设计如何导致复杂属性和行为的出现。鼓励使用多学科方法，特别是新的分子、发育和遗传工具，专注于神经微回路中的突触、细胞和连接原理的研究。特别欢迎具有进化视角的研究，以更好地理解回路设计和能力如何进化，产生越来越复杂的属性和行为。该期刊还感兴趣于揭示可塑性如何塑造神经回路的结构和功能架构的研究。