Editor-in-Chief
Dirk M. Hermann, MD
Professor of Vascular Neurology, Dementia and Ageing Research, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
Email:
Dirk.Hermann@uk-essen.de
Associate Editors
Marco Bacigaluppi, MD, PhD
Interests: Ischemia, thrombosis, cerebral clots, aging, neutrophils, stroke
Neurologist at the Stroke Unit of San Raffaele Hospital, Researcher at the Neuroimmunology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Johannes Boltze, MD, PhD
Interests: Cerebrovascular diseases, stroke and vascular dementia, cell-based therapies, neuroprotection, cerebroprotection, neurorepair, translational research
Professor of Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Andrew Chan, MD
Interests: Molecular markers, risk of disease progression in MS, therapeutic monitoring and risk stratification under immunotherapy, glial Immunobiology
Head of Division Neuro, Head and Deputy director of the Department of Neurology, Head of Ambulantes Neurozentrum, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland; Professor of Neurology especially Neuroimmunology, Extraordinarius, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Richard Dodel, MD
Interests: Neurodegenerative disorders, dementia, innate immune system
Professor of Geriatric Medicine, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
Thorsten R. Doeppner, MD
Interests: Clinical and translational stroke research, mechanisms of poststroke tissue regeneration, stem cells and extracellular vesicles
Professor of Neurology and Vice director, Department of Neurology, University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany
Andreas Faissner, MD
Interests: Neural stem cells and their niche, extracellular matrix, neuron-glia interactions, synaptic plasticity, regeneration of the CNS
Professor of Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Cell Morphology & molecular Neurobiology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
Alexander Gerhard, MD
Interests: PET imaging, neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation
Consultant Neurologist, Geriatriezentrum Haus Berge, Essen, Germany; Senior Lecturer in Neurology, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Bernd Giebel, PhD
Interests: Mesenchymal stem/stromal cell-derived EVs (MSC-EVs)
President of the German Society of Extracellular Vesicles (GSEV); Co-chairing the exosome working group of the International Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ISCT); Group Leader of Department of Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
Ertugrul Kilic, PhD
Interests: Stroke, spinal cord injury, cell signaling, brain plasticity
Head of Department of Physiology, Regenerative and Restorative Medical Research Center, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
Suyue Pan, MD, PhD
Interests: Neurocritical care, stroke, encephalitis, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, cerebral edema, ion channel, neuroinflammation, neuroimmune, glymphatic pathway, neuroimaging
Professor, Chief Physician and Director, Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Stefano Pluchino, MD, PhD
Interests: Advanced therapeutics, stem cells, exosomes and extracellular vesicles, neurogenesis and CNS regeneration, brain-immune interactions, ageing and cellular senescence, multiple sclerosis
Professor of Regenerative Neuroimmunology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Ryszard Pluta, M.D, Ph.D
Interests: Brain ischemia, brain ischemia versus Alzheimer’s disease, etiology of Alzheimer’s disease, neurodegeneration, neuroinflmmation, amyloid, presenilins, tau protein, apolipoproteins, autophagy, apoptosi
Professor in Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
Aurel Popa-Wagner, PhD
Interests: Aged animals models of cerebral ischemia, behavioral analysis, recording of EEG and various physiological parameters by telemetric measurements, MRI for small animals, immunohistochemical procedures
Chair of Aging and Dementia, NeuroLab, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany; Professor of Pathobiochemistry and Experimental Neurology, Director of the Center for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, Craiova, Romania
Ameneh Rezayof, PhD
Interests: Neurobiology of memory formation, reward-related learning in drug addiction, signaling pathways in emotional behaviours
Professor of the Department of Animal Biology, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Yamei Tang, MD, PhD
Interests: Cellular and molecular neuroscience, neuro-Immune Interactions, glial biology, brain microcirculation, cancer therapy-related cognitive impairment, neurodegenerative disease, stroke, aging
Professor, Chief Physician and Director, Department of Neurology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University; Director, Brian research center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Giustino Varrassi, MD, PhD
Interests: Pain Medicine, with particular interest on inflammatory pain and societal impact of pain
President of the Fondazione Paolo Procacci, Roma, Italy
Editorial Board Members
Claudio Bassetti, MD
Interests: Sleep, sleep disorders and stroke, narcolepsy
Full Professor and Chair, Neurology Department, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Switzerland; Dean, Medical Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland
Gabrio Bassotti, MD, PhD
Interests: Constipation, gastrointestinal motility, enteric glial cells, entero-neurogliopathies
Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, Perugia University School of Medicine, Perugia, Italy
Hugues Chabriat, MD, PhD
Interests: Clinical aspects of vascular neurology, cerebral small vessel diseases, vascular cognitive impairment, imaging of cerebrovascular diseases, hereditary vascular diseases, therapeutic trials
Professor of Neurology at University of Paris Cité, Head of the Translational Neurovascular Centre and of the National referral center for rare vascular diseases of the brain and retina in France, Member of Unit 1141 at INSERM, France
Michael Chopp, PhD
Interests: Neurovascular restorative and protective therapies for cerebrovascular disease/injury and neurodegenerative diseases,cellular and extracellular vesicle based therapies and biomarkers
Vice Chairman for Research Department of Neurology and Zolton J Kovacs, Chair in Neuroscience Research at Henry Ford Hospital, Distinguished Professor of Physics at Oakland University, Rochester, USA
Turgay Dalkara, MD, PhD
Interests: Stroke animal models, cellular and molecular mechanisms of ischemic cell death, microcirculation, neurovascular coupling, pericytes, blood-brain barrier, targeted brain drug delivery, nanomedicines, neuroinflammation, migraine pathophysiology
Professor of Neurology, Director of Neuroscience PhD program, Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Adam Denes, PhD
Interests: Brain immune-interactions, inflammation in the CNS, microglia, modulation of neuronal and vascular responses by immune cells, stroke, neurodegeneration, neurotropic viruses
Head of Laboratory of Neuroimmunology, Head of Cell Biology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
Exuperio Díez-Tejedor, MD, PhD
Interests: Cerebrovascular diseases, immunomediated neurological diseases, migraine, traslational research, brain plasticity and repair
Professor of Neurology, Director of Neurology and Cerebrovascular Diseases Group, Coordinator of Neurosciences Area and Director of Neurological Science School, IdiPAZ (Health Research Institute), La Paz University Hospital-Autonoma University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Ayman ElAli, PhD
Interests: Cerebrovascular diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, neuroinflammation
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Molecular and Cellular Neurovascular Interactions, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval; Neuroscience Axis, Research Center of CHU de Québec, Quebec, Canada
Tamas Fulop, MD, Ph.D
Interests: Geriatrics, immunosnesescence, inflammaging, dementia, infections, Alzheimer's disease
Full professor, Department of Medicine, Geriatric Division and Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS); Director of the Biopharmaceutic Unit of the Research Center on Aging; Geriatrician, University Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS); Senior researcher, Research Center on Aging, Gerosciences Axis, Sherbrooke, Canada
Janine Gronewold, PhD
Interests: Pathomechanisms and risk factors for stroke and dementia, post-stroke cognitive impairment, geriatric risk screening, daytime sleepiness in geriatric patients
Post-doctoral research fellow at the Chair of Vascular Neurology, Dementia and Ageing Research / NeuroScienceLab, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
Matthias Gunzer, PhD
Interests: Immunological mechanisms of sterile inflammation, infection, immune cell motility/migration, neutrophil granulocytes, advanced imaging
Professor of Immunology, Director of the Institute for Experimental Immunology and Imaging, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; Head of the Department Biospectroscopy, Leibniz Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften ISAS e.V., Dortmund, Germany
Thomas Heinbockel, Ph.D
Interests: Translational medicine; drug discovery; neural signaling and synaptic transmission in the central nervous system; functional organization of the olfactory and limbic system; cellular and network mechanisms of brain function and dysfunction
Full Professor with tenure, Department of Anatomy, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
Kaibin Huang, MD, PhD
Interests: Neurocritical care, post-cardiac arrest brain injury, stroke, cerebral edema, neuroinflammation, neuroimmune, glymphatic pathway, neuroimaging
Associate Professor of the Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Marcello Iriti, PhD
Interests: Phytotherapeutics; Neuroprotection; Natural Products; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Disease Prevention; Nutraceuticals.
Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology at the Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Milan State University; Member of the World Academy of Sciences and Asian Council of Science Editors; Founding Member of the Italian Society of Environmental Medicine; Member of the Working Group ‘Pharmacognosy, Phytotherapy and Nutraceuticals’ of the Italian Pharmacological Society, Milan, Italy
Kurt Jellinger, MD, PhD
Interests: Neurodegeneration, Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease, dementia, multiple system atrophy
Professor of Neurology & Neuropathology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Director of the Institute of Clinical Neurobiology, Vienna, Austria
Hans-Otto Karnath, MD, PhD
Interests: Cognitive neuroscience, cognitive neurology, neuropsychology
Professor of Neurology & Neuropsychology, Center for Neurology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
Dorothee Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenite, MD, Ph.D, MPH
Interests: Epilepsy with related photosensitivity, pharmacology and cognition in adults and children.
Senior Researcher of University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands (Brain Center) & Sapienza University, Rome, Italy (Faculty of Medicine & Psychology)
Hsien Yuan Lane, MD, PhD
Interests: Neuropsychopharmacology, cognitive neuroscience, precision medicine
Distinguished Professor, Director, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taiwan, China
Giuseppe Lanza, MD, PhD
Interests: Translational neurosciences, clinical neurophysiology, non-invasive brain stimulation, neuroplasticity, neuromodulation
Associate Professor of Applied Medical Sciences Techniques, Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; Chief, Clinical Neurophysiology Research Unit, Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy
Arthur Liesz, MD
Interests: Stroke, animal models and clinical trials, cellular and molecular mechanisms of the neuroinflammatory response to stroke, systemic inflammation after brain injury, development of immunotherapeutics
Professor of Neurology, Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, LMU University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany
Tim Magnus, MD
Interests: Stroke and immunology, extracellular vesicles, cerebral vasculitis
Schilling Professor for Vascular Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Jessica Mandrioli, MD
Interests: Amyoptrophic lateral sclerosis, motor neuron disease, epidemiology, clinical trials, biomarkers
Associate Professor of Neurology, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy
Thomas Muller, MD, PhD
Interests: Parkinson's disease
Professor of the Department of Neurology, St. Joseph Hospital Berlin-Weissensee, Berlin, Germany
Luca Peruzzotti-Jametti, MD, PhD
Interests: Multiple sclerosis, stroke, cell metabolism, immunology
Senior Research Associate and Honorary Neurology Consultant, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, UK
Mohamed Seghier, PhD
Interests: Cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging, functional MRI, lesion-symptom mapping, brain connectivity, brain laterality
Professor of Neuroimaging, Healthcare Engineering Innovation Center, Biomedical Engineering Department, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Aruna Sharma, MD, PhD
Interests: Nanowired delivery of drugs, brain and spinal cord pathology, blood-CNS barriers dysfunctions in neurological diseases, sleep deprivation induced neurodegerataive diseases and neuroprotection
International Experimental Central Nervous System Injury & Repair (IECNSIR), Department of Surgical Sciences, Anesthesiology & Intensive Care Medicine, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Xinhua Shu, Ph.D
Interests: Retinal degeneration, oxidative stress, inflammation, disease mechanisms, therapy
Reader in Biomedical Science/Vision Science, Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Vision Science, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK
Jussi Sipilä, MD, PhD
Interests: Clinical neurology, neuroepidemiology, non-pediatric general neurology
Head of Neurology, North Karelia Central Hospital, Joensuu, Finland; Part-time professor of neurology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Mark Slevin, PhD
Interests: Stroke, neurodegenerative disease, cell and tissue regeneration, stem cell biology and vascular development during healing
Professor of Cell Pathology, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; Scientific Director of CCAMF, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, The George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Romania
Georgios Tsivgoulis, MD, PhD
Interests: Stroke, cerebrovascular, neuroimaging, meta-analysis
Professor & Chairman of Second Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Attikon” University Hospital, Athens, Greece
Peng Xie, MD
Interests: Cerebral hemorrhage, prediction of cerebral hemorrhage, post-stroke depression, depression
Professor of Neurology, Director of NHC Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment on Brain Functional Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
Bayram Yilmaz, MD, PhD
Interests: Neurotransmitters, neuro-endocrine regulation, energy homeostasis, opto/chemogenetic modulation, experimental electrophysiology, neural circuits, in vivo and in vitro calcium imaging, behavioral neuroscience, neuro-endocrine disruptors
Head of Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Yeditepe University; Director of Graduate School of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
Maha Saad Zaki, MD, Ph.D
Interests: Neurogenetics, brain Malformations, clinical genetics, human genetics
Professor of Clinical Genetics, Armed Force College of Medicine; Professor Emeritus of Clinical Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Institute, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
Jinwei Zhang, Ph.D
Interests: WNK-SPAK kianse signalling, N(K)CCs and KCCs, Cellular Chloride Volume Regulation, Epilepsy, Hypertension
Professor in Medicine, Director of Research Center of Chemical Kinomics, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China;
Professor in Biomedical Science, Xiamen University Medical School, China;
Principal Investigator in Medicine at the University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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