Editorial Board
62 Editors in 17 Countries/Region
Editor-in-Chief
Weidong Le 
wdle@sibs.ac.cn Vice Dean of Medical School, Professor & Director of Neurology Department & Institute, Sichuan Academy of Medical Science-Sichuan Provincial Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Research Interests: Neurodegenerative Diseases; ALS; Parkinson’s Disease; Alzheimer
Honorary Editors-in-Chief
Ted M. Dawson
Professor & Academician, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Research Interests: Neuronal Survival and Cell Death; Molecular and Cellular Signals Controlling Neurodegeneration
David Rubinsztein
Professor & Academician, UK Dementia Research Institute, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Research Interests: Autophagy; Proteostasis; Huntington’s Disease; Tau; Parkinson’s Disease
Advisory Editors
Shumin Duan
Professor & Academician, Department of Neurobiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Research Interests: Synapses; Neuron-glia Interactions
Kwok-Fai So
Professor & Academician, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Research Interests: Neuroscience; Chinese Medicine; Exercise
Erik Ch. Wolters
Professor & Chair, Neuroplast BV, Urmonderbaan, Geleen, Netherlands.
Research Interests: Neurodegenerative Disorders; Parkinson's Disease; Regenerative Medicine; Stem Cells
Moussa B.H. Youdim
Professor & Academician, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Research Interests: Catecholamine Metabolism; Monoamine Oxidases; Brain Iron Metabolism; Parkinson’s Disease; Alzheimer’s Disease; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Xu Zhang
Professor & Academician, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Research Interests: Neural Diseases; Chronic Pain; X-linked Intellectual Disability
Associate Editors
Mark Hallett
Professor & Chief, Human Motor Control Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Research Interests: Human Motor Control Physiology; Pathophysiology of Movement Disorders
Xiaojiang Li
Professor, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Research Interests: Mutant Proteins; Neurons and Glia; Gene Transcription; Neurodegeneration; Pathogenesis
Heinz Reichmann
Professor & Academician, Department of Neurology, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Research Interests: Energy Metabolism; Neuroprotection; Premotor Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease; Etiopathogenesis and Treatment in Parkinson’s Disease
Weihong Song
Professor & Academician, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Research Interests: Alzheimer's Disease; Molecular Genetics; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Cell Signaling; Cognition; Genetics of Neurological and Psychiatric Diseases; Neuropharmacology; Transgenic Model
Kristine Yaffe
Professor & Academician, Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Research Interests: Cognitive Aging; Dementia
Youth Associate Editor
Peng Lei
Professor & Director, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Research Interests: Alzheimer Disease; Parkinson Disease; Tau; Iron; Metals
Editorial Board Members
Shilpa Buch
Professor & Director, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Research Interests: Drugs of Abuse; NeuroAIDS; Immunology
Huaibin Cai
Professor & Head, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Research Interests: Neuroscience; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Parkinson's Disease; Dopaminergic Neurons
Raymond Chuen-Chung Chang
Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, LKS Faculty of Medicine, and State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Research Interests: Neurodegeneration; Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease; Molecular Mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease; Parkinson’s Disease Dementia; Lewy Body Dementias; Neuroimmune Responses; Vision Loss in Alzheimer’s Disease; Molecular Signaling of Neurodegeneration
Sheng Chen
Deputy Director, Professor, Department of Neurology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Research Interests: Neuro-immunology; Neuro-degenerative Diseases
Shengdi Chen
Professor & Director, Institute of Neurology, Rui Jin Hospital & Rui Jin Hospital North, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Research Interests: Alzheimer's Disease; Clinical Therapy; Epidemiology; Experimental Therapy; Mitochondria; Neurodegeneration; Oxidative Stress; Parkinson's Disease; Signal Transduction
Veralice Meireles Sales de Bruin
Associate Professor & Director, Sleep and Biological Rhythms Laboratory, UFC, Brazil.
Research Interests: Parkinson's Disease; Cystic Fibrosis; Bipolar Disorder; Anxiety and Depression; Diabetes; Metabolic Syndrome; Lack of Exercise and Exercise; Certain Sleep Disorders
Hao Deng
Professor & Director, Center for Experimental Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Research Interests: Human Genetics; Neurogenetics; Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics
Dongsheng Fan
Professor & Chair, Department of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Research Interests: Early Diagnosis; Autonomic Neuropathy; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Nerve Regeneration
David Finkelstein
Professor, Head Parkinsons Disease Lab., The Florey Institute, Victoria, Australia.
Research Interests: Age Related Neurodegeneration and Regeneration; Parkinson’s Disease; Multiple System Atrophy; Developing New Therapeutics; Animal Models; Biomaterials
Fenbiao Gao
Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Research Interests: Pathogenic Mechanisms; Frontotemporal Dementia; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Jifeng Guo
Director, Professor, Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Research Interests: Parkinson's Disease; Neurodegenerative Disease; Neurogenetic Disease; Clinical Phenotype; Genotype; Pathogenesis
Jau-Shyong Hong
Professor, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC, USA.
Research Interests: Microglia; Neuroinflammation; Neurodegenertion
Lifang Hu
Professor, Institute of Neuroscience, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Research Interests: Parkinson’s Disease; Neuroinflammation; Oxidative Stress; Autophagy
Spiros Konitsiotis
Professor & Chairman, Dept of Neurology, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Epirus, Greece.
Research Interests: Parkinson's Disease; ALS; Cognitive Dysfunction
Giuseppe Lanza
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology I.C., Oasi Research Institute - IRCCS, Troina, Italy.
Research Interests: Neurodegeneration; Translational Neurosciences; Neurovascular Diseases; Sleep Disorders; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; Neurosonology; Neuroplasticity
Hao Li
Professor & Director, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Research Interests: Cellular/Molecular Mechanism of Aging; Genetic Determinants of Complex Human Traits; Structure, Function and Evolution of Gene Regulatory Network
Jiayi Li
Professor, Institute of Health Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Research Interests: Neuroscience; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Protein Aggregation; Stem Cells; Axonal Transport
Cong Liu
Professor, The Interdisciplinary Research Center of Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Research Interests: Parkinson's Disease; ALS; Small Molecule Inhibitors and Tracers; α-synuclein; TDP-43
Qiang Liu
Professor, Department of Neurology, Institute of Neuroimmunology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Research Interests: Stroke; Multiple Sclerosis
Wei Luo
Professor, Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Research Interests: Neurodegenerative Diseases; Parkinson’s Disease; Essential Tremor; Primary Familial Brain Calcification; Repeat Expansion Diseases; Clinical Genetics
Michael Maes
Professor, Sichuan Provincial Center for Mental Health University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Research Interests: Major Depression; Cytokines; Tryptophan; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Redox Signaling
Zixu Mao
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Research Interests: Transduce Stress Signals; DNA Damage; Autophagy; ER Unfolded Protein Response; Mitochondrial Dynamics
Francesco Marotta
ReGenera R&D International for Aging Intervention, Milano, Italy.
Research Interests: Gut Microbiota; Endocrinology; Metabolic Syndrome; Aging; Neuroscience; Functional Food; Exocrine Pancreas
Kalipada Pahan
Professor, Department of Neurology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Research Interests: Multiple Sclerosis; Parkinson's Disease; Dementia; Alzheimer's Disease; Traumatic Brain Injury; Cancer; Lysosomal Storage Disorders
Hanming Shen
Professor & Chair, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China.
Research Interests: Alzheimer's Disease; Clinical Therapy; Epidemiology; Experimental Therapy; Mitochondria; Neurodegeneration; Oxidative Stress; Parkinson's Disease; Signal Transduction
Jun Tan
Professor, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
Research Interests: Alzheimer's disease; Molecular Biological Mechanism; Brain Aging; Schizophrenia; Autism
Yi Tang
Professor & Deputy Director, Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Research Interests: Biomarker; Alzheimer’s Disease; Nonpharmacological Interventions; Dementia
Mourad Tayebi
Associate Professor, Western Sydney University, School of Medicine, Campbelltown, Australia.
Research Interests: Neuroscience; Neuroimmunology; Prion; Alzheimer's Disease; Parkinson's Disease
Jeremy Van Raamsdonk
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University Health Centre, Quebec, Canada.
Research Interests: Aging; Neurodegeneration; Parkinson's Disease; Huntington's Disease; Mitochondria; Animal Models; C. Elegans; Stress Resistance; Oxidative Stress; Reactive Oxygen Species
Guanghui Wang
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Soochow University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Research Interests: Neurodegenerative Diseases; Parkinson's Disease; Mitochondrial Damage
Qing Wang
Professor & Director, Department of Neurology in Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Research Interests: The Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative Diseases PD/MSA/PSP/Dementia; Regenerative Mechanism of Neurodegenerative Disease Dementia; Cerebrovascular Disease; The Pathogenesis of Dementia
Yanjiang Wang
Professor & Chair, Department of Neurology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Research Interests: Alzheimer's Disease; Vascular Cognitive Impairment; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Treatment; Biomarkers
Zhexing Wen
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Research Interests: Molecular Mechanisms; Neurological Disorders; Psychiatric Disorders
Sara Xapelli
Assistant Professor, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Research Interests: Adult Neurogenesis; Cannabinoids; Neurotrophic Factors
Pingyi Xu
Professor & Director, Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Research Interests: Amino Acid Transport System; Cycle Transport Dopaminergic Nerve Cell; Parkinson's Disease; Microglia
Guoyuan Yang
Professor, Med-X Research Institute and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Research Interests: Pathogenesis and Translational Studies of Cerebrovascular Diseases
Qian Yang
Professor & Director, Department of Chinese Material Medical and Natural Medicines, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Research Interests: Neurodegenerative Diseases; Parkinson's Disease; Alzheimer's Disease; Pathogenesis
Fengwei Yu
Associate Professor, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Research Interests: Neuronal Regeneration; Neuronal Pruning; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Animal Models
Jintai Yu
Professor & Deputy Director, Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Research Interests: Alzheimer's Disease; Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment; Translational Medicine
Yufeng Zang
Professor, The Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Research Interests: The Methodology of Resting-State fMRI and Its Application to Cognition and Brain Disorders
Minming Zhang
Professor & Director, Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Research Interests: Imaging Study; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Parkinson’s Disease; Alzheimer's Disease; Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Zhentao Zhang
Professor & Director, Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Research Interests: Clinical and Basic Research of Neurodegenerative Diseases; Alzheimer’s Disease; Parkinson’s Disease
Youth Editorial Board Members
Yongchang Chen
Professor, Doctoral Advisor, Principal Investigator in Non-human Primate Models of CNS Disease; Dean & Professor of Faculty of Life Science and Technology, KUST, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Research Interests: Diseases of the Nervous System; Primate Models; Gene Repair and Cell Therapy; Molecular Mechanisms of Neurological Diseases
Hongjun Fu
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Research Interests: Alzheimer's Disease; Frontotemporal Dementia; Proteostasis; Neuronal Vulnerability; Cell-Cell Communications
Gokul Krishna
Department of Child Health, The University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Research Interests: Traumatic Brain Injury; Neurotoxicology; Parkinson's Disease; Gut Microbiota; Nutrition; Behavior
Sofie Hindkjær Lautrup
Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, University of Oslo and Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway.
Research Interests: Neuronal Regeneration; Neuronal Pruning; Neurodegenerative Diseases
Louise Parr-Brownlie
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Bethesda, New Zealand.
Research Interests: Parkinson’s Disease; Healthy Ageing; Indigenous (Māori) Health
Former Associate Editor
Huaxi Xu
Professor, Institute of Neuroscience, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
Research Interests: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms; Neurodegenerative Diseases
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