Editorial Board

67 Editors in 18 Countries/Regions

China (33)
United States (16)
Australia (2)
Canada (2)
Brazil (1)
Germany (1)
Greece (1)
Hong Kong (1)
Israel (1)
Italy (1)
Netherlands (1)
New Zealand (1)
Norway (1)
Portugal (1)
Singapore (1)
South Korea (1)
Thailand (1)
United Kingdom (1)

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

Contributions:

Inauguration of a unique journal Ageing and Neurodegenerative Diseases: a new beginning seeking cures for age-related neurodegenerative diseases

The Role of the Tubular Endoplasmic Reticulum in Axonal Degeneration Associated with Neurodegenerative Disorders

Special Issue:

Cerebellum and Cognitive Functions

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

Contributions:

A New Perspective on Parkinson's Disease: Exploring the Involvement of Intestine and Vagus Lysates in α-synucleinopathy Propagation

Unraveling the Tau Puzzle: A Review of Mechanistic Targets and Therapeutic Interventions to Prevent Tau Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease

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

Contributions:

Autophagy in Ageing and Ageing-related Neurodegenerative Diseases

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

Contributions:

The Neural Correlates of COVID-19 induced Erectile Dysfunction in Males

Erik Ch. Wolters

Professor & Chair, Neuroplast BV, Urmonderbaan, Geleen, Netherlands.

Research Interests: Neurodegenerative Disorders; Parkinson's Disease; Regenerative Medicine; Stem Cells

Contributions:

Naive BM-derived stem cells (Neuro-Cells) may modify acute and chronic neurodegenerative disorders by modulating macrophage behaviors

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

Contributions:

A novel neuroprotective cholinesterase-monoamine oxidase inhibitor for treatment of dementia and depression in Parkinson’s disease

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

Special Issue:

Ageing and Neurodegenerative Movement Disorders

Xiaojiang Li

Professor, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

Research Interests: Mutant Proteins; Neurons and Glia; Gene Transcription; Neurodegeneration; Pathogenesis

Contributions:

Neuropathological insights from SHANK3 mutant animal models

Animal models for research on neurodegenerative diseases

Special Issue:

Animal Models of Different Species for Investigating Neurodegenerative Diseases

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

Contributions:

Caffeine, chocolate, nicotine, and adenosine antagonism 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

Contributions:

Can alpha-synuclein be both the cause and a consequence of Parkinson's disease?

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

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

Contributions:

Neurological complications of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: an update

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

Ssang-Goo Cho

Department of Stem Cell & Regenerative Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea.

Research Interests: Stem Cell Biotechnology; Extracellular Vesicles (Exosome); Signaling Pathways in Stem, Cancer, and Cancer Stem Cells; Molecular Mechanism of Cellular Reprogramming; Apoptosis and Autophagy; Cancer Stem Cells, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells; Parkinson's Disease

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

Contributions:

Can alpha-synuclein be both the cause and a consequence of Parkinson's disease?

Special Issue:

Advances in Parkinson and Atypical Parkinson's Diseases

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

Contributions:

Interplay among norepinephrine, NOX2, and neuroinflammation: key players in Parkinson’s disease and prime targets for therapies

Norepinephrine and Neuroinflammation: Key Players in Parkinson's Disease and Prime Targets for Therapies

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

Roger M. Leblanc

Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, Florida, USA.

Research Interests: Drug Delivery; Nanoparticles; Oncology; Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases

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

Contributions:

Repurposing multiples sclerosis disease-modifying drugs for Parkinson’s disease

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

Contributions:

Mild cognitive impairment vs. mild cognitive dysfunctions: validation with a nomothetic network approach

Mild cognitive impairment is not a valid concept and should be replaced by a more restrictive, biologically validated class, named Mild Cognitive Dysfunctions (MCD): a nomothetic network approach.

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

Special Issue:

Gut-Brain Axis in Neurodegenerative Disorders

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

Claudio Soto

Huffington Distinguished University Chair, Professor of Neurology, Director Mitchell Center for Alzheimer's disease and related Brain Disorders, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, United States

Research Interests: Neurodegenerative diseases; Alzheimer's and prion-related disorders

Jun Tan

Professor, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China.

Research Interests: Alzheimer's disease; Molecular Biological Mechanism; Brain Aging; Schizophrenia; Autism

Contributions:

Tau-targeting therapy in Alzheimer’s disease: Critical advances and future opportunities

Yi Tang

Professor & Deputy Director, Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

Research Interests: Biomarker; Alzheimer’s Disease; Nonpharmacological Interventions; Dementia

Contributions:

Exploring the Causal Relationship between Dietary Macronutrients and Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Bi-directional Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study

Mourad Tayebi

Associate Professor, Western Sydney University, School of Medicine, Campbelltown, Australia.

Research Interests: Neuroscience; Neuroimmunology; Prion; Alzheimer's Disease; Parkinson's Disease

Contributions:

A Sequential Deposition of Amyloid Beta Oligomers, Plaques and Phosphorylated Tau Occurs Throughout Life in the Canine Retina

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

Special Issue:

Advances in Parkinson and Atypical Parkinson's Diseases

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

Contributions:

The role of domain alterations derived F1Fo-ATPase dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases

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

Contributions:

Olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China

Wenquan Zou

Institute of Neurology, Jiangxi Academy of Clinical Medical Sciences, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.

Research Interests: Exploring the athogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases and developing diagnostic biomarkers for prion disease, AD and PD.

Special Issue:

Biomarkers of Neurodegenerative Diseases

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

Contributions:

Role of MeCP2 in oligodendrocyte lineage cells in Rett syndrome: review and inference

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

Sen Yan

Guangdong Key Laboratory of Non-human Primate Research, Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Gaungdong, China.
Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Gaungdong, China.

Research Interests: Gene Editing; Large Animal Models; Neurological Diseases; Gene Therapy

Contributions:

Genetically Engineered Pig Models of Neurological Diseases

Advantages and Differences among Various Animal Models of Huntington's Disease

The role of N6-methyladenosine modification in neurodegenerative diseases

Special Issue:

Molecular Mechanisms and Novel Therapeutic Strategies in Central Nervous System Diseases

Weili Yang

GHM Institute of CNS Regeneration,Jinan University,Guangzhou, Gaungdong, China

Research Interests: Neurodegeneration diseases; Parkinson Disease; Animal Models

Special Issue:

Research Progress of Animal Models of Neurological Disorders: New Pathogenic Insights and Therapies

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