Editorial Board
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members (35)

Interests: neuroanatomy; neuroscience; neurodegeneration; methamphetamine; autophagy; movement disorders; substances of abuse; morphology; ultrastructure
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Interests: human anatomy; gross anatomy; muscle physiology; muscle contraction; muscle biology; skeletal biology; skeletal muscle fibers; osteology; neuromuscular physiology

2. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
Interests: neuroinflammation; neurodegeneration; bacterial meningitis; antimicrobial peptides; Alzheimer’s disease; multiple sclerosis; glia cells; pattern recognition receptors
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Interests: human anatomy, histology and embryology; pathological anatomy; neuroscience; advanced diagnostics; carcinogenesis, immunomorphology; extracellular vesicles; exosomes; heat shock proteins; molecular chaperons; chaperonins; chaperonopathies; chaperonotherapy
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Interests: nervous system diseases; neuropharmacology; anatomy; biomolecular; musculoskeletal disorders; neuropathic pain
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Interests: signal transduction; phospholipase C; inositol lipids; hematological malignancies; central nervous system and signaling
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Interests: cancer and anticancer peptides; substance P/neurokinin-1 receptor system; neurokinin-1 receptor antagonists
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Interests: prostate; kidney; urology; prostate cancer; bladder cancer; urologic oncology; anatomy; DNA microarray; predictive medicine
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Interests: embryogenesis of cerebral vessels; the nuclei of the human medulla involved in the continuous monitoring and autonomic regulation of respiratory and cardiovascular functions; anatomy and topography of the retroperitoneal fibroadipose tissue of the human pelvis; ileal neobladder mucosa; anatomy of the hepatic vessels and segmentation of the human liver; gross anatomy (nervous, cardiovascular, alimentary, urinary and reproductive systems); clinical anatomy of superficial and deep fascias

Interests: vascular morphogenesis; endothelial barrier function angiogenesis; vasculogenesis; tumor vascularization; vascular stem cells; adult stem cells; cardiovascular regeneration
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Interests: liver structure and ultrastructure; experimental and clinical hepatology and microcirculation; cholangiocytic cells; stem cells
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Interests: biological attachment; functional morphology; biomechanics; biotribology; biomimetics
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Interests: clinical anatomy; oral and maxillofacial surgery; anatomical variations; microsurgical anatomy

Interests: molecular neurobiology; bioactive lipids; endocannabinoids; Alzheimer’s disease, Fragile X mental retardation syndrome and other CNS disorders which are associated with abnormal lipid regulations

Interests: forensic anthropology; archaeology; biomechanics; human evolution; the estimation of ancestry, sex, juvenile age and bone trauma

Interests: immunohistochemistry; central nervous system; neuroanatomy; neuropeptides; neurotransmitters; aging; neurodegenerative diseases; neurotoxicity; neuroprotection
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Interests: developmental neurobiology; neuroanatomy; molecular biology of neurodevelopment; motor neurodegenerative disorders; ALS; brain cancer; glioblastoma multiforme

2. Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Interests: history of anatomy; history of medicine; physiopathology of the gastrointestinal tract; gross anatomy; anatomical education
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Interests: liver fibrosis; liver regeneration; hepatobiliary system; secretin receptors; intrahepatic bile ducts

Interests: plant anatomy; plant-animal interactions; secretory structures; plant cell biology; plant secretions
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Interests: health sciences; neurodegeneration; ischemia; addiction; neuropharmacology; glutamate; cannabinoids

Interests: anatomy; anatomical variations; head and neck pathology; dentistry; clinical and surgical anatomy; neuroanatomy; visceral anatomy; nervous system

Interests: neural mechanisms of learning and memory, emotion and motivation, with particular emphasis on neurotransmission and neuroplasticity in mesocorticolimbic and mesocorticostriatal systems; preclinical models of psychopathologies such as stress, addiction, and depression; translational models of Phenylketonuria to envisage new therapeutic devices
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Interests: male reproduction; testicular cancer; prostate cancer

Interests: developmental anatomy; human embryology; morphogenesis; organogenesis; fetal topography; craniofacial development; pharyngeal arches; clinical embryology

Interests: immunohistochemistry; electronic microscopy; stem niches; molecular biology; structural biology
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Interests: signaling pathways; cancer biology; cancer animal models; carbohydrates; metastasis research; glycobiology

Interests: cardiovascular and gastrointestinal diseases; bone and soft tissue sarcomas; public health
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Interests: functional neuroanatomy; neural mechanisms responsible for motivational behaviors including stress, drugs of abuse, learning and memory; development of new drugs for neurodegenerative disease like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's disease, Ischemia
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Interests: neuranatomy; brainstem; depression; alzheimer disease; transmitter systems; serotonin; neurodegenerative diseases; post-mortem human brain; rat; mouse
