Molecular Mechanisms of Traumatic Brain Injury
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 22 February 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editor
Interests: neural protection; neural degeneration and regeneration; glia response; neural circuitry modulation; traumatic brain injury
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Dear Colleagues,
TBI is a major cause of death and disability worldwide, affecting more than 10 million people annually. Due to its complexity, to date, TBI remains untreatable. Tremendous efforts, therefore, have been spent on developing effective therapies. However, the lack of knowledge on fully understanding the molecular mechanisms behind the pathological changes has seriously hindered this process. Thus, molecular mechanism studies are urgently needed. This Special Issue aims to demonstrate new progress on understanding the pathology and symptom-related mechanisms at the cellular and molecular level, as well as the corresponding treatments post TBI. It includes, but is not limited to, using genetic methods to study the molecular mechanisms underlying cell death, axonal damage, and synaptic degeneration; the knockout or overexpression of specific genes for functional recovery; delivering genetically modified cells or cell products for neural circuit repair; and compensating lost cells or regenerating lost brain tissue via genetic pathways.
Dr. Xiang Gao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- traumatic brain injury
- cell death
- neural degeneration/regeneration
- genetic modification
- neuroprotection
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