The Interplay Between the Brain, Behavior and Immunity
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Behavioral Neuroscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2027 | Viewed by 903
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Neurological and psychiatric conditions/disorders span autoimmune disorders of the nervous system, epilepsy, movement and neurodegenerative disorders, cerebrovascular diseases, brain tumors, affective and psychotic disorders, substance use, and personality disorders. These are accompanied by various symptoms; among them, behavior changes are common. In recent years, new milestones have been set in the understanding of underlying pathomechanisms. There is a growing body of evidence that immunological factors contributing to neuroinflammation are involved in the pathophysiology of many neurological and psychiatric disorders. Following this, an increasing number of drugs are becoming available for therapeutic approaches, but further intensive research is still being carried out to explore new, safe, and more effective treatment options.
The aim and scope of this Special Issue encompass the interplay between neurological/psychiatric disorders, behavior, treatment options, and immunity/neuroinflammation. We welcome a wide range of papers, from preclinical (in vitro/in vivo) model studies to clinical studies.
Dr. Fatme Seval Ismail
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- behavior
- therapy
- drugs
- immunity
- neuroinflammation
- neurological/psychiatric disorders
- clinical studies
- in vivo/in vitro models
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