Genetic Advances in Neurobiology of Health and Disease
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Neurobiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 694
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mechanisms of associative and nonassciative learning and memory; Drosophila and mouse models of intelectual disability; neurological and psychiatric conditions
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Interests: tao protein; Drosophila model; proteomic
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Modern genetic approaches benefit from advances in -omics technologies, which enable comprehensive profiling of neuronal physiology, as well as evaluation the overall impact of mutations underlying neurological disorders, acute insults to neurons, and the consequences of pharmacological treatments. Moreover, genome-wide association studies provide important insights into the genetics of complex psychiatric conditions, such as schizophrenia, autism, and neurodegenerative diseases. Although this wealth of new information is rapidly advancing hypotheses regarding the impact of mutations and potentially disease-linked polymorphisms on the transcriptome, post-transcriptome, proteome, and signaling networks of neurons, methods and experimental systems are needed to cross-validate and expand these findings.
This Special Issue, “Genetic Advances in Neurobiology of Health and Disease”, aims to host contributions featuring novel -omics technological developments, informatics, and artificial intelligence predictions, as well as innovative model systems and approaches for their in vivo validation. We particularly welcome contributions that enhance our understanding of hallmark physiological functions of the nervous system and how these are altered in neurological diseases, with the ultimate goal of paving the way toward rational therapeutic interventions.
Prof. Dr. Efthimios M. C. Skoulakis
Dr. Katerina Papanikolopoulou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- genomics
- proteins
- proteomics
- signaling
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