Mechanisms and Interventions for Neurological and Psychological Disorders
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Neurobiology".
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Dear Colleagues
Neurological conditions affect the brain, the spinal cord, and nerves found throughout the body. There are over 600 neurological conditions that affect humans, some of which include, dementia, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, motor neuron disease, and headache (see keywords for other neurological disorder examples). Abnormalities in the brain, spinal cord or nerves including structural, biochemical or electrical leads to symptoms of a neurological condition. Some symptoms include muscle weakness, loss of coordination and sensation, seizures, paralysis, etc. The causes of neurological disorders vary but can be due to infections, tumors, environmental, lifestyle, genetic, congenital, trauma.
There is also a vast range of psychological disorders some of which include, bipolar, eating disorders, paranoia, psychosis, schizophrenia, social anxiety disorder, phobias, agoraphobia, panic attacks and neuropsychiatric disorders. These disorders can be genetic, biological, chemical imbalance in the brain, traumatic brain injury, history of abuse, stress, viral, chemical, cancer, alcohol, or recreational substance abuse drugs.
This Special Issue aims to collect contributions related to mechanisms of disease including at the molecular, cellular, genetic, biochemical and immunological levels. We also seek articles on interventions used to manage these diorders.
You are invited to submit original experimental research papers, theoretical papers, reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, communications, reports, and notes. We look forward to your valuable contributions.
Dr. Majid Davidson
Prof. Dr. Vasso Apostolopoulos
Prof. Dr. Tissa Wijeratne
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cerebral palsy
- headaches
- stroke
- Bell’s palsy
- neurodegeneration
- dementia
- Parkinson’s disease
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Huntington’s disease
- Guillain–Barre syndrome
- multiple sclerosis
- brain cancer
- myasthenia gravis
- neuromuscular disorders
- muscular dystrophy
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- motor neuron disease
- neurodevelopment disorders
- learning disabilities
- autism
- mental retardation
- attention deficit disorder
- ataxia
- epilepsy, seizures
- gut-brain axis
- traumatic brain injury
- Tourette syndrome
- shingles
- meningitis
- encephalitis
- psychological disorder
- bipolar
- eating disorders
- paranoia
- psychosis
- schizophrenia
- neuropsychiatric disorder
- depression, anxiety
- ageing
- virus infections
- cancer
- molecular
- cellular
- immunological aspects
- genetic
- interventions
- mechanisms
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