New Trends in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Neurology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 26720
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pediatric neurology; pediatric rehabilitation; pediatric sleep disorders; pediatric polysomnography; pediatric headaches; pediatric epilepsy; pediatric EEG; autism spectrum disorders; intellectual disability; neurogenetic disorders; pediatric movement disorders; neurodevelopmental disorders
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Interests: neurodevelopmental disorders; encephalopathies; epilepsies; neuromuscular diseases; sleep disorders; rare genetic syndromes; neuropsychological disorders
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the Medicina editorial team, we are delighted to announce the launch of a new Special Issue on the subject of “New Trends in Neurodevelopmental Disorders”, guest-edited by Prof. Dr. Marco Carotenuto from the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy and by Prof. Dr. Michele Roccella from the University of Palermo.
Neurodevelopmental disorders have seen an exponential increase in their prevalence and incidence in recent decades, posing new diagnostic and therapeutic problems.
Neurodevelopmental disorders certainly begin in childhood, but given their high impact on all areas of daily life, they cannot be considered as pervasive disorders. The approach to these disorders involves all clinical areas and not only pediatric ones, above all thanks to the increased survival.
These complex disorders require clinicians to have innovative and cutting-edge approaches, both for therapy and diagnostics.
This Special Issue will gather experiences of clinicians from different areas and countries to acquire new perspectives in the vision and therapy of these disorders.
We are pleased to invite you to submit articles reporting on the topic. Reviews or original articles focusing on the biochemical and molecular aspects underlying the pathobiology of neurodevelopmental disorders, as well as articles providing an up-to-date overview of the use of circulating/tissue and/or neurochemical biomarkers in early diagnosis and management, are particularly welcome. We would also like to invite you to submit review articles dealing with epidemiological aspects, prevention strategies targeting newly discovered risk factors, and recent advances in therapeutics with special attention to the individualized approaches, efficacy, and safety profile of currently available therapies, real-world studies included. In particular, studies or reviews concerning therapeutic approaches little addressed by the literature, such as neuropsychomotor therapy or occupational therapy, are also welcome.
Approaches from basic research to these disorders will also be prioritized, given their intrinsic innovative character, as well as proposals for new therapeutic indications, both pharmacological and rehabilitative.
This Special Issue is open for submissions until 30 April 2021. All submitted articles will undergo a rigorous peer-review process, and on acceptance for publication, are ensured rapid publication online and high visibility.
Prof. Marco Carotenuto
Prof. Michele Roccella
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Autism
- Pediatric epilepsy
- Pediatric headaches
- Pediatric sleep disorders
- Pediatric rehab
- Genetic disorders
- Behavioral disorders
- ADHD
- Eating disorders
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