Developmental Neurobiology publishes original research articles and critical review papers on all aspects of nervous system development and aging, including plasticity and the ontogeny of behavior, and regeneration and repair as well as changes brought about by disease. The general aim of the journal is to be the forum of choice for the broad presentation and discussion of the mechanisms underlying the dynamic nature of the structural and functional properties of the nervous system.
The journal welcomes reports of mechanistic studies that use the whole range of genetic, epigenetic, molecular, cellular, physiological, anatomical or behavioral tools to examine the differentiation and maturation of neural stem or primary cells, in vitro and in vivo, across the varied lifespans of invertebrates, vertebrates and humans, both in normal development and aging, and in disease. Topics of particular current interest, beside basic molecular and cellular mechanisms of neural development and neuroevolution, include neuroinflammation and neuroimmune responses, neurodevelopmental disorders, comparative studies of diseases of the nervous system, and the use of stem cells in nervous system repair, among others.
The journal also publishes Special Issues on topics of significant current interest, including those devoted to specific vertebrate or invertebrate groups that are advantageous for addressing neural dynamics. A complete list of forthcoming and past Special Issues can be found on a dedicated section of the journal homepage. The Editors welcome suggestions of possible topics for future Special Issues, and interested readers should contact the Editorial Office with their proposal for the Editors’ consideration.
The Editors also welcome pre-submission inquiries of the journal’s interest in publishing any original research reports, as well as Review articles covering relevant active research areas. Interested readers should contact the Editorial Office with an article outline or draft abstract for the Editors’ consideration.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Eduardo Macagno (University of California, San Diego, CA, USA)
 
EDITORS
Moses V. Chao (Skirball Institute, NYU Medical Center, NY, USA)
James Fawcett (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK)
Darcy B. Kelley (Columbia University, New York, NY, USA)
Paola Bovolenta, Europe Editor (Centro de Biologia Molecular, Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain)
Mu-Ming Poo, Asia Editor (Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China)
 
EDITORIAL BOARD
Aileen Anderson (University of California Irvine, CA, USA)
Carlos Aizenman (Brown University, Providence, RI, USA)
Peter W. Baas (Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Perry F. Bartlett (Queensland Brain Institute, Brisbane, Australia)
Benedikt Berninger (Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Mainz, Germany)
Laura Borodinsky (University of California, Davis, CA, USA)
Alain Chedotal (Vision Institute, UPMC University, Paris, France)
Hollis Cline (Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA)
Gianluca Gallo (Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Wen-Biao Gan (New York University School of Medicine, NY, USA)
Joel C. Glover (University of Oslo, Norway)
Sarah Guthrie (King's College London, UK)
Volker Hartenstein (University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Christine Holt (University of Cambridge, UK)
Nancy Ip (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China)
Kozo Kaibuchi (Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)
Paul Letourneau (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA)
Zhen-Ge Luo (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China)
Elisa Marti (Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain)
Cory Miller (University of California, San Diego, CA, USA)
Kenneth J. Muller (University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA)
Keith Murai (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
Fujio Murakami (Osaka University, Japan)
Alberto Pereda (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA)
Phillip Popovich (Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA)
Andreas Prokop (University of Manchester, UK)
Hitoshi Sakano (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Jerry Silver (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA)
Esther Stoeckli (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Ron Stoop (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Michele Studer (iBV, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, INSERM U636, Nice, France)
Y. Henry Sun (Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan)
Joost Verhaagen (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Zhi-Qi Xiong (Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China)
Xian Yu (Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China)
Yimin Zou (University of California, San Diego, CA, USA)