The biological approach to mental disorders continues to yield innovative findings of clinical importance, particularly if methodologies are combined. This journal collects high quality empirical studies from various experimental and clinical approaches in the fields of Biological Psychiatry, Biologi-cal Psychology and Neuropsychology. It features original, clinical and basic research in the fields of neurophysiology and functional imaging, neuropharmacology and neurochemistry, neuroendocrinology and neuroimmunology, genetics and their relationships with normal psychology and psychopathology. In addition, the reader will find studies on animal models of mental disorders and therapeutic interventions, and pharmacoelectroencephalographic studies. Regular reviews report new methodologic approaches, and selected case reports provide hints for future research. Neuropsychobiology is a complete record of strategies and methodologies employed to study the biological basis of mental functions including their interactions with psychological and social factors.

Editor-in-Chief
Werner Strik – University Hospital of Psychiatry, Bern, Switzerland 


Administrative Editor
Daniela Krneta – University Hospital of Psychiatry, Bern, Switzerland


Associate Editors
Toshihiko Kinoshita – Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
Daniel J. Mueller – Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
Petra Netter – University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
Alessandro Serretti – University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy


Editorial Board
Stefan Borgwardt – University Hospital of Psychiatry, Basel, Switzerland
Raffaella Calati – University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Antonio Drago – University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Gisela Erdmann – Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
André Fischer – University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Judith M. Ford – University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Silvana Galderisi – University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy
Martin Hatzinger – Solothurn Hospital of Psychiatry, Solothurn, Switzerland
Koichi Hirata – Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Japan
Marc Jobert – IPEG Society, Berlin, Germany
Masaki Kato – Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
Jochen Kindler – University Hospital of Psychiatry, Bern, Switzerland
Thomas König – University Hospital of Psychiatry, Bern, Switzerland
Michael Maes – Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Laura Mandelli – University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Palmiero Monteleone – University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy
Manuel Morrens – University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Gaku Okugawa – Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
Eva Reininghaus – Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Gé S.F. Ruigt – Schering-Plough, Oss, The Netherlands
Filip Rybakowski – University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Janusz K. Rybakowski – Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Frank Schneider – University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Rainer Schwarting – University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Daniel Souery – European Centre of Medical Psychology, Brussels, Belgium
Axel Steiger – Kaiserslautern, Germany
Sebastian Walther – University Hospital of Psychiatry, Bern, Switzerland
Koichiro Watanabe – Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan
Paul Willner – Swansea University, Swansea, UK
Masafumi Yoshimura – Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan