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    Journal of Neurochemistry

Published for the International Society for Neurochemistry
<http://www.neurochem.org/>

*Edited by:*
Sean Murphy and Anthony J. Turner

*Print ISSN:* 0022-3042
*Online ISSN:* 1471-4159
*Frequency:* Twice Monthly
*Current Volume:* 100 / 2007
*ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking:* 2006: 63/261 (Biochemical &
Molecular Biology); 38/199 (Neurosciences)
*Impact Factor:* 4.260


  Top <#top>Author Guidelines

*Did you know... /Journal of Neurochemistry/ has no page charges?
*

 

Instructions to Authors

Online submission and a summary of instructions for submission of
manuscripts online are available at:

http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jneurochem

 

I. GENERAL 

1. Submission online ensures rapid review and allows online manuscript
tracking. Full instructions and support are available online and also
from the Journal of Neurochemistry submission site.

If in doubt, contact the appropriate Editorial Office: for the Americas
please contact the Editorial Coordinator
<mailto:mconnell@u.washington.edu>in Seattle; for the rest of the world,
please contact the Editorial Coordinator <mailto:bmbnnn@bmb.leeds.ac.uk>
in Leeds.

2. The Journal is a leading source for research into all aspects of
neurobiology and is devoted to the prompt publication of original
findings of the highest scientific priority and value. While
manuscripts that are wholly pharmacological, histochemical, or
immunological, and methods papers or the cloning of confirmatory
sequences are not normally considered, these authors are encouraged to
dicuss a potential submission with one of the Chief Editors by e-mail.

Papers that require extensive revision or further experimentation will
be rejected. When revision is invited, resubmission must be performed
within one (minor) or 2 months (major).  

3. Two types of papers are considered: (a) Original Articles (full
papers) should be written in the style described in section III. The
more concise and well written a paper, the more rapidly it will be
processed. (b) Reviews and Mini-Reviews are usually invited but
unsolicited reviews can be considered and will be subjected to rigorous
editorial assessment. It is recommended to send first a synopsis to the
Editor for Reviews and Mini Reviews <mailto:david.small@med.monash.edu.au>.

4. Submission of a paper to J Neurochem will be held to imply that it
represents original research not previously published (except as an
abstract or preliminary report), that it is not being considered for
publication elsewhere, and that, if accepted, it will not be published
elsewhere in similar form, in any language, without the consent of the
International Society for Neurochemistry. Each person listed as an
author is expected to have participated in the study to a significant
extent, and to have agreed to the content of the manuscript. Although
the editors and referees make every effort to ensure the validity of
published papers, the final responsibility rests with the authors, not
with the Journal, its editors, or publisher.

5. All authors are expected to abide by accepted ethical standards. In
investigations that involve human subjects or laboratory animals,
authors should provide an explicit statement in Materials and
Methods/Experimental Procedures that the experimental protocols were
approved by the appropriate institutional review committee and meet the
guidelines of their responsible governmental agency. The steps taken to
avoid unjustified procedures and discomfort should be stated. In the
case of human subjects informed consent is essential.

6. Publication of descriptions of new recombinant nucleic acid or
monoclonal antibody preparations will be on the understanding that the
authors are willing to supply samples of such materials in response to
reasonable scientific requests.

7. J Neurochem peer-reviewed articles are normally published online
within 5 working days of receipt at the Production Office after
acceptance, prior to their being copy-edited and proofed.

8. J Neurochem is covered by Blackwell Publishing's OnlineEarly service.
OnlineEarly articles are complete full-text articles published online in
advance of their publication in a printed issue. Articles are therefore
available as soon as they are ready, rather than having to wait for the
next scheduled print issue. OnlineEarly articles are complete and final.
They have been fully reviewed, revised and edited for publication, and
the authors' final corrections have been incorporated. Because they are
in final form, no changes can be made after online publication. The
nature of OnlineEarly articles means that they do not yet have volume,
issue or page numbers, so OnlineEarly articles cannot be cited in the
traditional way. They are therefore given a Digital Object Identifier
(DOI), which allows the article to be cited and tracked before it is
allocated to an issue. After print publication, the DOI remains valid
and can continue to be used to cite and access the article. More
information about DOIs can be found at: http://www.doi.org/faq.html

If authors wish to receive an e-mail alert when their article is
published online, they can register by following the link below:

http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/email_alert.pdf

 

II. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Original Articles, Reviews and Mini-Reviews can be submitted
online.  For reviewing purposes, the journal prefers to receive a single
PDF file containing both the text and the figures.

Manuscript submission online can be in Word document (.doc), Rich Text
Format (.rtf), Portable Document Format (.pdf) or PostScript (.ps),
provided that the figures are embedded in the text (or at the end of it)
and are clearly numbered. Each of these file formats will be converted
automatically to a single low-resolution PDF for reviewing purposes. It
is important that you submit your manuscript either as a PDF file
containing figures or as individual files of the text and figures which
will be automatically converted to a PDF file for review. PLease do not
upload both PDF file and separate manuscript files. It is imperative
that the author reviews the converted PDF file as it will be seen by the
referees. If you have any questions or wish to make changes to your
submitted manuscript please contact the corresponding editorial coordinator.

Figures can be embedded in the native word processor file at the end of
the text after the Legends to Figures or may be uploaded separately in
one of the following formats: TIFF, EPS. Figures uploaded separately in
these file formats will be automatically converted to small jpegs for
reviewing. High resolution figures will be requested on acceptance if
not supplied already. Detailed information on our digital illustration
standards is available on the Blackwell Publishing website here
<http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/authors/digill.asp>. 

1. Papers from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australasia should be submitted
to Tony Turner; and those from the Americas, to Sean Murphy. The
location of the laboratory where the work was performed determines which
Chief Editor handles the manuscript.

2. Reviews and Mini-Reviews should be submitted online to Tony Turner
who will reassign it to the Deputy Chief Editor for Reviews and
Mini-Reviews. 

3. Authors are strongly encouraged to indicate an appropriate handling
editor and must suggest the names of at least three potential reviewers
when a manuscript is submitted.  

4. Contributions for Matters Arising are on the ISN Portal. The article
that stimulated comment should have appeared in the Journal; submission
should be within six months of publication of the article in question.
Interested or affected parties will be offered the right to reply.
Submission and reply should be succinct. Do not submit Matters Arising
online. Contributions and any further queries regarding this should be
sent to Dr D. Shine by e-mail.


III. MANUSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS  

1. Lay-out of Original Articles  

(a) Normally, manuscripts that are judged to be longer than ten printed
pages will not be considered, and will be returned to the authors for
shortening without review. Ten printed pages is approximately equivalent
to 33 double-spaced typewritten pages (10 000 words), which must be
reduced proportionately to allow for the Figures and Tables. Most graphs
occupy about one-fourth of a page, whereas halftone plates may occupy
one-half to a full page. Concise well-written papers are generally
processed more quickly than long ones.  

(b) Manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout and with margins at
least 2.5 cm wide.  

(c) Each manuscript must have a title page that includes only the title,
authors names, laboratory of origin, name, address, telephone and fax
numbers, and must include the email address of the person to whom proofs
and reprint requests should be addressed, and any necessary footnotes,
including one defining abbreviations used in the text (see 7c). Indicate
specific affiliations of each author. Information concerning sources of
financial support should be placed in an Acknowledgment section, between
Discussion and References.  

(d) The page following the title page should include a brief abstract
(see 4a), up to six keywords, and a running title not exceeding 45
characters in length.  

(e) Manuscripts should not be numbered in series, but subtitles are
acceptable.  

(f) Pages should be numbered in succession, the title page being page 1. 

(g) Each table should be on a separate page at the end of the
manuscript, followed by a page of figure legends.  

(h) Footnotes to the text should be used sparingly, should be indicated
by superscript numbers, and typed with corresponding numbers on a
separate sheet. In Tables, reference to footnotes should be made with
superscript lowercase letters.  

(i) Drug names should be the official or approved names; trade names or
common names may be given in brackets where the drug is first mentioned.

(j) The IUB Enzyme Commission (EC) number must be quoted with the full
name of the enzyme when it is first mentioned in the text. Subsequently
the accepted trivial name shall be used, e.g. full name: Acetyl-CoA,
choline O-acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.6), trivial name: choline
acetyltransferase not choline acetylase. For this information the author
should refer to /Enzyme Nomenclature/ (1992), Academic Press, San Diego
and London. (Units of enzyme activity should be defined in terms of the
rate of the reaction catalyzed under specified conditions.) The official
Système Internationale (SI) unit is the katal, i.e. mol of substrate
transformed (or product formed)/s. However, it may be expressed in other
terms, provided clear definitions are given, e.g. µmol/s or µmol/min.  

(k) Solutions. Although SI recommends concentrations to be expressed as
mol/L rather than M and that % (wt/vol) and % (vol/vol) should be given
as g/L and mL/L, respectively, the use of M, % (wt/vol), and % (vol/vol)
will be allowed. N is not permitted. Fractional concentrations should be
expressed in decimal form.  

(l) Centrifugation conditions should be expressed in terms of */g/* and
time; not in revolutions per minute.  

 

2. Form for Reviews and Mini-Reviews  

Reviews should not occupy more than 14 printed pages of the journal and
should be authoritative and topical accounts of the subject
area; Mini-Reviews should not occupy more than four printed pages of the
journal. They should take the form of a viewpoint, commentary or opinion
on a topic of considerable contemporary interest and should have broad
appeal. Mini-Reviews on emerging areas are also welcome.  

 

3. Style  

(a) Manuscripts should be concisely written in a readily understandable
style. Technical neologisms, laboratory slang or words not defined in
dictionaries should not be used.  

(b) Redundant words, phrases and sentences should not be used. The
captions of Tables and Figures, with or without paraphrasing, should not
be repeated in the text. The Editors reserve the right to revise the
wording of manuscripts accepted for publication in the Journal.  

Authors should familiarize themselves with the double-column format and
style of recently published papers.  

 

4. Organization  

(a) Each paper must begin with a brief Abstract. It should not exceed
200 words. Only the abbreviations allowed without definition (see 7b)
may be used in the abstract.  

(b) An introductory statement should give the reasons for undertaking
the investigation and a summary of the experimental plan. Exhaustive
reviews of the literature should be avoided.  

(c) Experimental procedures or Materials and methods. Special chemicals
etc. with their sources should be grouped under a separate subheading
Materials. Procedures should be given in sufficient detail to permit the
repetition of the work by others. Published procedures should be
summarized, but not described in detail unless they have been
substantially modified. If the procedures used are described in detail
in articles that are in press, copies of such unpublished articles must
accompany the submitted manuscript.  

(d) Results. The findings should be described without discussion of
their significance. Experimental conclusions should normally be based on
an adequate number of observations with statistical analysis of variance
and the significance of differences. (See 5f.) 

(e) Discussion. The significance of the findings should be assessed in
relation to the status of the field.  

 

5. Presentation of Data in Tables or Figures  

(a) Tables and Figures should be constructed so that they, together with
their captions and legends, will be intelligible with minimal reference
to the text. Use the table function of a word processor rather than tabs
and spaces. 

Supplementary material such as video clips can be made available in the
online Journal, and can be submitted online with RTF manuscripts
(complete instructions can be found in the author center of the
journal's Manuscript Central
<http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jneurochem> site and here
<http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/suppmat.asp>).  

(b) Only in exceptional cases may the same data be published in a Table
and a Figure.

(c) Each column of a Table should carry an appropriate heading. 

(d) The units of measurement must be indicated clearly in the column
headings of a Table or the coordinates of a Figure. If the unit of
measurement is the same for all the data in a Table, it may be given in
the caption or in a line to be printed immediately below the Table. 

(e) Each Figure must be accompanied by an explanatory legend. The
legends should be listed on a separate page(s) at the end of the
manuscript before the figures. Explain all symbols used in the
figuresheet for each legend. Explain all symbols used in the Figure.
Follow the instructions for submitting figures with RTF manuscripts.
Please insert tags to indicate where each figure is to be placed in the
manuscript.

(f) Data should be presented as clearly defined mean values with some
measure of their dispersion (e.g. standard deviation or standard error,
and range) and an indication, with appropriate symbols, of the
statistical significance of differences from control values (e.g. */p/ <
0.05).

(g) The Publisher guarantees to reproduce electron micrographs to
the satisfaction of the author. Figures should normally be about twice
the final size; in no case should the dimensions exceed 20 x 30 cm. All
lettering should be large enough to be legible when reduced to
single-column size. 

(h) Data may be presented in bar graphs where appropriate. However,
three-dimensional presentation is acceptable only for data with three
variants. 

(i) Figures must be planned so as to avoid wasted white space. It is not
necessary for the scale on a coordinate to start at 0.  

(j) Authors are requested to use scale bars on micrographs.

(k) When a manuscript has been accepted, you will be requested to upload
high-resolution figures to Manuscript Central. At this stage, the
corresponding author should submit documentation or explanation of any
image enhancement used. The editors reserve the right to request
submission of original unprocessed data from authors should questions
arise about the appropriateness of any image enhancement.

 

6. References

(a) In the text, cite references by names of authors and year of
publication.  At the end of the paper, references should be listed in
alphabetical order, except for papers by three or more authors, which
should be grouped in chronological order after any other papers by the
first author. Names of all co-authors must be given followed by the year
of publication, full title of the paper, name of the Journal (see below)
and first and last page numbers. Where papers are written by ten or more
or more authors, please list the first three authors then et al.  

Examples 

Journal article:
Fassbender K., Simons M., Bergmann C. et al (2001) Simvastin strongly
reduces levels of Alzheimers disease ß-amyloid peptides Aß42 and Aß40 in
vitro and in vivo. /Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA/ *98,* 5856-5861.

Chapter in book:
Feenstra M. G. P. (2000) Dopamine and noradrenaline release in the
prefrontal cortex in relation to unconditioned and conditioned stress
and reward, in /Progress in Brain Research/, (Uylings H. B. M., Van Eden
C. G., De Bruin J. P. C., Feenstra M. G. P. and Pennartz C. M. A., eds),
Vol. 126, pp. 133-163. Elsevier Science B. V., Amsterdam.

Book:
Paxinos G. and Watson C. (1982) /The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic
Coordinates/. Academic Press, San Diego. 

Book in series:
Di Chiara G. and Gessa G. L., eds (1981) /Advances in Biochemical
Psychopharmacology/, Vol. 27: Glutamate as a Neurotransmitter. Raven
Press, New York.  

Journal titles should be abbreviated in accordance with the List of
Journals Indexed in Index Medicus (Superintendent of Documents, US
Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, USA, DHEW Publication
No. 95-267).  

Acta Neurol. Scand.
Acta Physiol. Scand.
Anal. Biochem.
Arch. Biochem. Biophys.
Biochem. J.
Biochem. Pharmacol.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta
Biol. Chem. Hoppe Seyler
Br. J. Pharmacol.
Eur. J. Pharmacol.
Experientia
J. Biol. Chem.
J. Cell Biol.
J. Mol. Biol.
J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther.
J. Physiol. (Lond.)
Mol. Pharmacol.
Nature
Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA
Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med.
Science

(b) Unpublished experiments, papers in preparation, etc., may be
mentioned only in the text; they must not be included in the list of
References.

(c) A paper that has been accepted for publication may be cited in the
References with the abbreviated name of the Journal followed by the
words, in press. The date of acceptance of each such paper should be
indicated when the manuscript is submitted. If reference is made to
papers in press (or submitted), such items must be uploaded online and
labelled as 'supporting document, for information'.

(d) Personal communications may be used only when written authorization
from the communicator is submitted with the original manuscript; they
may be mentioned only in the text, giving name of communicator.

 

7. Abbreviations and Symbols

(a) The use of abbreviations should be restricted to the Système
Internationale (SI) units, see /Biochem. J./ (1978) *169,* 1-27, and a
minimum of other generally accepted terms [see (b)]. Excessive use of
abbreviations in the text is discouraged.

(b) The following abbreviations may be used without definition.

ADP, CDP, GDP, IDP, UDP, 5(pyro)-diphosphates of adenosine, cytidine,
guanosine, inosine, and uridine AMP, etc.-5-phosphates of adenosine, etc.
ANOVA, analysis of variance
ATP, etc.-5`(pyro)-triphosphates of adenosine, etc.
ATPase, adenosine triphosphatase
bp, base pair
Ci, curie
CoA and acyl-CoA-coenzyme A and its acyl derivatives (e.g., acetyl-CoA)
cpm, counts per minute
CNS, central nervous system
CSF, cerebrospinal fluid
Cyclic AMP, 3,5-cyclic adenosine monophosphate
Cyclic GMP-3,5-cyclic guanosine monophosphate
DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid
DNase, deoxyribonuclease
DOPA, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine
dpm, dps-disintegrations per minute, disintegrations per second
EDTA, ethylene-diaminetetraacetate
EEG, electroencephalogram
EGTA, ethyleneglycol bis(aminoethylether)tetraacetate
ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
FAD, FADH2, flavin-adenine dinucleotide and its reduced form
FMN, flavin mononucleotide
g, average gravity
GABA, gamma-aminobutyric acid (not Gaba)
GLC, gas-liquid chromatography
GSSG, GSH, glutathione, oxidized and reduced forms
h, hour
HEPES, N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N-2-ethanesulfonic acid
HPLC, high performance liquid chromatography
Ig, immunoglobulin
IR, infrared
kb, kilobase
kDa, kilodalton
µm, micron
min, minute
MPP+, 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium
MPTP, 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine
NAD+, NADH-oxidized and reduced forms of nicotin-amide-adenine
dinucleotide
NADP+, NADPH-oxidized and reduced forms of nicotin-amide-adenine
dinucleotide phosphate
NAD, NADP may be used when the oxidation state need not be indicated
NMDA, N-methyl-D-aspartate
NMN, nicotinamide mononucleotide
NMR, nuclear magnetic resonance
PCR, polymerase chain reaction
Pi, orthophosphate (inorganic)
PNS, peripheral nervous system
PPi, pyrophosphate (inorganic)
rpm, revolutions per minute
RNA, ribonucleic acid
RNase, ribonuclease
RT, reverse transcription
s, second
SEM, standard error of mean
SD, standard deviation
TLC, thin-layer chromatography
Tris, 2-amino-2-hydroxymethylpropane-1,3-diol
UV, ultraviolet

(c) Other abbreviations may be used sparingly and defined in a footnote
on the title page, as well as at their first mention in text.
Recommended forms of abbreviation to be used with definition are as
follows.

ACh, acetylcholine
AChE, acetylcholinesterase
AMPA, alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate
ChAT, choline acetyltransferase
COMT, catechol-O-methyltransferase
DA, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethylamine or dopamine
5-HT, 5-hydroxytryptamine or serotonin
MAO, monoamine oxidase
NA, noradrenaline, norepinephrine
NeuNAc, N-acetylneuraminic acid (not NANA) 

(d) Abbreviations should not be used in titles and running titles.

 

8. Nomenclature

As far as possible, authors should follow the recommendations of the
IUPAC-IUB Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature. For references
to these rules see /Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents/ 2nd
edit. (1992), available from Portland Press Ltd., 59 Portland Place,
London W1N 3AJ, UK or Portland Press Inc., PO Box 2191, Chapel Hill, NC
27515-2191, USA.

 

9. Protein Sequences

Protein sequences, which have been determined by direct sequencing of
the protein, must be submitted to SWISS-PROT at the EMBL Outstation -
The European Bioinformatics Institute. Please note that we do not
provide accession numbers, IN ADVANCE, for protein sequences that are
the result of translation of nucleic acid sequences. These translations
will automatically be forwarded to us from the EMBL nucleotide database
and are assigned SWISS-PROT accession numbers on incorporation into TrEMBL.

Results from characterization experiments should also be submitted to
SWISS-PROT at the EBI. This can include such information as function,
subcellular location, subunit etc.

Contact information:
SWISS-PROT Submissions, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome
Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)1223 494400;
Fax: +44 (0)1223 494472.
Email: datasubs@ebi.ac.uk <mailto:datasubs@ebi.ac.uk> (for sequence
admissions)
          update@ebi.ac.uk <mailto:update@ebi.ac.uk> (for
characterization information)
Website: www.ebi.ac.uk <http://www.ebi.ac.uk>

 

10. Revision

Review of revised papers by editors and referees will be facilitated if
a summary of the changes is supplied in a letter with specific reference
to the comments of editors and referees. The revised manuscript should
clearly show changes. When submitting a REVISED manuscript, a form is
provided online with boxes for comments to the Editor and for referees.
These comments MUST be submitted BEFORE the revised manuscript is
uploaded (instructions are provided on the online submission site
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jneurochem).

When the paper is accepted, we shall need your artwork in electronic
form. This can be done when the revision is submitted. In this case,
please upload  separately the text of the manuscript and the figures.
Please save vector graphics (e.g. line artwork) in Encapsulated
Postscript Format (EPS), and bitmap files (e.g. halftones) in Tagged
Image File Format (TIFF). Ideally vector graphics that have been saved
in metafile (.WMF) or pict (.PCT) format should be embedded within the
body of the text file. Click here
<http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/illustration.asp> for
detailed information on our digital illustration standards.

 

11. Proofs

All information about the proofs will be sent to the author submitting
the paper and corrected proofs must be returned promptly. This will
allow correction of typesetters and similar errors. Major changes will
not be entertained and authors may be charged for excessive amendments
at this stage. Authors will be sent an e-mail alerting them that proofs
are available to download from our secure designated author website. 
Authors who fail to download the proofs will be sent their proofs via
e-mail as an Acrobat PDF (portable document format) file. Therefore, the
corresponding author should supply their e-mail address when they submit
their manuscript. The e-mail server must be able to accept attachments
up to 4 MB in size. Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read
this file. This software can be downloaded (free of charge) from the
following Web site:

http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/main.html

To assure prompt publication, proofs should be returned not more than 3
working days after receipt.  Corrections should be restricted to
typesetters errors and completion of in press references.

Substantial alterations to proofs may delay publication and also be
charged to authors.

 

12. Offprints

Authors will be provided with electronic offprints of their paper. Paper
offprints may be ordered at prices quoted on the order form, which
accompanies proofs, provided that the form is returned with the proofs.
The cost is more if the order form arrives too late for the main print
run. Offprints are normally dispatched within three weeks of publication
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