Handling Editors

Adam-Vizi, Vera
Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
Email: AV@puskin.sote.hu  
Keywords: Oxidative stress, free radicals, calcium homeostasis, energy metabolism, transmitter release, synaptosomes.

Bagetta, Giacinto
Universita’ della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
Email: g.bagetta@unical.it  
Web URL: http://www.unical.it
Keywords: Neurodegeneration & neuroprotection, excitotoxicity, apoptosis

Barger, Steven
University of Arkansas Medical School, Little Rock, AK, USA
Email: bargerstevenw@uams.edu
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, aging, multi-lineage kinases, cytokines, cyclic nucleotides, proteins, calcium-binding, calcium regulation, glutamate receptors, neuroinflammation, transcriptional regulation, microglia

Bendotti, Caterina
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Milan, Italy
Email: Bendotti@marionegri.it  
Web URL: www.marionegri.it
Keywords: neudogeneration, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, superoxide dismutase, mutant, animal and cellular models of ALS, excitotoxicity, mitochondrial pathology.

Bethea, John
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Email: jbethea@miami.edu
Keywords: signal transduction, NF-kB, neuroimmunology, system, injury and or disease of the nervous, glial cells, molecular biology

Bhat, Narayan R.
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Email: bhatnr@musc.edu  
Web URL: http://neurosciences.musc.edu/../bhat.html
Keywords: oligodendrocytes; astrocytes; microglia; signal transduction; differentiation; neuroinflammation; neurodegenerative diseases; myelination-demyelination; Alzheimer's disease; Parkinson's disease.

Boenisch, Heinz
University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Email: boenisch@uni-bonn.de
Keywords: transporters (for neurotransmitters or organic cations): pharmacology, biochemistry, molecular biology, gene structure neurotransmitter receptors (G-protein coupled or ligand-gated; especially for serotonin, noradrenaline, acetylcholine): pharmacology, biochemistry, molecular biology neurotransmitter release: control of release by presynaptic receptors catecholamines: receptors, inactivation/metabolism (monoamine oxidase, catechol-O-methyltransferase) anaesthetics: interactions with receptors, lipophilicity

Bolanos, Juan P.
University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Email: jbolanos@aida.usal.es
Web URL: http://www.usal.es/jbolanos/
Keywords: Oxidative stress, Mitochondrial bioenergetics, Glutathione, Parkinson's disease, Regulation of glycolysis, Cell cycle and neurodegeneration, Nitric oxide, Peroxynitrite, Neuronal-glial metabolic interactions, Neurotoxicity signalling, Neuroprotective signalling, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) signalling

Bregestovski, Piotr
Mediterranean Institute of Neurobiology (INMED), Marseille, France
Email: pbreges@inmed.univ-mrs.fr
Web URL: http://www.inmednet.com
Keywords: Function, modulation and structure of receptor-operated channels, cys-loop receptors; GABA- and glycinergic synapses; electrophysiological and image analysis of synaptic transmission; chloride monitoring; imaging of neuronal networks; endocannabinoids in modulation of synaptic function; patch-clamp and image analysis of retina.

Brown, David R.
University of Bath, Bath, UK
Email: bssdrb@bath.ac.uk
Keywords: prion disease, neurodegeneration, astrocyte-neurone interactions, glutamate toxicity, superoxide dismutase, copper homeostasis

Cappai, Roberto
The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Email: r.cappai@unimelb.edu.au  
Web URL: http://www.unimelb.edu.au/
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, amyloid, amyloid precursor protein, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, prion, synuclein, Parkinson's disease, neurodegeneration, copper

Casaccia-Bonnefil, Patrizia
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA
Email: patrizia.casaccia@mssm.edu
Keywords: Myelin, Gene expression, Oligodendrocyte, Cell death, Cell cycle

Conn, P. Jeffrey
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Email: jeff.conn@vanderbilt.edu
Keywords: metabotropic glutamate receptors, ionotropic glutamate receptors, synaptic plasticity, receptor-effector coupling, second messenger signalling, receptor phosphorylation, receptor desensitization, electrophysiological analysis of receptor signalling.

de Blas, Angel L.
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Email: angel.deblas@uconn.edu
Keywords: GABA, receptors, benzodiazepine receptors: pharmacology, subunit composition, biochemical characterization, monoclonal antibodies, antibodies, immunocytochemistry, receptor cloning, in situ hybridization, host cell expression, transfection, purification, postsynaptic density complex.

Dityatev, Alexander
Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy
Email: alexander.dityatev@iit.it
Keywords: in vitro and in vivo neurophysiology, immunocyto- and histochemistry, and cognitive behavioral tests, with emphasis on fear conditioning, cell adhesion, extracellular matrix, synaptic plasticity, LTP, LTD, metaplasticity, GABAergic and glutamatergic synaptic transmission, synaptogenesis

Dobrota, Dusan
Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Martin, Slovakia
Email: dobrota@jfmed.uniba.sk
Keywords: Ischemia, reperfusion, carnosin, NMR, ER dysfunction

Feinstein, Douglas L.
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Email: dlfeins@uic.edu
Keywords: glial cells, nitric oxide, cell signalling, cytokines, inflammation, astrocyte, astroglia, glioma, microglia, nitric oxide, endotoxin, LPS, GFAP, heat shock, HSP, MAPK (mitogen activated protein kinases), arginine, cytokines, EAE, MS, CAMP, astrocyte, nitric oxide, cytokines, TgAPP, EAE, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, PPAR, NFkB, microgila

Fuss, Babette
Virginia Commonwealth University; Medical College of Virginia, USA
Email: bfuss@hsc.vcu.edu
Keywords: Extracellular matrix, Transgenic mice, Oligodendrocyte, Multiple sclerosis, Focal adhesion, Myelination, Myelin

Giaume, Christian
INSERM U840, Collège de France, Paris, France
Email: christian.giaume@college-de-France.fr
Keywords: Neuroglial interaction, gap junctions, astrocytes, microglia, reactive gliosis, calcium signaling, glial electrophysiology

Gibson, Gary E.
Cornell University Medical College, White Plains, NY, USA
Email: ggibson@med.cornell.edu  
Web URL: http://www.med.cornell.edu/
Keywords: calcium, hypoxia/ischemia, Alzheimer's disease, signal transduction, amyloid toxicity, thiamine, energy metabolism, mitochondria, oxidative stress

Gulyaeva, Natalia V.
Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Moscow, Russia
Email: nata_gul@pisem.net
Keywords: apoptosis, neurodegeneration/neurodegenerative diseases, free radicals, oxidative stress, neuronal(synaptic) plasticity – molecular mechanisms, nitric oxide, excitotoxicity

Gundelfinger, Eckart D.
Federal Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany
Email: gundelfinger@ifn-magdeburg.de
Keywords: synapse, synaptic proteins, neurotransmitter receptors, molecular biology of neurotransmitter release, neuronal cytoskeleton, calcium-binding proteins, DNA cloning, molecular biology of protein-protein interaction.

Haga, Tatsuya
Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan
Email: tatsuya.haga@gakushuin.ac.jp
Keywords: neurotransmitter receptors, particularly muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and other G protein -linked receptors, GTP-binding regulatory proteins, G-proteins and regulation by them of enzymes and ion channels, choline transporter

Hastings, Teresa G.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Email: hastings@bns.pitt.edu
Keywords: proteomics, 2D-DIGE, mitochondria, PC12, dopamine, endoplasmic reticulum stress

Hirsch, Etienne
INSERM UMR679, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Email: hirsch@ccr.jussieu.fr
Web URL: http://www.u289.ifrns.chups.jussieu.fr/fr/
Keywords: Cell death, neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, molecular and cellular biology, histology, animal studies.

Ihara, Yasuo
Doshisha University Kai-Fu-Kan, Kyoto, Japan
Email: yihara@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, Ab accumulation, tau proteins

Iuvone, P. Michael
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Email: miuvone@pharm.emory.edu  
Web URL: http://www.pharm.emory.edu/iuvone.html
Keywords: retina, photoreceptors, pineal, melatonin, dopamine, circadian rhythms

Keep, Richard F.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Email: rkeep@umich.edu  
Web URL: http://www.physiology.med.umich.edu/../rkeep.htm
Keywords: blood-brain barrier, blood-CSF barrier, choroid plexus, intracerebral hemorrhage, cerebral ischemia

Keller, Jeffrey N.
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Email: jeffrey.keller@pbrc.edu
Keywords: proteasome, oxidative stress, Alzheimer's, ubiquitin, proteasome, oxidative stress, protein aggregation, diabetes

Kielian, Tammy
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Email: tkielian@unmc.edu
Keywords: Chemokines, Neuroimmunology, Gap junctions, Experimental brain abscess, Astrocytes, Microglia, Cytokines

Kim, Kyong-Tai
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Email: ktk@postech.ac.kr
Keywords: receptor signaling, exocytosis, regulation of circadian genes, posttranscriptional regulation, regulation of melatonin biosynthesis

Kiyama, Hiroshi
Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
Email: kiyama@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp  
Web URL: http://www.med.osaka-cu.ac.jp/../index.html
Keywords: neuronal regeneration, mechanisms underlying neuronal cell death and survival after nerve injury, neurite elongation after nerve injury, nerve regeneration events

Kuhn, Donald M.
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
Email: donald.kuhn@wayne.edu
Keywords: tryptophan hydroxylase, tyrosine hydroxylase, protein phosphorylation, molecular pharmacology of drugs of abuse, receptors (includes primarily protein-drug interactions, does not include ion channels or electrophysiology), neurotransmitter transporters, apoptosis, reactive oxygen species

Lee, Michael
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Email: mklee@umn.edu
Keywords: parkinson's disease, alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration, synuclein, protein aggregation, transgenic mice

Leist, Marcel
University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Email: marcel.leist@uni-konstanz.de  
Web URL: http://www.uni-konstanz.de/../Homepage/
Keywords: neural stem cells, microglia activation, astrocyte activation, glia in neurodegeneration, Mixed-lineage kinase, amyloid-beta processing, amyloid beta toxicity, Parkinson's disease models, neurite degeneration, dopamine storage

Llorens-Cortes, Catherine
Collège de France, Paris, France
Email: c.llorens-cortes@college-de-france.fr
Keywords: zinc metalloproteases, peptide metabolism, brain angiotensin, brain apelin

Maccioni, Ricardo B.
International Center for Biomedicine & Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile
Email: rmaccion@manquehue.net
Web URL: http://www.neuroinnovation.cl
Keywords: neuronal cytoskeleton,  biomarkers for neurodegenerative disorders, neuroimaging tracers for early detection of cognitive disorders, neuroimmunomodulation, tau protein

Martins, Vilma R.
Institute Ludwig for Cancer Research, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Email: vmartins@ludwig.org.br
Keywords: Prion, Cellular prion protein, Neuronal survival, Development , Heat shock proteins

McKenna, Mary C.
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Email: mmckenna@umaryland.edu
Keywords: energy metabolism, glutamate metabolism, lactate metabolism, perinatal brain injury, 1H and 13C-NMR spectroscopy, Fragile X syndrome, mitochondrial transporters, synaptosomal metabolism, astrocyte metabolism, malate-aspartate shuttle, glutamine, MCT1, MCT2, mitochondrial enzymes, traumatic brain injury to developing brain, perinatal hypoxia ischemia, intrauterine inflammation

McNaught, Kevin St. P.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Email: kevin.mcnaught@mssm.edu
Keywords: Parkinson's disease, ubiquitin, proteasome, alpha-synuclein, parkin, dystonia, torsinA and animal model

Meunier, Frederic A.
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Email: f.meunier@uq.edu.au
Web URL: http://www.qbi.uq.edu.au/?page=71195
Keywords: Neuroexocytosis, neurotransmitter release, synaptic vesicles, neurosecretory vesicles, calcium channels, synaptotagmin, SNARE proteins, Munc18-1, fatty acids, phosphoinositides, pre-synaptic trafficking, neurotoxins, clostridial toxins, marine toxins

Moghaddam, Bita
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Email: moghaddam@bns.pitt.edu
Keywords: microdialysis, dopamine, prefrontal cortex, glutamate, schizophrenia, stress, psychostimulants

Molnár, Elek
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Email: Elek.Molnar@bristol.ac.uk  
Web URL: http://www.bris.ac.uk/neuroscience/
Keywords: glutamate receptors, AMPA, kainate, NMDA, development, synaptic plasticity, LTP, LTD, receptor targeting, oligodendrocytes

Morrison, Richard S.
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
Email: yael@u.washington.edu  
Web URL: http://depts.washington.edu/../morrison.html
Keywords: apoptosis, proteomics , p53 , caspases , neurodegeneration , mitochondria, Bcl2 family members

Murphy, Anne N.
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Email: anmurphy@cox.net
Keywords: biochemistry, bioenergetics, metabolism mitochondria, Ca2+, oxidative phosphorylation, neurodegeneration, electron transport, ion transport, excitotoxicity, membrane potential, mitochondrial ion transport, mitochondrial biogenesis, mitochondrial movement and morphology, mitochondrial free radical generation

Murphy, Eric J.
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
Email: emurphy@medicine.nodak.edu
Keywords: broad lipid metabolism in the CNS, fatty acids, phospholipids, including ether lipids, and acylhydrolases, such as phospholipase A2; alterations of lipid metabolism in pathophysiological states, e.g. Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome; CNS diseases.

Nalecz, Katarzyna A.
Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warszawa, Poland
Email: knal@nencki.gov.pl  
Web URL: www.nencki.gov.pl
Keywords: transporters, membrane structure, posttranslational modifications, protein kinase C, cell culture

Nawa, Hiroyuki
Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
Email: hnawa@bri.niigata-u.ac.jp  
Web URL: http://www.bri.niigata-u.ac.jp/../molecular%28e%29.html
Keywords: cellular neurobiology or brain disease, cytokine, neurotrophic factor, development schizophrenia, dopamine, behaviour

Nunomura, Akihiko
Yamanashi University, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan
Email: anunomura@yamanashi.ac.jp
Keywords: RNA, aging, Alzheimer’s disease, apoptosis, cell cycle, free radicals, hippocampus, immunocytochemistry, metabolism, metals, mitochondria, neurodegeneration, nutrition, oxidative stress, Parkinson’s disease

Octave, Jean-Noël
Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels. Belgium
Email: octave@nchm.ucl.ac.be
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease: cellular and animal models, neurodegenerative diseases, cloning and expression, adenoviruses as expression vectors both in vitro and in vivo, cell biology, cell culture. primary cultures of neurones, signal transduction.

Ortega, Arturo
Cinvestav-IPN, Mexico City, Mexico
Email: rortega@cinvestav.mx
Keywords: Signal transduction, Transcriptional regulation, Bergmann glia, Glutamate receptors

Panula, Pertti
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Email: pertti.panula@helsinki.fi  
Web URL: http://www.helsinki.fi/neurosci/panula.htm
Keywords: genes, structure and function of novel neuropeptides; physiological significance of brain histamine; pain pathways; hypothalamic regulation of sleep, alertness and hibernation histamine, neuropeptide FF, prolactin releasing peptide, hypothalamic mechanisms, tuberomammillary nucleus, pain mechanisms, spinal cord

Park, David S.
University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Email: dpark@uottawa.ca
Keywords: Chk1; Cdc25A; DNA damage; cell cycle; apoptosis; neurons

Pazos, Angel
Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
Email: pazosa@medi.unican.es
Keywords: 5-HT (serotonin), monoamine receptors, receptor visualization (autoradiography), mammalian brain

Pike, Christian J.
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Email: cjpike@usc.edu
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, apoptosis, ß-amyloid, neuroprotection, neurodegeneration, oxidative stress, reactive gliosis, cell culture

Pocock, Jennifer
University College London, London, UK
Email: J.Pocock@ion.ucl.ac.uk
Keywords: neuronal-astrocyte (including microglia) interactions, calcium signalling, voltage dependent calcium channels, calcium imaging, exocytosis, excitotoxicity, mitochondria and apoptosis, apoptosis, caspases, tyrosine kinase, fluorescence imaging, neurodegeneration, cerebellar granule cell/neuron

Prado, Marco A. M.
The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Email: maximo.prado@gmail.com
Keywords: cholinergic mechanisms, protein and membrane trafficking, pre-synaptic mechanisms, calcium signaling, toxins and neuronal function, prion diseases, Alzheimer´s disease, neurodegeneration, neurotransmitter transporters, synaptic vesicle

Prinetti, Alessandro
Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
Email: alessandro.prinetti@unimi.it  
Web URL: http://users.unimi.it/chbiomed/nuovo/
Keywords: complex membrane lipid biochemistry and biophysic, biological role of sphingolipid, neuronal membranes and disease, segregation phenomena in neuronal membranes, lipid rafts in cell signalling.

Przedborski, Serge
Columbia University College P & S, New York, NY, USA
Email: SP30@Columbia.edu
Keywords: neurodegeneration, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, nitric oxide, free radicals, MPTP, superoxide dismutase, substantia nigra, apoptosis

Rattray, Marcus
University of Reading, Reading, UK
Email: m.a.n.rattray@reading.ac.uk
Keywords: neurotransmitter transporters; drug abuse, 5-HT (serotonin); gene expression; motor neurone disease; astrocytes; neurodegeneration.

Saito, Naoaki
Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Email: naosaito@kobe-u.ac.jp  
Web URL: http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/index.htm
Keywords: protein kinase, phosphorylation, and signal transduction, imaging, Ca2+

Schulz, Jörg B.
RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Email: jschulz@ukaachen.de
Keywords: Mechanisms of neuronal cell death, including cell death mechanisms like apoptosis, excitotoxicity, reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide, mitochondrial dysfunction, glutathione metabolism, cell culture models, acute and chronic diseases including Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and ischemic stroke, neuroprotective treatments

Sebastião, Ana M.
University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Email: anaseb@fm.ul.pt  
Web URL: http://www.imm.ul.pt
Keywords: neuromodulation of synaptic transmission, in particular at the hippocampus, cross-talk between neuromodulatoras, focusing on neurotrophins, adenosine, neuropeptides and cannabinoids, neuroprotection. adenosine receptors and adenosine transporters, G-protein coupled receptors and kinase receptors

Sharp, Frank R.
University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
Email: frank.sharp@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Keywords: stroke and cerebral ischemia, heat shock and immediate early gene expression in brain, cerebral glucose and glycogen metabolism, neurogenesis and gliogenesis following ischemia, genomics and proteomics of neurological diseases

Small, David H.
Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Email: d.h.small@menzies.utas.edu.au
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease, amyloid precursor protein, acetylcholinesterase, butyrylcholinesterase, enzymology. molecular modelling, neurite outgrowth, ion channels, amyloid. neurodegeneration, protein misfolding

Smith, A Ian
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Email: ian.smith@med.monash.edu.au
Keywords: Peptides in the neuroendocrine axis, proteases & peptidases, peptides in the CNS/neurotransmission, processing, biosynthesis and metabolism, protein and peptide purification and characterization, peptidase/protease inhibitor design, synthesis and analysis of peptides involved in the central and peripheral regulation of blood pressure

Sonnino, Sandro
Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
Email: sandro.sonnino@unimi.it  
Web URL: www.unimi.it
Keywords: Gangliosides, glycolipids, sphingolipids, phospholipids, cholesterol, lipids, membranes

Standaert, David G.
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Email: dstandaert@uab.edu  
Web URL: www.uab.edu/CNET
Keywords: NMDA receptors, glutamate receptors, Parkinson's disease, dystonia, synuclein

Strange, Philip
The University of Reading, Reading, UK
Email: p.g.strange@rdg.ac.uk  
Web URL: http://www.pharmacy.reading.ac.uk/staff/strange/
Keywords: Receptors, for neurotransmitters & hormones: structure, function, mechanisms of action; ligand binding, interaction with G-proteins, molecular biology.

Suh, Yoo-Hun
Seoul National University, Seoul. South Korea
Email: yhsuh@snu.ac.kr  
Keywords: Biochemistry and molecular biology of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, APP, Ab, AICD, α-synuclin, Ageing, Learning and memory

Swanson, Raymond A.
VA Medical Center (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA
Email: raymond.swanson@ucsf.edu  
Web URL: http://www.ucsf.edu/swansonlab/
Keywords: Ischemia, stroke, glutamate transport, glycogen, energetics, poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase, astrocyte-neuron interactions, cell death

Terasaki, Tetsuya
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Email: terasaki@mail.pharm.tohoku.ac.jp  
Web URL: http://www.pharm.tohoku.ac.jp/%7Esoutatsu/dds/index.htm
Keywords: Blood-brain barrier, transport, P-glycoprotein, abc transporter, drug delivery, pharmacokinetics, brain microdialysis, slc transporter, bcrp, mrp transporter

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Traynor, John R.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Email: jtraynor@umich.edu
Keywords: opioids & opiate drugs, G-protein coupled receptors, second messengers, G proteins, adenylyl cyclase, regulators of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins, enkephalin degrading enzymes, antinociception and analgesia, tolerance and dependence, structure-activity relationships

Vaughan, Roxanne A.
University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND, USA
Email: rvaughan@medicine.nodak.edu
Keywords: molecular mechanisms of dopamine transporters including phosphorylation, photoaffinity labeling, and structure-function analysis. Neurotransmitter transporters, cocaine binding, dopamine regulation, receptor or transporter phosphorylation, and receptor or transporter photoaffinity labeling

Venero, Jose L.
University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
Email: jlvenero@us.es
Keywords: Microglia, substantia nigra, peroxynitrites, Parkinson's disease, minocycline, dopaminergic system

Waagepetersen, Helle S.
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Email: hsw@farma.ku.dk  
Web URL: http://www.neurometabolism.dk
Keywords: Brain energy metabolism, neurons, astrocytes, d-aspartate, ATP, transport, norepinephrine, lactate, cellular metabolism

Weller, Michael
University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Email: michael.weller@usz.ch  
Web URL: http://www.neurologie.usz.ch
Keywords: glioma, astrocytoma, apoptosis, cell death, astrocyte, stem cell, death receptors, death ligands, neuroimmunology

Wiesinger, Heinrich
Interfakultäres Institut für Biochemie,Tübingen, Germany
Email: wiesinger@fh-isny.de
Keywords: cell culture, energy metabolism, enzymology, immunocytochemistry, nitric oxide, transport/uptake

Williams, Robert J.
University of Bath, Bath, UK
Email: r.j.williams@bath.ac.uk  
Keywords: excitotoxicity, oxidative stress, MAP kinase, phospholipase A2, arachidonic Acid, AMPA receptors.

Williams, Stephen R.
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Email: steve.williams@manchester.ac.uk
Keywords: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, MRI, MRS, stroke, ischaemia, energy metabolism, neurotransmitter metabolism, cerebral blood flow

Wolf, Marina E.
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA
Email: marina.wolf@rosalindfranklin.edu  
Web URL: www.rosalindfranklin.edu
Keywords: glutamate, dopamine, NMDA receptors, AMPA receptors, microdialysis, in situ hybridization, immunocytochemistry, Addiction, plasticity, receptor trafficking, glutamate receptors, dopamine receptors, cocaine, amphetamine

Wong, Yung H.
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
Email: boyung@ust.hk  
Web URL: http://www.ust.hk/../yhwong.html
Keywords: Opioid peptides and receptors, signal transduction, neuropeptides, G proteins, melatonin, neuropharmacology, opioid tolerance and dependence

Wonnacott, Susan
University of Bath, Bath, UK
Email: bsssw@bath.ac.uk
Keywords: Neuronal nicotinic receptors, nicotine and mechanisms of drug addiction; synaptosome studies, transmitter release, ligand binding, structure - function studies and development of novel ligands and radioligands, confocal and electron microscopy

Wood, Ian C
University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Email: i.c.wood@leeds.ac.uk  
Web URL: http://www.fbs.leeds.ac.uk/..?tag=Wood_I
Keywords: Chromatin, transcription, Gene regulation, transcription factors, epigenetics, epilepsy, transgenic mice, DNA, mRNA, expression, differentiation, stem cells

Yamamoto, Bryan
University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus, Toledo, OH, USA
Email: Bryan.Yamamoto@utoledo.edu
Keywords: excitotoxicity, drug abuse, amphetamines, oxidative stress, neurodegeneration

Zimmermann, Herbert
J. W. Goethe-Universitätm Frankfurt, Germany
Email: h.zimmermann@bio.uni-frankfurt.de  
Web URL: http://www.bio.uni-frankfurt.de/zoologie/nch
Keywords: ectonucleotidases, nucleotide signalling, nucleotide receptors, nucleotide release, P2 receptors