Role and Function of Cortex in Neurological Health and Disease
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Neurobiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 26 August 2024 | Viewed by 95
Special Issue Editor
Interests: alcohol developmental exposure; sleep impairments; executive function impairments; interneuronopathy; cortical development; ex vivo and in vivo electrophysiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are a group of conditions affecting central nervous system (CNS) development and function, characterized by impairments in cognitive, behavioral and emotional domains during childhood and throughout life. Given that the cerebral cortex plays a crucial role in numerous high-order cognitive functions and behaviors, it represents one of the brain regions implicated in these disorders. The term “neurodevelopmental insults” refers to a wide range of factors and events that can disrupt the critical phases of cortical development during both prenatal and postnatal periods. These insults include genetic factors, maternal substance abuse (such as alcohol and/or nicotine), inflammation, nutritional deficits and traumatic brain injury. Preclinical studies investigating NDDs including fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorders are welcome.
This Special Issue aims to collect and highlight studies based on molecular and neurophysiological techniques for extending the current knowledge about the short- and long-term effects induced by neurological Health and Disease on cortical cytoarchitecture and function.
Investigating and understanding the molecular mechanisms of Cortex could provide an important tool for developing new effective therapies in the field of neurological research.
Dr. Valentina Licheri
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- neurodevelopmental disorder
- corticogenesis
- molecular mechanisms
- cognitive deficits
- behavioral deficits
