Dr. Xiaofeng Jia, Guest Editor of International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Guest Editor
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Impact Factor – 2.464, 2012): Special issue on Neurological Injuries’ Monitoring, Tracking and Treatment.
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2014
Special Issue Editor
Guest Editor Dr. Xiaofeng Jia; Biomedical Engineering, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Interests: brain monitoring and therapeutic hypothermia; peripheral nerve injury and regeneration; translational therapeutic model for neurological injuries; development and characterization of biomaterials for bone and peripheral nerve regeneration
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Despite recent advancements, the monitoring and tracking of neurological injuries are still major hindrances in the development of neurological injury therapies. Current monitoring methodologies have been largely limited to post-injury evaluation and prognostication. Induced hypothermia improves both survival and neurological outcome in cardiac arrest survivors. However, the monitoring methodologies to guide hypothermia therapy and improve its efficiency are not currently satisfying. Among the most exciting research areas, stem cell biology recently burst out and holds significant promise in the repair of neurological injuries. However, the role and effect of stem cell therapy still remain un-elucidated.
The goal of this Special Issue is to provide a summary of the field, describe its impact as well as introduce the recent advances in the Neurological Injuries' Monitoring, Tracking and Treatment. We invite authors to submit original research and review articles related with neurological injury; mainly brain injury after cardiac arrest, stroke and traumatic brain injury, but spinal cord injury as well. We are interested in articles that explore the advances in neuroengineering and latest technologies in monitoring and tracking neurological injury from translational model to clinical evaluation, such as electrophysiological monitoring and the optogenesis technique. This issue will address novel therapeutic intervention in humans and also in animal models, including therapeutic hypothermia and stem cell therapy.
Dr. Xiaofeng Jia ||Guest Editor
Submission
Manuscripts should be submitted online by registering and logging in to this website. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page.International Journal of Molecular Sciences is an international peer-reviewed Open Access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 CHF (Swiss Francs).
Keywords
- brain injury
- cardiac arrest
- stroke
- traumatic brain injury
- spinal cord injury
- brain monitoring
- electrophysiology
- therapeutic hypothermia
- stem cell
- optogenesis
- translational model
- functional outcome
- neuroengineering
- clinical evaluation