AIMS & SCOPE

Acta Neuropsychiatrica is an international journal that publishes translational high-quality research papers in neuropharmacology neuropsychiatry and neuroscience. The journal provides a forum for original basic and clinical research from disciplines and research areas relevant to the pathophysiology, neurobiology, and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. Acta Neuropsychiatrica provides its readership with the latest perspectives from current and emerging fields of psychiatry, neurology, pharmacology, genetics and neuroimaging. Such research may derive from the full spectrum of biological and psychological fields of inquiry encompassing classical and novel techniques/strategies. Emphasis will be given to translational original research that is of wide interest and clearly advances the field.

Acta Neuropsychiatrica welcomes full-length Original Research Articles, Short Communications, Perspectives, as well as Review Articles. Debate is encouraged in the form of Letters to the Editor. All articles published in Acta Neuropsychiatrica undergo peer review.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Gregers Wegener

Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Skovagervej 2, DK-8240 Risskov Denmark.

Fax: +45 7847 1108

wegener@cpf.au.dk

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Katharina Domschke, University of Würzburg, Germany

Sâmia Joca, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Anto Rajkumar, Aarhus University, Denmark

David Slattery, University of Regensburg, Germany

Per Svenningsson, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Reidin Vaughan

revaughan@wiley.com

EDITORIAL BOARD

O. A. Andreassen, University of Oslo, Norway

D. Baldwin, University of Southampton, UK

P. Blier, University of Ottawa, Canada

A. Carlsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

J. Cryan, University College Cork, Ireland

S. Dinesen-Østergaard, Aarhus University, Denmark

D. Doudet, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

H. Einat, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, USA

B. Elfving, Aarhus University, Denmark

M. Francisco Juruena, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

B.C. Finger, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

M. Geyer, University of San Diego, USA

A. Gjedde, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

T. Gould, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

A. Harkin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

J. Harro, University of Tartu, Estonia

B.H. Harvey, North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

A. Holmes, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA

J.R. Homberg, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands

K.S. Hougaard, National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark

K. Jensen, Aarhus University, Denmark

A. Kuruvilla, University of Vellore, India

A.M. Landau, Aarhus University, Denmark

C. Leon-Andrade, University of Quito, Ecuador

B. Leonard, University of Galway, Ireland

G.S. Malhi, University of Sydney, Australia

A.A. Mathé, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

T. Meldgaard Madsen, H. Lundbeck A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark

S. Morley-Fletcher, University of Lille, France

P. Munk-Jørgensen, Aarhus University, Denmark

I.D. Neumann, University of Regensburg, Germany

J. Panksepp, University of Washington, Pullman, USA

M. Popoli, University of Milano, Italy

A. Reif, University of Würzburg, Germany

A.S. Rice, Imperial College, London, UK

V. Risbrough, University of San Diego, USA

D. Stein, University of Cape Town, South Africa

T.H. Svensson, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

V. Volke, University of Tartu, Estonia

B. Vollmayr, University of Mannheim, Germany

Jun Xia, University of Hong Kong, China

C.A. Zarate, National Institutes of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

STATISTICAL ADVISOR

L. Foldager, Aarhus University, Denmark

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