LETTER FROM THE EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

1. LETTER FROM THE EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

INVITED REVIEWS

1. Brain injury and neural stem cells
2. Modulation of mitochondrial bioenergetics as a therapeutic strategy in Alzheimer’s disease
3. Tackling dipeptidyl peptidase IV in neurological disorders
4. Stem cells for spinal cord injuries bearing translational potential
5. A growingfield: the regulation of axonal regeneration by Wnt signaling
6. Conundrums and confusions regarding how polyethylene glycol-fusion produces excellent behavioral recovery after peripheral nerve injuries

INVITED REVIEW

1. Optical read-out and modulation of peripheral nerve activity

PERSPECTIVE

1. Screening antioxidants for the protection of cochlear sensory cells
2. Diabetes, its impact on peripheral nerve regeneration: lessons from pre-clinical rat models towards nerve repair and reconstruction
3. Astrocytes in the cerebral cortex play a role in the spontaneous motor recovery following experimental striatal hemorrhage

RESEARCH ARTICLES

1. Predictors of short-term outcome in patients with acute middle cerebral artery occlusion: unsuitability of fluid-attenuated inversion recovery vascular hyperintensity scores
2. Intravenous morphine self-administration alters accumbal microRNA profiles in the mouse brain
3. Electroacupuncture preconditioning protects against focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury via suppression of dynamin-related protein 1
4. Is it necessary to use the entire root as a donor when transferring contralateral C7 nerve to repair median nerve?
5. Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells versus adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells for peripheral nerve regeneration
6. Optimization of micropatterned poly(lactic-coglycolic acid) films for enhancing dorsal root ganglion cell orientation and extension
7. Effect of moxibustion on mTOR-mediated autophagy in rotenone-induced Parkinson’s disease model rats
8. Does combined therapy of curcumin and epigallocatechin gallate have a synergistic neuroprotective effect against spinal cord injury?
9. Neuroprotective mechanisms of rutin for spinal cord injury through anti-oxidation and anti-inflammation and inhibition of p38 mitogen activated protein kinase pathway
10. PTEN knockdown with the Y444F mutant AAV2 vector promotes axonal regeneration in the adult optic nerve
11. Low-frequency pulsed electromagneticfield pretreated bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells promote the regeneration of crush-injured rat mental nerve
12. Critical role of SDF-1/CXCR4 signaling pathway in stem cell homing in the deafened rat cochlea after acoustic trauma

IMAGING IN NEURAL REGENERATION

1. Injury of the Papez circuit in a patient with traumatic spinal cord injury and concomitant mild traumatic brain injury
2. Neural Regeneration Research: Information for Authors