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Editorial

Welcome to Neuroimmunology and

Neuroinflammation: a new open access journal

for neuroscience

Gang Zhao , Thomas Müller 2
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1 Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Forth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi, China.
2 Department of Neurology, St. Joseph Hospital Berlin-Weissensee,13088 Berlin, Germany.

BACKGROUND Currently there are more than 600 journals which focus
on “neuro”. However at present, only six journals focus
The nervous and the immune system are two essential on neuroimmunology, four of which have been included
components of the human body. The developing research by Science Citation Index (SCI). To sum up, there was
in neuroscience and immunology demonstrated that a necessity to found a journal, which is devoted to
these two systems complement and interact with each this field. Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation
other. Details of function and cooperation at the (Neuroimmunol Neuroinflammation), a new journal,
[1]
molecular level of both systems are not revealed to date. is envisioned and founded to represent the growing
needs of medical science. It is aimed at publishing
Inflammation involves the innate and adaptive immune high quality articles to promote the development of
system. It is a normal response to infection. However, neuroimmunology.
uncontrolled progress of inflammation results in the
onset of autoimmune or autoinflammatory disorders. BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THE JOURNAL
Characteristics of inflammation appear in many
neurological diseases, including meningitis, encephalitis, Neuroimmunol Neuroinflammation is a new peer-
multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s reviewed, open access, online journal. The journal is an
disease, and epilepsy. [2,3] Recent researches in this official journal of the Chinese Society of Neuroinfection
area focused on the role of immune cells and immune and Cerebrospinal Fluid Cytology, and aims to build an
mediators in the initiation and progression of specific open and international academic exchange platform,
neurological diseases. [4,5] Further, pharmacological to promote the exchange of ideas and experiences, and
inhibition of inflammation pathways will be able to then to improve the academic levels of neuroscience.
safely reverse or slow the course of these diseases. Primarily focusing on neuroimmunology and
neuroinflammation, it extends to biology, pathology,
This hot topic brings together review and opinion physiology, pharmacology, endocrinology, psychology,
articles that describe our current understanding oncology, etc. The various types of manuscripts,
of the crosstalk between the nervous and immune including original articles, review articles, case reports,
systems, of the immunopathogenesis and of emergent commentaries, editorials, and letters to the editors are
immunotherapies for specific neurological conditions. [3] published in Neuroimmunol Neuroinflammation.

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scholars from more than 20 countries. Their specialties
DOI: cover different areas of neuroscience, such as
10.4103/2347-8659.135565 neuroimmunology, neuroinflammation, neurobiology,
and neuropharmacology. They are responsible for

Corresponding Author: Prof. Gang Zhao, Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Forth Military Medical University,
No. 169 Changle West Road, Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi, China. E‑mail: zhaogang@fmmu.edu.cn

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