What does VRN mean in NEUROLOGY

Vanderbilt Reviews Neuroscience (VRN) is an independent, peer-reviewed journal established to provide researchers and clinicians with summaries and critical assessments of the most recent findings from across the field of neuroscience. The goal of VRN is to foster scholarly communication in all areas of neuroscience by providing a platform for dissemination and discussion of novel research, ideas, and opinions.

VRN covers all aspects of neuroscience, including cellular biology, developmental neurobiology, sensory systems, neural circuits, behavior and cognition. It also reviews cutting-edge topics such as neural engineering and artificial intelligence.

Anyone interested in contributing to the field of neuroscience may submit an article or review to VRN. Articles should be based on original research and should focus on a specific topic or question within the wider field of neuroscience.

Submissions can be made via the online submission portal at vrnreviewsneuroscience.org/submit/. Submissions must include an abstract title, authorship list with affiliations, figure captions where applicable, and a background piece covering relevant literature related to the topic taking into account any existing gaps in knowledge that will be filled by your contribution to VRN. Once submitted articles undergo blinded peer-review before being accepted for publication.

No — there is no fee associated with submitting articles or reviews to VRN; it's completely free! However, authors may choose to pay a nominal fee upon acceptance in order to speed up the publication process if desired.

Authors are strongly encouraged to acknowledge any contributions that others have made during their research process as stated by ethical standards outlined by institutions such as the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). This typically comes in form an acknowledgement section but should always require permission from other authors involved prior submittal. Any suspicions or questions about intellectual property should be addressed during peer review process before a final decision is made about publication of your work.

Submissions may include original research or review documents such as articles, editorials (opinion pieces), commentaries or letters on various topics relevant within the scope of neuroscience including but not limited too original manuscripts describing clinical trials (Phase I-IV), case studies and observational studies; animal/cellular models used; in vitro system architectures; model simulation results; bioinformatic analysis approaches; multimodality imaging results etc.

All submissions must be written either in American English or British English depending on the preferences you select when submitting your work through the online portal at vrnreviewsneuroscience.org/submit/. All foreign language references must include English translations when possible.