Now Accepting Submissions for

Spring 2008

Deadline: Friday 21 March 2008

Topics and General Style of Submissions
TNR publishes peer-reviewed articles of original research or reviews of all topics related to neuroscience. Articles should be written towards an audience of university student and faculty neuroscientists and should include relevant citations, figures, and supplemental materials as needed.
Additionally, editorials, brief communications and letters to the editor will be considered for publication. Please email the editorial staff at neuron@uts.cc.utexas.edu for more information about how you can contribute in these sections.

All submissions should be original works that have not been submitted for publication elsewhere.

New Negative Empirical Results Section:

The quality of research published under this new section will be held to the same high standards as that of studies showing expected and traditionally significant empirical results, and all submissions will be peer-reviewed as such.

This new section gives students the opportunity to publish results from experiments that are provocative, controversial, failed, or unexpected in the context of current scientific opinion or original hypotheses. We believe this new section will serve the student community by providing access to educationally valuable results produced by peers that would otherwise go unpublished, and ultimately, inform students as to how to better carry out their procedures in performing similar experiments.

All negative results submissions considered for publication must first be verified in the form of a signed letter for publication by the principle investigator under whom the experiment was performed to ensure that no conflict of interest exists.

General requirements for submission:
1. The author may be a student of neuroscience at any level.
2.  The submission may be a review of primary material or your own primary research. This may include, but is not limited to:
 a. Primary research or a review resulting from an internship or rotation.
b. Primary research or a review resulting from a class, seminar, or other scientific program.
c. Primary research or a review resulting from a scientific proposal.
d. A review undertaken due to your own curiosity or a lack of information in a particular field.
3. Submissions must include a cover letter with a brief explanation of the nature and originality of the work and a title page including the title of the work, author(s) and author(s’) affiliation.
4. Articles must be submitted via email on or before

Friday 21 March 2008

Please send submissions, and all questions regarding submissions, to: neuron@uts.cc.utexas.edu

Formatting Guidelines
Margins: 1.0”
Title: 14-pt Arial Bold, left justified
Authors: 12-point bold, left justified
Institutional Affiliation: 11-point Arial italicized, left justified; Department, College/University, City, State, Zip Code
Abstract: 11-point Arial, left justified

Keywords: Include 5, 11-point Arial italicized, left justified. Terms separated by semicolons.
Section headers: 12-point Arial bold, all caps, left justified
Text: 11-point Arial, left-justified; first line of the first paragraph of each section is not indented. Subsequent paragraphs are indented 5 spaces.
Figures: Included as a separate file to the text. Black and white or color accepted, but black and white strongly recommended when color is not required.
Figure Legends: 9-point arial, “Figure x” in bold and text to follow as regular. Figure reference letters (i.e. A and B) should be in bold. Included on a new page at the end of the References section, with each legend appearing on a separate page.
References: Following the publication style of The Journal of Neuroscience, in alphabetical order using 9-point Arial, with a 1/8” indentation on lines proceeding the first line of the reference, and left justified. In-text citations should be parenthetically noted (author’s last name, date published) and in chronological order.
Acknowledgements and author contact info: 8-point Arial following the final reference cited. Author contact info must include full postal address and email address.

The Review Process:

All submissions are peer-reviewed by staff members and considered for publication in the most recent issue.

Submissions that are not accepted will be reconsidered if resubmitted with revisions.

Authors may elect to retain all copyright ownership of their primary research articles at their discretion.