''Neuron'' is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Cell Press, and imprint of

Elsevier Elsevier () is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as '' The Lancet'', '' Cell'', the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, '' Trends'', ...

. It was established in 1988, and covers

neuroscience Neuroscience is the science, scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a Multidisciplinary approach, multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, an ...

and related biological processes. The current

editor in chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

is Mariela Zirlinger. The founding editors were

Lily Jan Lily Yeh Jan (; born January 20, 1947) is a Chinese-American neuroscientist. She is the Jack and DeLoris Lange Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco, where she collaborates with her husband Yuh Nun ...

, A. James Hudspeth,

Louis Reichardt Louis French Reichardt (born June 4, 1942) is a noted American neuroscientist and mountaineer, the first American to summit both Everest and K2. He was also director of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative, the largest non-federal sup ...

, Roger Nicoll, and Zach Hall. A past Editor in Chief was

Katja Brose Katja Brose is a Science Program Officer at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) where she leads CZI's efforts in neurodegenerative disease. Education and career path Brose received a bachelor's degree in Biology and European history from Brown Uni ...

. Transcript and video available. Click on "Transcript" for text. * See also
A Career in Science Editing: Katja Brose
Editor in Chief, Neuron

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