Brain Research Protocols

Aims & Scope

Incorporated into Brain Research.

Brain Research is dedicated to publishing the highest quality and greatest impact articles within the ever-evolving field of Neuroscience.

We recognize how technology has changed the way scientific breakthroughs are communicated and Brain Research is committed to serving as a dynamic journal meeting the needs of the neuroscience research community.

We now offer multiple formats for scientists to share their work with the community.

These include Short Reports, Technology Developments, and Commentaries, in addition to standard research articles and reviews that the journal has published in its storied 50-year history.

Brain Research is a broad-format journal accepting manuscripts from across the international neuroscience community that range in scope from issues in fundamental neurobiology to translational and clinical neuroscience, there are contemporary themes within neuroscience that our Editorial Board has identified that are of particular innovation and interest because of their innovation and importance, highlighted below.

The journal is further committed to studies that investigate sex-differences as a powerful cross-cutting variable within these high-interest areas.

Consistent with our mission, however, Brain Research remains enthusiastic to publish any neuroscience-oriented work that advances the field in a meaningful way

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Neuroscience, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Long-term neural recording characteristics of wire microelectrode arrays implanted in cerebral cortex

  Citation: 334

  Authors: Justin C, Robert L, Daryl R

• Male rat sexual behavior

  Citation: 274

  Authors: Anders

• Markers for neuronal degeneration in organotypic slice cultures

  Citation: 245

  Authors: Jens, Bjarne Winther, Jens

• Grooming analysis algorithm for neurobehavioural stress research

  Citation: 218

  Authors: Allan V, Pentti

• An automated rotarod method for quantitative drug-free evaluation of overall motor deficits in rat models of parkinsonism

  Citation: 208

  Authors: G, M.J, J.L

• A novel organotypic long-term culture of the rat hippocampus on substrate-integrated multielectrode arrays

  Citation: 194

  Authors: U., B., S., W., M., T., T., H.

• Primary cultures of brain microvessel endothelial cells: a valid and flexible model to study drug transport through the blood–brain barrier in vitro

  Citation: 193

  Authors: Helmut, Hans-Joachim, Carsten T

• Learned helplessness in the rat: improvements in validity and reliability

  Citation: 192

  Authors: Barbara, Fritz A.

• Episodic-like memory in mice: Simultaneous assessment of object, place and temporal order memory

  Citation: 178

  Authors: Ekrem, Joseph P., Maria A.

• Learned helplessness: Validity and reliability of depressive-like states in mice

  Citation: 175

  Authors: S., C., C., C., B., P.