Journal of Neurochemistry

🧠 ISN is launching a new Early Career Committee (ECC) and we’re looking for volunteers!

Open to students, postdocs, and junior full members (≤10 years post-PhD).

📅 Deadline: 13 March
📨 secretariat@neurochemistry.org with a short bio and a few lines on why you want to join

#WeAreNeurochemistry

📰 ISN News Issue 5 is out!

Explore the latest updates, insights, and stories from across the neurochemistry community.

🖼️ Cover image: Silvia Mangia

🔗 Read it here: bit.ly/3OsjMWL

#WeAreNeurochemistry #ISNNews #Neuroskyence #Neurosky

Alzheimer’s research has reached a turning point.

In this JNC review, Sir John Hardy reflects on what the first anti-amyloid therapies have proven, and why slowing disease is not the same as stopping it.

What comes next: safety, biomarkers, and understanding residual decline.

🔗 bit.ly/4qlazg5

Aging isn’t something that starts at 65. 🕸️ 🧠

From metabolism and healthspan to metformin and rapamycin, this interview explores how, and when, we might intervene in aging.

👉 Full interview: www.neurochemistry.org/interview-ja...

ISN-JNC Flagship Schools - ISN

The 2026 ISN Flagship School deadline has been extended to Jan 9, 2026!

We’ve seen huge interest already, and with the holidays + new ISN membership year, we’re giving you more time to apply.

🌎 Topic: Glial Cells: From Molecules to Medicine

🔗 Apply: ow.ly/arxY50XJyJw

#GlialCells #neurosky

#JNC invites submissions to our Special Issue on Neurochemistry of Autonomic Regulation. Explore autonomic circuits, disease impacts, and emerging therapeutic approaches.

Deadline: Apr 30, 2026

🔗 ow.ly/NuVq50XGRJz

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New one from the lab led by @luisa-binder.bsky.social* @laura-mb.bsky.social* and Flora Thomassen* in @jneurochem.bsky.social
🤓🧪🧠

Across Barriers: Blood–Brain and Gut Barrier Signaling in Psychiatric Disorders

@cervo-ulaval.bsky.social @ulaval.ca

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🧠 New in #JNC: Is lactate shuttling essential for fast brain activity?

Researchers show that blocking MCT1/2 transporters doesn’t disrupt gamma oscillations when glucose is available. Sharp wave-ripples remain intact too.

📖 ow.ly/2KNi50Xpihi

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🌍 Heading to #SfN2025 in San Diego?

We’ll be there with @jneurochem.bsky.social - visit us at booth #3717 to connect with:
🔹 ISN President Alessandro Prinetti
🔹 ISN Secretary Babette Fuss
🔹 JNC Editors Mychael Lourenco, Maria Garcia-Robles & Christopher Bishop

Let’s talk about #neurochemistry!

⏰ The deadline is approaching!

Apply by October 31 for the JNC Trainee Editor Scheme - a 12-month opportunity for early-career neuroscientists to gain editorial experience and mentorship with the Journal of Neurochemistry.

Learn more and apply 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

#JNeurochem

We’ve restructured our grants to make support easier and more accessible.

🗓️ One shared annual deadline: October 31.
🌍 One mission: helping neurochemists grow, connect, and collaborate.

Find the details and apply: www.neurochemistry.org/isn-financia...

Tiny Messengers, Huge Consequences: Extracellular Vesicles and mTOR Signaling in Neuroinflammation Neuroinflammation is a crucial mediator in the pathogenesis of multiple neurodegenerative diseases, acting not only as a consequence but also as a driver of disease progression. Yet, much remains to ....

We are very happy to share with you this review pubished in @jneurochem.bsky.social @WileyGlobal.bsky.social . Very proud of all the students in the lab who contributed to craft this manuscript! EVs, mTOR and neuroinflammation. @ub.edu @ubneuro.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🧠 New #JNC Call for Papers: Brain Organoids

Explore how 3D brain organoids are reshaping neuroscience-modeling disorders, uncovering biomarkers, and accelerating drug discovery.

🗓️ Deadline: Nov 30, 2025

🔗 Details: bit.ly/4g63cWD

#Neurochemistry #BrainOrganoids #neuroskyence #neurosky

We are here at the International Society for @jneurochem.bsky.social (ISN) - American Society for Neurochemistry (&”@”ASN) meeting. #ISNASN2025. #ISN #ASN

📢 Call for Papers: Fluid Biomarkers in Neurological Disorders

Investigate CSF, blood & biofluid markers (tau, Aβ, NfL, glial signals) in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, MS & more. Share your research in JNC’s Special Issue!

🗓️ Deadline: Nov 30, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/40TmiZw

#Neurochemistry #FluidBiomarkers #JNC

📰 ISN News #4 is here! 🧠

🟡 Writing and identity at ISN Schools
🟡 Slow science and cleaning up research
🟡 JNC (@jneurochem.bsky.social) editing
🟡 From Ibadan to Saskatchewan - ISN financial support

🔗 www.neurochemistry.org/isn-news-04/

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• We are delighted to contribute to this work just out in @jneurochem.bsky.social, where we collaborate with the BlueSkyless Smillie lab to reveal that Huntington’s Disease model neurons display excess activity-dependent bulk endocytosis (ADBE).

ISN is seeking volunteers for its committees!

This is a great opportunity to contribute, connect, and help lead our global community.

🗓️ Apply by June 29
📨 Email: secretariat@neurochemistry.org with a short bio and brief statement on why you’re applying.

#WeAreNeurochemistry #neurosky

Another new #JNC review:

How does mRNA translation shape brain development? 🧠

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#WeAreNeurochemistry #BrainDevelopment #mRNA

🔁 Recently published in #JNC:
Victor Lau et al. explore iron deposition patterns in aging & Alzheimer’s using light and EM in the mouse brain.

📖 Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#WeAreNeurochemistry

🧠New in JNC: Exercise-associated factors promote hippocampal neurogenesis, partly through CB2 receptors.

The study explores how the endocannabinoid system helps regulate brain plasticity and memory-related cell dynamics.

🔗 Read here: bit.ly/4jH548v

@ruisrodrigues.bsky.social

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Journal of Neurochemistry - Call for Papers: Neurochemistry of the Chromaffin Cell. Guest Editors: Prof. Arun Anantharam University of Toledo United States Minor Outlying Islands Prof. Michael Cousin University of Edinburgh United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Prof. Rajesh Ramachandran Case Western Reserve University United States of America Deadline for Submissions: 1 February 2026

🧪 Call for Papers: Neurochemistry of the Chromaffin Cell

Explore adrenal chromaffin cell function, membrane trafficking, Ca²⁺ signaling, and more in this #JNC Special Issue.

🗓️ Deadline: Feb 1, 2026

🔗 bit.ly/4mCsw9n

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🧠 New in #JNC: What determines whether memories persist or fade?

This review explores the molecular signatures of memory storage and forgetting, and focuses on dopamine, signaling pathways, and actin dynamics.

🔗 Read here: bit.ly/43OTenK

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🧠 #JNC Call for Papers in : Parkinson’s Disease – Neurochemical insights from mechanisms to therapies

Submit your original research or review by Sept 30, 2025

Guest Editor: Kensuke Ikenaka (Osaka Univ.)

🖇️ Details + submission: bit.ly/4jDGCW8

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🎉 Congrats to Sabrin Haddad - winner of the 2024 JNC Young Scientist Paper of the Year Award (in honor of Mark A. Smith)!

Her paper reveals how a CACNA2D2 mutation disrupts calcium channel & synaptic function in encephalopathy.

🔗Read here: bit.ly/3EjpeXq

#WeAreNeurochemistry #YoungScientistAward

📢 Late-breaking abstract submissions are open! 📢

Share your latest findings at the ISN-ASN Meeting in NYC. Poster slots are limited and accepted first come, first served - don’t wait.

🔗 Learn more & submit: ow.ly/cE7J50Vxge5

#WeAreNeurochemistry #ISNASN2025 #CallForAbstracts #neurosky

The ISN-ASN Meeting this year is all about coming together to share knowledge, build meaningful connections, and strengthen the field of neurochemistry. Through this, we continue to promote global collaboration for the science that unites us.

#WeAreNeurochemistry

🧬New in #JNC !​

The study uses patient-derived iPSCs with a PLA2G6 mutation models early cellular disruptions in young-onset Parkinson’s disease. Findings reveal mitochondrial dysfunction, elevated ROS, and lower catalase expression - potential early intervention targets.

Read more: bit.ly/4iZxMll

ISN is proud to support #SONA2025 in Marrakech! 🌴

Join us for sessions with Rosa Cossart, Ines Elbini, Elisabeth Ngo Bum, and our ISN Lunch Talk.

Visit the ISN booth to connect, learn more about the society, and grow in neurochemistry.

#WeAreNeurochemistry #neuroskyence #NeuroSky