Call for Paper

Special Issueon Neurophotonics

Optoelectronics, genomics and proteomics have opened up an era providing new approaches and new tools for neuroscience research, particularly in optical neuroimaging. “Function follows form”, anatomic structure is the basis for understanding the brain’s function and brain diseases. Brain function depends on neuronal networks and so from a systems biology perspective, should be studied not only the neuron level, but also at the neuronal networks and system levels. Optical imaging can now be applied at multiple levels from gene to molecular, from cellular to tissue and from organ to system levels to yield critical information bridging molecular structure and physiological function.

This special issue aims to highlight recent progress in the development ofneurophotonicstechniques and their applications in biological discovery, disease diagnosis and treatment. This special issue calls forneurophotonicsexperts toreportthe most recent breakthroughs and the potential impacts in related research fields. Original research papers and review articles are both welcome. Manuscripts will be internationally peer-reviewed. Topics we specifically seek to cover but are not limited to the following:

Optical imaging of neural networks, brain cortex activity and neurovascular physiology

Functional near-infrared imaging (fNIRI) for human brain activity

Diffusive optical tomography for animal or human brain studies

Optical imaging of brain-wide neuroanatomical architecture or connectivity

In vivo fiber-based imaging

Brain models and specimen preparation

Optical probes for brain models or neuronal circuits

Segmentation, identification and visualization of brain-wide dataset

Multimodal imaging integrating structural and functional information.

Submission deadline: 2022 Dec 31

Planned publication date: March 2023

Submission format

Authors should use the Latex or MS-Word style files. For more details, please visit https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/jiohs

JIOHS is indexed by SCIE (IF2.396, JCR 2021). JIOHS has been a fully open-access journal since 2013.

Feature Editors:

Sergio Fantini, Professor, Fellow of OPTICA, SPIE and AIMBE

Diffuse Optical Imaging of Tissue Laboratory

Tufts University, USA

Ling Fu, Professor, Fellow of OPTICA and SPIE

Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P.R.China

Sabrina Brigadoi, Assistant Professor

Department of Psycology

University of Padova, Italy