Journal of Neuroscience

The Journal of Neuroscience (Online ISSN 1529-2401) is a weekly scientific journal published by the Society for Neuroscience. The journal publishes peer-reviewed empirical research articles in the field of neuroscience. Volume 1 appeared in 1981 and issues appeared monthly; as its popularity grew it switched to a bimonthly in 1996 and then to a weekly in July, 2003.

Articles appear within one of the following four sections of the journal:


 * Cellular/Molecular
 * Development/Plasticity/Repair
 * Behavioral/Systems/Cognitive
 * Neurobiology of Disease

In addition, some issues of the journal contain articles in the following sections:


 * Brief Communications
 * Journal Club (brief reviews of articles that appeared in the Journal, written by graduate students or postdoctoral fellows; first published in September, 2005)