【医学类】SCI期刊专刊约稿信息3条

全文截稿: 2017-10-31

影响因子: 1.66

中科院JCR分区:

  • 大类 : 医学 - 4区

  • 小类 : 生理学 - 4区

  • 小类 : 呼吸系统 - 4区

网址: www.journals.elsevier.com/respiratory-physiology-and-neurobiology

Airway defensive reflexes serve an important role for the respiratory system to fulfil physiological gas exchange at a rate which matches metabolic demands of tissues. Airway defensive reflexes are specific, spatio-temporally orchestrated motor acts, main purpose of which is to prevent aspiration of liquidAirway defensive reflexes serve an important role for the respiratory system to fulfil physiological gas exchange at a rate which matches metabolic demands of tissues. Airway defensive reflexes are specific, spatio-temporally orchestrated motor acts, main purpose of which is to prevent aspiration of liquid or corpuscular material into the airways, or eventually expel mucus and other potentially harmful substances out of the respiratory tract.

These motor acts are precisely regulated to provide sufficient airway protection and defence to the airways and lungs. Decreased performance of these complex neuromuscular behaviours can lead to aspiration with further consequences e.g. aspiration pneumonia, which considerably increase respiratory morbidity and mortality in specific populations of patients – elderly, or subjects affected by neuro-muscular diseases. Strategies serving to enhance these motor acts or to substitute them are of high clinical importance.

On the other hand, exaggerated airway defensive reflex responses (mainly cough) to otherwise innocuous stimuli lead to intractable coughing, which manifests as hypersensitive cough syndrome, considerably decreasing patient’s quality of life. Prevalence of this syndrome increases in population of postmenopausal women, and we have developed therapeutic strategies with low or debatable efficacy so far. Further research is necessary to understand pathogenesis of this syndrome to find reliable treatment strategies.

Both up-regulation and down-regulation of airway defensive reflexes should be studied to develop optimal clinical approach to these problems.

The purpose of this special issue is to publish high-quality research papers as well as review articles to addressing recent advances on airway defensive reflexes, with focus on cough. Original, high quality contributions that are not yet published or that are not currently under the review by another journal are sought.

Potential topics include but are not limited to

- studies of cough sensory pathways

- central regulation of airway defence

- new antitussive substances and their efficacy in animal models

- strategies aimed to substitute or enhance cough reflex in prevention of aspiration pneumonia

- cough hypersensitivity syndrome

- cough in elderly and children

- gender differences in airway defence

全文截稿: 2018-02-15

影响因子: 2.432

中科院JCR分区:

  • 大类 : 医学 - 3区

  • 小类 : 神经科学 - 4区

网址: www.journals.elsevier.com/brain-and-cognition

Dr. Ayanna Thomas and Dr. Jessica Karanian are presenting a special issue entitled Acute Stress, Memory, and the Brain in the journal Brain and Cognition. You will find in this document a brief summary presenting the main goals of this special issue. We know that you promoted this emerging field by initiating pioneer work on the relationship between stress and memory. We would therefore like to invite you to propose a contribution in this special issue. Your contribution can take a variety of forms. You have the option of presenting a theory-guided review, a meta-analysis, or a paper presenting empirical studies.

The primary goal of this Special Issue of Brain and Cognition is to highlight important new findings in the area of stress and memory. A second goal is to bridge the gap between physiological researchers and cognitive science researchers approaching the investigation of stress and memory from different vantage points. This Special Issue is both important and timely. Following on the heels of recent meta-analyses and general reviews (see, Gagnon & Wagner, 2016; Shields, Sazma, McCullough, & Yonelinas, 2017), this special issue will focus specifically on how acute stress affects encoding, consolidation, and retrieval from declarative memory. The Special Issue will include studies that draw upon evidence from behavioral, psychophysiological, cognitive neuroscience methods, including neuro-hormonal manipulations and functional brain imaging, and focus primarily on declarative memory in humans.

Recent studies and reviews suggest that existing prominent models of stress and memory present predictions that cannot be accounted for by the body of research published to this point. Critically, research suggests that no one theory is capable of accounting for the overall pattern of results (see Shields et al., 2017). The Editors of this special issue argue that there at least four important factors that must be considered when developing a model to account for the cognitive and neurocognitive effects of stress on declarative memory. We aim to present research highlighting these and other important factors to a wide audience of neuroscience, physiological, and cognitive researchers. We argue that full consideration of these factors, and how they may interact, will allow researchers to develop testable theoretical models the address the relation between and possible impact of acute stress on declarative memory. Therefore, our goal is to present new research that examines these factors independently, and in combination.

Factors of Interest

- The time course of the physiological stress response.

- The interaction between the physiological time course and the different underlying processes associated with encoding, consolidation, and retrieval.

- The interaction between glucocorticoids and catecholamines.

- Research examining the contribution of moderating factors, such as stimuli valence, sex, and age.

全文截稿: 2018-02-28

影响因子: 1.398

中科院JCR分区:

  • 大类 : 医学 - 4区

  • 小类 : 护理 - 3区

网址: www.journals.elsevier.com/collegian

Workplace violence in health care is a growing problem and one that has received increasing attention over recent years. In nursing and other health professions, workplace violence can take many different forms and be perpetrated by a variety of individuals, including other health care personnel, patients or family members.

Workplaces need to develop and implement strategies to support safety and wellbeing for all. This special issue will provide a forum for current research into related issues, and in doing so generate discussion and debate around the area of workplace violence in health care.

Potential topics include:

- Nature and scope of workplace or occupational violence, incivility and aggression

- Bullying, harassment and horizontal violence in practice

- Risk factors, prevention and management strategies

- Workplace safety

- Burnout

- Resilience

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