Spotlight Articles [1–25 of 291 articles]

Spotlight Articles are comprehensive review articles that are commissioned by the journal and written by senior researchers in their respective fields. These articles are meant to provide both a review of the past work on a topic of high current interest as well as a forward looking analysis of the issues that will drive future research in the field. Spotlight Articles undergo a full peer review process prior to publication, and the names of the editors who recommended the publication of each article are included in the final published version of the article.

Below is a complete list of published Spotlight Articles.

• Building Spinal and Brain Commissures: Axon Guidance at the Midline, Valérie Castellani
  ISRN Cell Biology
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 315387, 21 pages
• Nanoparticles for Brain Drug Delivery, Massimo Masserini
  ISRN Biochemistry
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 238428, 18 pages
• Small Bowel Imaging: Clinical Applications of the Different Imaging Modalities—A Comprehensive Review, Gabriele Masselli
  ISRN Pathology
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 419542, 13 pages
• Management of Pain in the Emergency Department, Stephen H. Thomas
  ISRN Emergency Medicine
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 583132, 19 pages
• From Passive Overeating to “Food Addiction”: A Spectrum of Compulsion and Severity, Caroline Davis
  ISRN Obesity
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 435027, 20 pages
• Glioma Stem Cells and Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Malignant Gliomas, Masahiro Toda
  ISRN Oncology
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 673793, 13 pages
• Memory and Self–Neuroscientific Landscapes, Hans J. Markowitsch
  ISRN Neuroscience
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 176027, 26 pages
• Slack, Slick, and Sodium-Activated Potassium Channels, Leonard K. Kaczmarek
  ISRN Neuroscience
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 354262, 14 pages
• A Review on the Structural Studies of Batteries and Host Materials by X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy, Marco Giorgetti
  ISRN Materials Science
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 938625, 22 pages
• Materials for Chemical-Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling, Tobias Mattisson
  ISRN Chemical Engineering
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 526375, 19 pages
• HIV-1 Trans Infection of CD4⁺ T Cells by Professional Antigen Presenting Cells, Charles R. Rinaldo
  Scientifica
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 164203, 30 pages
• Obstacles in Haemocompatibility Testing, W. van Oeveren
  Scientifica
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 392584, 14 pages
• Parvovirus B19 Achievements and Challenges, Giorgio Gallinella
  ISRN Virology
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 898730, 33 pages
• A Review of Optoelectronic Oscillators for High Speed Signal Processing Applications, Paul Devgan
  ISRN Electronics
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 401969, 16 pages
• Lipids in Marine Ecosystems, Christopher C. Parrish
  ISRN Oceanography
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 604045, 16 pages
• The Problem of Antigen Affinity Discrimination in B-Cell Immunology, Subhadip Raychaudhuri
  ISRN Biomathematics
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 845918, 18 pages
• Microscopic Colitis: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Current Management—An Update 2013, Martin Alexander Storr
  ISRN Gastroenterology
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 352718, 12 pages
• A Lifespan Developmental-Stage Approach to Tobacco and Other Drug Abuse Prevention, Steve Sussman
  ISRN Addiction
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 745783, 19 pages
• Immune-Mediated Adverse Events Associated with Ipilimumab CTLA-4 Blockade Therapy: The Underlying Mechanisms and Clinical Management, Ahmad Tarhini
  Scientifica
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 857519, 19 pages
• Molecular Cochaperones: Tumor Growth and Cancer Treatment, Stuart K. Calderwood
  Scientifica
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 217513, 13 pages
• Current Understanding of Guanylin Peptides Actions, Aleksandra Sindic
  ISRN Nephrology
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 813648, 17 pages
• The Psychological Challenge of Late-Life Vision Impairment: Concepts, Findings, and Practical Implications, Hans-Werner Wahl
  Journal of Ophthalmology
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 278135, 11 pages
• Sexually Transmitted Infections and Male Circumcision: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Robert S. Van Howe
  ISRN Urology
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 109846, 42 pages
• The Mind-Brain Relationship as a Mathematical Problem, Giorgio A. Ascoli
  ISRN Neuroscience
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 261364, 13 pages
• Neurophysiological Basis of Sleep’s Function on Memory and Cognition, Rebecca M. C. Spencer
  ISRN Physiology
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 619319, 17 pages