Neurobiology of Disease will be publishing a Special Issue on ‘Imaging in Depression’ featuring review articles of recent developments. This field is one in which Neurobiology of Disease has published many excellent and important papers and Dr. Deanna Barch will serve as Guest Editor for this special issue.

In addition to the review articles listed below, the Special Issue will also include original papers. All papers will be subject to normal peer review and must comply with the Guide for Authors. To submit a paper for this Special Issue, please go to External link http://ees.elsevier.com/ynbdi and click on “Submit new manuscript”. It is important that authors select “Special Issue: Imaging in Depression” as the article type. Manuscripts should be submitted by 31 August 2011.

Please address any questions to NBD@elsevier.com

The Special Issue will include authoritative state of the art review articles on:

* Dopamine and Reward Processing In Depression
Erica Forbes, University of Pittsburgh Medical School

* Stress, Cortisol and the Hippocampus in Depression
Thomas Frodl, Trinity College Dublin

* Intrinsic Functional Networks in Depression
Ian Gotlib, Stanford University

* Developmental Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience of Depression
Mike Gaffrey, Joan Luby, Deanna Barch, Washington University in St. Louis

* Imaging Neurotransmitter Function in Depression
Wayne Drevets and Jonathan Savitz, Laureate Institute for Brain Research

* Genetic Influences on Functional Brain Activity in Major Depression
Ryan Bogdan and Diego PIzzagalli, Duke University and Harvard University

* Brain Imaging Predictors of Treatment Outcome in Depression
Cindy Fu, Institute of Psychiatry, London