PU PROFESSOR ON EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD OF INTERNATIONAL
NEUROSCIENCE JOURNAL
National Tele24 News
Vinay Kumar
Chandigarh
Dr. RajatSandhir, Professor in the department of
Biochemistry has been invited to the editorial advisory board of “Neurochemistry
International”, which is an international journal devoted to cellular and
molecular neuroscience. The journal is published by Elsevier Press and has an impact
factor of more than 3.6. The journal is publishes outstanding original articles
and timely reviews in broad range of topics that includes neurochemistry,
neuropharmacology, genetic aspects of CNS functions, neuropharmacology and
metabolism as well as neurochemistry of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
As an editorial board member, Prof. Sandhir is
expected to offer his expertise in the peer review process, help further
improve the quality of the journal and make suggestions for future special
issues of journal. He is the second Indian to be on the nominated to the
editorial advisory board of Neurochemistry International. Prof. RajatSandhir has
been at Panjab University for more than two decades and his research interests
are to understand the biochemical and molecular mechanisms involved in
development of neurodegenerative conditions like metabolic encephalopathies, dementia's
and brain injury with a particular interest to investigate the role of
oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunctions and alterations in permeability of
Blood-Brain-Barrier. In addition, his interest is also to identify
neuroprotective strategies that could ameliorate neurodegenerative conditions.
He has authored over 175 papers, several book chapters and has mentored over
two-dozen students for Ph.D. He has an h-index of 39 and i10 index of 92 with
over 4000 citations. He has been on the editorial board of many reputed
international journals like Neuroscience Research Notes and Annals in
Neuroscience.
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