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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
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reserved.
EDITORIAL POLICY
The over-riding criteria for publication are novelty and interest
to a multidisciplinary audience. NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS is not a repository
for material which, although sound, is neither particularly novel
nor meriting urgent publication. Papers not sufficiently substantiated
by experimental detail will not be published. Authors will be required
where appropriate to show that they have paid attention to the guidelines
in the Editorial: Ethical principles for the maintenance and use
of animals in neuroscience research, published in NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
73, 1987, 1. Any technical queries arising will be referred back
to the author, although the Editors reserve the right to make alterations
in the text without altering the technical content. Submission of
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for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts submitted under multiple
authorship are reviewed on the assumption that all listed authors
concur with the submission and that a copy of the final manuscript
has been approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the
responsible authorities in the laboratories where the work was carried
out. If accepted, the manuscript shall not be published elsewhere
in the same form, in either the same or another language, without
the consent of the Editors and Publisher.
Manuscripts that accord to the guidelines
should be submitted to the address of
the Editor-in-Chief or to an Associate Editor.
Language of papers is English.
Submission of Manuscripts
Manuscripts should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief or to one of the
Associate Editors at the addresses listed above, but to keep editorial
handling time to a minimum, authors are encouraged to send their
manuscripts to an Editor in their own country or continental region.
In an accompanying letter authors should state that the manuscript,
or parts of it, have not been, and will not be submitted elsewhere
for publication.
Electronic manuscripts
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Further information may be obtained from the publisher.
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will be allowed at this stage. The corrected proofs must be returned
within 24 hours after receipt by FAX. If the Publisher receives
no reply, the assumption will be made that there are no errors to
correct and the article will be published after in-house correction.
Reprints
A total of 50 reprints of each paper will be provided free of charge
to the author(s). Additional copies can be ordered at prices shown
on the reprint order form which will be sent to the author with
the acceptance form.
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numbers, stating the journal name and article code number: Neuroscience
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