Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of the journal Acta Neuropathologica Communications (ANC). ANC will publish work on pathology and mechanisms of neurological disease using structural, molecular and cellular techniques.
The sister of Acta Neuropathologica, a journal published by Springer with an Impact Factor of 9.32 (2011), ANC will focus on publishing only high quality articles that do not need major revisions. This will allow for fast, continuous open access publication. Both are led by Editor-in-Chief Werner Paulus, a Professor of Neuropathology at University Hospital Münster, Germany.
Included in the launch articles, Lang et. al review the evidence of the α-synuclein pathology of Parkinson's Disease as described by Braak. They discuss the challenges of the Braak Hypothesis, suggesting how Prion-like processes may mediate the pathology progression. In another article, Nagy et. al provide insight into the mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease.
