Authors: Edna Grünblatt Jürgen Deckert Manfred Gerlach
Publish Date: 2012/07/13
Volume: 120, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-2
Abstract
This special issue of the Journal of Neural Transmission is a collection of original research results as well as reviews of new developments in the field of interdisciplinary neuroscience dedicated to Peter Riederer The issue covers neurodegenerative diseases as well as psychiatric disorders and their models discussing the role of iron and energy metabolism immunological and degenerative processes stem cells and prospects for neuroprotection and neuroregeneration as well as the development of new pharmacological strategies This special issue was conceived as a celebration of the work of Professor Peter Riederer Professor of Clinical Neurochemistry in the Department of Psychiatry Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy at the University Hospital Würzburg Germany at the occasion of his 70th birthday Many of Peter’s colleagues have contributed manuscripts to this issue The broad range of topics demonstrates the interdisciplinary nature of the work in which Peter Riederer has been and still is involvedPeter Riederer has authored over 900 scientific manuscripts a body of work which has contributed much to our understanding of the aetiology and possible new treatment strategies for Parkinson’s disease PD and Alzheimer’s disease AD depression schizophrenia and many more Recently Peter Riederer was listed in the top100 list of the most prolific AD investigators from 1 January 1985 to 21 April 2008 with more than 180 original publications in PubMed Sorensen 2009 Similarly he was listed in a more recent review of productivity and impact of the top100 cited PD investigators since 1985 with 159 original publications in PubMed Sorensen and Weedon 2011 His great impact on these two fields of research is welldocumented by this but it is obvious that his work has a great impact also on other fields of interdisciplinary neuroscience be they basic translational or clinicalThis fact is represented well in this special issue with contributions from many of his collaborators and friends not only from various fields of neuroscience but also from all over the world such as M van den Buuse Australia P Halley Australia G Münch Australia K Jellinger Austria P Fischer Austria WD Lee China Z Lackovic Croatia M SalkovicPetrisic Croatia AJ Fallgatter Germany J Deckert Germany P Falkai Germany A Schmitt Germany E Koutsilieri Germany A Brunnauer Germany M Romanos Germany A Warnke Germany G Laux Germany G Bagdy Hungary L Hunyady Hungary SA Mandel Israel O Weinreb Israel MBH Youdim Israel W Maruyama Japan T Nagatsu Japan M Naoi Japan T Saito Japan EC Walters Netherlands S Walitza Switzerland J Jankovic USA and I BodisWollner USA This volume is thus intended to serve as a reference source for basic researchers and clinicians involved in interdisciplinary neuroscience and neuropsychiatryTo his 70th birthday we congratulate and thank Peter Riederer for his many valuable and ongoing contributions to interdisciplinary neuroscience We wish him many more successful and fruitful years to come and in particular hope that he will continue to act as a mentor to young scientists many of whom he has lead to the level of Associate Professors and even further Koutsilieri E Double K and Grünblatt E We thank all those who contributed their work to this volume the managing editor Christian Riederer and Springer Publisher Vienna New York
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