Nature Neuroscience provides the international neuroscience community with a highly visible forum in which the most exciting developments in all areas of neuroscience can be communicated to a broad readership. A lively front half, including News and Views, Reviews, Perspectives and editorials, helps place the primary research in context, providing readers with a broad perspective on the entire field. Nature Neuroscience aims to provide readers with authoritative, accessible and timely information on the most important advances in understanding the nervous system. Areas covered include molecular, cellular, systems, behavioral, cognitive and computational studies.