Associate Editors: Farewells and Introduction

Associate Editors: Farewells and Introduction

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical 87 (2001) v www.elsevier.com / locate / autneu Note from the Editor-in-chief Associate Editors: Farewell a...

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Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical 87 (2001) v www.elsevier.com / locate / autneu

Note from the Editor-in-chief Associate Editors: Farewell and Introduction Paul Andrews Paul Andrews took over from Giorgio Gabella as Associate Editor of the Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System (as it was titled at that time) in 1995 and has been extraordinarily successful. Not only has he been diligent, tactful and encouraging when dealing with authors submitting papers, but he has been full of creative ideas about how to advance the Journal. During his period of office he played a major role in establishing: (1) separate journal sections for basic and clinical autonomic neuroscience; (2) a dedicated Reviews Editor; (3) the new title for the Journal and its popular modern cover. Paul contributed much to the organisation of the highly successful International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience Meeting in London in July 2000 and was instrumental in establishing Autonomic Neuroscience as the official Journal for ISAN. Paul forged very cordial relations with the editorial and production staff at Elsevier, which facilitated smooth running of this publication and he kept a harmonious interchange with his fellow Associate Editors, Edittors and the many Referees who so generously

give their time to support our Journal. Paul deserves high praise for his exceptional contributions over the years and he will be greatly missed, although he promises to keep close ties with the Journal – we wish him much success in his plan to use the time freed from journal duties to focus more in the next few years on his research.

Charles Hoyle Charles Hoyle has been a strong and loyal supporter of the Journal over many years, first as an energetic, incisive and willing Referee, later as an active Editor, and we are fortunate that he is willing to take over from Paul Andrews with enthusiasm the formidable task of being Associate Editor. Charles has had a distinguished career in basic autonomic neuroscience and has published nearly 100 papers, reviews and books in many areas, including autonomic neurotransmission, purinergic, peptidergic and nitrergic signalling, physiology and pharmacology of the nervous control of vas deferens, gut and bladder, as well as studies of pathological conditions such as diabetes, incontinence and constipation. He has also contributed much to the comparative autonhomic physiology and pharmacology of invertebrates and lower vertebrates. We wish him much success in this new venture.