該雜志為神經解剖學、神經化學、神經內分泌學、神經藥理學、神經生理學、神經毒理學、分子神經生物學、行為科學、生物細胞學和臨床神經生物學領域的所有領域提供了簡短而完整的報告，但沒有提供初步的交流。出版的首要標準是多學科讀者的新穎性和興趣。神經科學信件并不是一個存儲材料的倉庫，盡管它聽起來并不特別新穎，也不值得緊急出版。未經實驗細節充分證實的論文將不予發表。在適當的情況下，作者將被要求表明他們已經注意了發表在《神經科學研究中維護和使用動物的倫理原則》社論中的指導方針，發表在《神經科學快報》1987年第73卷第1頁。如有任何技術上的疑問，我們將向作者提出，但編輯保留在不改變技術內容的情況下修改文本的權利。向《神經科學快報》提交一篇論文意味著它不會在其他地方發表。以多重作者身份提交的稿件將在假定所有列出的作者都同意提交的情況下進行審查，并且最終稿件的副本已得到所有作者的批準，并已由進行工作的實驗室的主管當局默認或明確地批準。未經編輯出版者同意，稿件不得在其他地方以相同的形式、相同的文字或者其他文字發表。

The journal provides a rapid publication of short, complete reports, but not preliminary communications, in all areas in the fields of neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neuroendocrinology, neuropharmacology, neurophysiology, neurotoxicology, molecular neurobiology, behavioural sciences, biocybernetics and clinical neurobiology.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 Papers not sufficiently substantiated by experimental detail will not be published.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, Vol.73, 1987, p.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 a paper to Neuroscience Letters implies that it is not being submitted 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 If accepted, the manuscript shall not be published elsewhere in the same form, in either the same or another language, without the consent of the Editors and Publisher.