The European Journal of Histochemistry has been an influential cytology journal for over 60 years, publishing research articles on functional cytology and histology in animals and plants. The European Journal of Histochemistry offers original research articles investigating on structural and molecular components performed by histochemical and immunohistochemical methods, at light and electron microscopy, cytometry and imaging techniques.
Areas of particular interest include cell differentiation, senescence and death, and cell-cell interactions in normal and pathological tissues; attention is also given to articles on newly developed or originally applied histochemical and microscopical techniques.
Since its foundation in 1954, the European Journal of Histochemistry is the official organ of the Italian Society of Histochemistry and, since 2022, of the Italian Group for the Study of Neuromorphology (G.I.S.N.).
The Journal publishes Original papers, Technical reports, Reviews, Brief Reports, Letters to the Editor, Book reviews, Views and Comments, concerning investigations performed with the aid of biophysical, biochemical, molecular-biological, enzymatic, immunohistochemical, cytometric, and image analysis techniques.
The Journal publishes original papers concerning investigations by histochemical and immunohistochemical methods, and performed with the aid of light, super-resolution and electron microscopy, cytometry and imaging techniques. Coverage extends to:
- functional cell and tissue biology in animals and plants;
- cell differentiation and death;
- cell-cell interaction and molecular trafficking;
- biology of cell development and senescence;
- nerve and muscle cell biology;
- cellular basis of diseases.
The histochemical approach is nowadays essentially aimed at locating molecules in the very place where they exert their biological roles, and at describing dynamically specific chemical activities in living cells. Basic research on cell functional organization is essential for understanding the mechanisms underlying major biological processes such as differentiation, the control of tissue homeostasis, and the regulation of normal and tumor cell growth. Even more than in the past, the European Journal of Histochemistry, as a journal of functional cytology, represents the venue where cell scientists may present and discuss their original results, technical improvements and theories.