Guidelines for Abstract Preparation
A. Abstracts must be written in English, Microsoft Word format (Times New Roman font, size 10)
on one page and the text body should not exceed 450 words. An additional page may be used for
references.
B. Title: Use a concise title that indicates the content of the abstract. Refrain from using abbreviations.
Authors: Names and surnames for each author must be provided. Underline the corresponding
author.
Affiliations: Each author should be listed by department, institute and country.
Text body: Should not exceed 450 words (References are not included in the word count limit).
Abstracts will be reproduced exactly as submitted and will not be edited in any way.
Abstracts should be structured into sections using the following headings typed in bold with no
colon at the end, e.g.: Background / Materials and Methods / Results / Conclusions.
SI units should be used throughout (litre and molar are permitted, however).
Abbreviations should be used as sparingly as possible and should be defined when first used.
Web links (URLs) should be provided in full, including both the title of the site and the URL, in the
following format: Reactome [http://www.reactome.org].
No tables, figures or illustrations are allowed.
Acknowledgements: Brief acknowledgements may be included and should be placed after
Conclusions. If the abstract is being presented on behalf of a study group, this information should be
noted here rather than on the author list.
References: All references should be cited consecutively in the text, using numbers in square
brackets. Only papers that have been published, or are in press, or are available through public eprint or preprint servers should be included in the reference list. Journal abbreviations should
follow MEDLINE standards. References should be at the end of the abstract in BioMed Central style
preceded by the relevant reference number. An example of a reference for a journal article follows.
The full reference style guide can be found at the journal’s website
(www.molecularneurodegeneration.com/info/instructions).
C. Refer to the Abstract Template.
Abstract Submission Deadline
February 29, 2016
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Abstract Template
Title of the abstract (Times New Roman font, size 10)
Seoung Hyun Kim1, Guojun Bu2, Huaxi Xu3, Jungsu Kim2
1
Department of Neurology, Hanyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea, 2Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic,
Jacksonville, FL, USA, 3Sanford Burnhan Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
Background Write the content on the same line, in Times New Roman font, size 10. The text body (from Background to
Acknowledgements) should not exceed 450 words on one page.
Materials and Methods Write the content on the same line, in Times New Roman font, size 10. The text body (from
Background to Acknowledgements) should not exceed 450 words on one page.
Results Write the content on the same line, in Times New Roman font, size 10. The text body (from Background to
Acknowledgements) should not exceed 450 words on one page.
Conclusions Write the content on the same line, in Times New Roman font, size 10. The text body (from Background to
Acknowledgements) should not exceed 450 words on one page. [1]
Acknowledgments This work was supported by National Institute on Molecular Neurodegeneration grants
A01MN034135.
References
1. Chomczynski P, Sacchi N: Single-step method of RNA isolation by acid guanidinium thiocyanate-phenolchloroform extraction. Anal Biochem 1987, 162:156-159.
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