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The cover painting is entitled ‘Chromatin Regulation in Memory Formation’, acrylic on canvas, 48″ × 48″. It represents an artistic interpretation of the role of dynamic regulation of the histone/DNA chromatin complex in transcriptional control in long-term memory. Painting courtesy of J. David Sweatt, Department of Neurobiology and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham.