BRAIN RESEARCH ‘VOL. 889 NOS. 1,2 CONTENTS 19 JANUARY 2001 Cited in Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS) — Chem. Abstracts — Index Medicus (MEDLINE) — Current Contents (Life Sci.) - EMBASE/Excerpta Medica — Psychological Abstracts (PsycINFO) — Pascal et Francis (INIST-CNRS) — RIS (Reference Update) — Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences Announcements Floyd E. Bloom appointed as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Brain Research v Brain Research Interactive Young Investigator Awards vi Electronic submission of all article types via the WWW now possible vii Call for Papers — Gene Expression Patterns viii Interactive reports (Also accessible on the World Wide Web at http: //www.elsevier.nl/locate/bres or http: //www.elsevier.com/locate/bres) Long-term changes in motor cortical organisation after recovery from subcortical stroke M.L. Byrnes, G.W. Thickbroom, B.A. Phillips, F.L. Mastaglia (Australia) 278 Vestibular efferent neurons project to the flocculus M.E. Shinder, I.M. Purcell, G.D. Kaufman, A.A. Perachio (USA) 288 Inflammatory pain reduces correlated activity in the dorsal column nuclei H.D. Schwark, O.B. Ilyinsky (USA) 295 The effect of age on the response of the rat brains to continuous B-amyloid infusion S. Nag, F. Tang (PR China) 303 Serum withdrawal causes apoptosis in SHSY SY cells M.R. Macleod, T.E. Allsopp, J. McLuckie, J.S. Kelly (UK) 308 The teleostean (zebrafish) dopaminergic system ascending to the subpallium (striatum) is located in the basal diencephalon (posterior tuberculum) E. Rink, M.F. Wullimann (Germany) 316 Leflunomide inhibits activation of inducible nitric oxide synthase in rat astrocytes Dj. Miljkovic, T. Samardzic, M. Mostarica Stojkovic, S. Stosic-Grujicic, D. Popadic, V. Trajkovic (Yugoslavia) 331 Diurnal daylight phase affects the temporal properties of both the b-wave and d-wave of the human electroretinogram M.W. Hankins, S.R. Jones, A. Jenkins, A.B. Morland (UK) 339 Transplantation of nasal olfactory tissue promotes partial recovery in paraplegic adult rats J. Lu, F. Féron, S.M. Ho, A. Mackay-Sim, P.M.E. Waite (Australia) 344 Estradiol tends to improve inhibitory avoidance performance in adrenalectomized male rats and reduces pyknotic cells in the dentate gyrus of adrenalectomized male and female rats i C.A. Frye (USA) 358 Research reports The posterior hypothalamic area: chemoarchitecture and afferent connections E.E. Abrahamson, R.Y. Moore (USA) l Immunohistochemical localization of the neuropeptide Y Y1 receptor in rat central nervous system K. Migita, A.D. Loewy, TV. Ramabhadran, J.E. Krause, S.M. Waters (USA) 23 Colon and anal sphincter contractions evoked by microstimulation of the sacral spinal cord in cats C. Tai, A.M. Booth, W.C. de Groat,, J.R. Roppolo (USA) 38 Conjugation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor to a blood-brain barrier drug targeting system enables neuroprotection in regional brain ischemia following intravenous injection of the neurotrophin Y. Zhang, W.M. Pardridge (USA) 49 The regulation of NMDA-evoked dopamine release by nitric oxide in the frontal cortex and raphe nuclei of the freely moving rat J.C.E. Smith, P.S. Whitton (UK) 57 K,5p channel blockers selectively interact with A -adenosine receptor mediated modulation of acetylcholine release in the rat hippocampus B. Sperlagh, G. Zsilla, E.S. Vizi (Hungary) 63 Pubertal and seasonal plasticity in the amygdala R.D. Romeo, C.L. Sisk (USA) 71 Characteristics of spontaneous and evoked GABAergic synaptic currents in cardiac vagal neurons in rats J. Wang, M. Irnaten, D. Mendelowitz (USA) 78 (Contents continued inside) 0006-8993 (20010119) 889:1/2;1-6 (contents continued) Central interactions between angiotensin II and PGD, in the regulation of vasopressin and oxytocin secretion in dehydrated rats M. Kadekaro, M.L. Terrell, V. Bui, J.Y. Summy-Long (USA) Oxyhemoglobin produces apoptosis and necrosis in cultured smooth muscle cells K. Ogihara, K. Aoki, A.Y. Zubkov, J.H. Zhang (USA) Nitric oxide in the potassium-induced response of the rat middle cerebral artery: a possible permissive role E.M. Golding, M.L. Steenberg, T.D. Johnson, R.M. Bryan Jr. (USA) Isoforms of protein kinase C in postsynaptic densities after cerebral ischemia B. Zablocka, B. Gajkowska, T. Czechmanska, K. Domanska-Janik (Poland) Involvement of the amygdala in classical conditioning of eyeblink response in the rat M. Neufeld, M. Mintz (Israel) Effects of baclofen on colon inflammation-induced Fos, CGRP and SP expression in spinal cord and brainstem Y. Lu, K.N. Westlund (USA) Reduced glutathione, dithiothreitol and cytochrome P-450 inhibitors do not influence hypoxic chemosensory responses in the rat carotid body A. Roy, A. Mokashi, C. Rozanov, P.A. Daudu, S. Lahiri (USA) Maxadilan specifically interacts with PAC1 receptor, which is a dominant form of PACAP/VIP family receptors in cultured rat cortical neurons I. Tatsuno, D. Uchida, T. Tanaka, N. Saeki, A. Hirai, Y. Saito, O. Moro, M. Tajima (Japan) Behavioral suppression induced by cannabinoids is due to activation of the arachidonic acid cascade in rats T. Yamaguchi, Y. Shoyama, S. Watanabe, T. Yamamoto (Japan) Rat basal forebrain cholinergic lesion affects neuronal nitric oxide synthase activity in hippocampal and neocortical target regions M. Hartlage-Rubsamen, R. Schliebs (Germany ) Focal ischemia induces transient expression of IL-6 in the substantia nigra pars reticulata M. Dihné, F. Block (Germany) 165 Virol A, a toxic trans-polyacetylenic alcohol of Cicuta virosa, selectively inhibits the GABA-induced Cl current in acutely dissociated rat hippocampal CAl neurons K. Uwai, K. Ohashi, Y. Takaya, Y. Oshima, K.-i. Furukawa, K. Yamagata, T. Omura, S. Okuyama (Japan) 174 The Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 rescues the PC12 neuronal cells from B-amyloid-induced cell death by inhibiting the formation of B-amyloid-derived diffusible neurotoxic ligands Z.-x. Yao, K. Drieu, V. Papadopoulos (USA, France) 181 Role of preoptic and anterior hypothalamic cholinergic input on water intake and body temperature A. Takahashi, E. Kishi, H. Ishimaru, Y. Ikarashi, Y. Maruyama (Japan) 191 Fetal intra-nigral ventral mesencephalon and kidney tissue bridge transplantation restores the nigrostriatal dopamine pathway in hemi- parkinsonian rats Y.-H. Chiang, M. Morales, F.C. Zhou, C. Borlongan, B.J. Hoffer, Y. Wang (Taiwan, USA) 200 Reduction of copper,zinc-superoxide dismutase in knockout mice does not affect edema or infarction volumes and the early release of mitochondrial cytochrome c after permanent focal cerebral ischemia M. Fujimura, Y. Morita-Fujimura, J.-C. Copin, T. Yoshimoto, P.H. Chan (USA, Japan) Melatonin inhibits Arg—vasopressin release via MT, receptor in the suprachiasmatic nucleus-slice culture of rats Y. Isobe, T. Torii, H. Nishino (Japan) Effect of melatonin on circadian rhythm, locomotor activity and body temperature in the intact house sparrow, Japanese quail and owl N. Murakami, T. Kawano, K. Nakahara, T. Nasu, K. Shiota (Japan) Short communications Immunosuppressive and non-immunosuppressive immunophilin ligands improve H,O,-induced cell damage by increasing glutathione levels in NG108-15 cells K.-i. Tanaka, N. Fujita, M. Yoshioka, N. Ogawa (Japan) Chronic exposure to aluminium decreases NADPH-diaphorase positive neurons in the rat cerebral cortex L. Rodella, R. Rezzani, R. Lanzi, R. Bianchi (Italy) Calcineurin A and calbindin immunoreactivity in the spinal cord of G93A superoxide dismutase transgenic mice U. Knirsch, S. Sturm, A. Reuter, R. Bachus, G. Gosztonyi, H. Voelkel, A.C. Ludolph (Germany) Hypothalamic atrial natriuretic peptide and secretion of oxytocin R.S. Chriguer, M.J.A. Rocha, J. Antunes-Rodrigues, C.R. Franci (Brazil) Trigeminally innervated iron-containing structures in the beak of homing pigeons, and other birds M.N. Williams, J.M. Wild (New Zealand) Altered glycosylation of cerebrospinal fluid butyrylcholinesterase in alzheimer’s disease J. Säez-Valero, D.H. Small (Australia) A different retinal glia response to optic nerve injury/lipopolysaccharide administration in hooded and albino rats R. Engelmann, D.C. Dieterich, A. Bien, M.R. Kreutz (Germany) Muscarinic cholinergic receptors subtypes in rat cerebellar cortex: light microscope autoradiography of age-related changes S.K. Tayebati, D. Vitali, S. Scordella, F. Amenta (Italy) (Contents continued) (contents continued) Gonadectomy unmasks an inhibitory effect of progesterone on amygdala kindling in male rats H.E. Edwards, V. Mo, W.M. Burnham, N.J. MacLusky (Canada) 260 Estrogen stimulates the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway in midbrain astroglia T. Ivanova, M. Karolczak, C. Beyer (Germany) 264 Serotonin 2A receptor-like immunoreactivity is detected in astrocytes but not in oligodendrocytes of rat spinal cord M. Maxishima, T. Shiga, F. Shutoh, S. Hamada, T. Maeshima, N. Okado (Japan) 22 70 NMDA receptor antagonist APS and nitric oxide synthase inhibitor 7-NI affect different phases of learning and memory in goldfish X. Xu, T. Russell, J. Bazner, J. Hamilton (USA) Author index 364 CO NTE NTS This journal is part of ContentsDirect, the free alerting service which sends tables of contents by e-mail for Elsevier Science books and journals. You can register for ContentsDirect online ® at: www.elsevier.nl/locate/contentsdirect