BRAIN RESEARCH VOL. 901 NOS. 1,2 CONTENTS 18 MAY 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. Full text available in ScienceDirect’ and Neuroscion. Announcements Floyd E. Bloom appointed as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Brain Research V Brain Research Interactive Young Investigator Awards vi Brain Research Interactive Young Investigator Awards — October 2000 Vil Call for Papers — Gene Expression Patterns Vill Interactive reports (Also accessible on the World Wide Web at http://www.bres-interactive.com) Dendritic aberrations in the hippocampal granular layer and the amygdalohippocampal area following kindled-seizures K. Kato, T. Masa, Y. Tawara, K. Kobayashi, T. Oka, A. Okabe, S. Shiosaka (Japan) 281 Mitosis and apoptosis in postnatal auditory system of the C3H/He strain K. Kamiya, K. Takahashi, K. Kitamura, T. Momoi, Y. Yoshikawa (Japan) 296 Characterization of spontaneous excitatory synaptic currents in pyramidal cells of rat prelimbic cortex Z. Wang, P. Zheng (China) 303 Research reports Neuronal microdysgenesis and acquired lesions of the hippocampal formation connected with seizure activities in Ihara epileptic rat A. Tsuji, S. Amano, M. Yokoyama, J. Fukuoka, Y. Hayase, M. Matsuda (Japan) | Neuroprotection with herpes simplex vectors expressing virally derived anti-apoptotic agents M. Roy, J. Hom, R.M. Sapolsky (USA) 12 Expression of Bax and Bcl-2 proteins during hypoxia in cerebral cortical neuronal nuclei of newborn piglets: effect of administration of magnesium sulfate S. Ravishankar, Q.M. Ashraf, K. Fritz, O.P. Mishra, M. Delivoria-Papadopoulos (USA) 23 Further studies on the effects of topical lactate on amino acid efflux from the ischemic rat cortex C.J. Cassady, J.W. Phillis, M.H. O’Regan (USA) 30 Inducible cyclooxygenase-2 expression after experimental intracerebral hemorrhage C. Gong, S.R. Ennis, J.T. Hoff, R.F. Keep (USA) 38 Stress-induced increase in extracellular dopamine in striatum: role of glutamatergic action via N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in substantia nigra S.L. Castro, M.J. Zigmond (USA) 47 Expression and function of astrocytic gap junctions in aging M.L. Cotrina, Q. Gao, J.H.-C. Lin, M. Nedergaard (USA) 55 Effect of long-term administration of JTP-2942, a novel thyrotropin-releasing hormone analogue, on neurological outcome, local cerebral blood flow and glucose utilization in a rat focal cerebral ischemia T. Katsumata, Y. Katayama, T. Ootori, H. Muramatsu, Y. Nishiyama, H. Nakamura, T. Seta, A. Terashi (Japan) 62 Choline blocks AMPA-induced dark cell degeneration of Purkinje neurons: potential role of the a7 nicotinic receptor J.C. Strahlendorf, S. Acosta, R. Miles, H.K. Strahlendorf (USA) 71 Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 activation in hippocampus after cerebral ischemia may not interfere with postischemic cell death Z. Gu, Q. Jiang, G. Zhang (PR China) 79 Histamine Hl receptor mRNA is expressed in capsaicin-insensitive sensory neurons with neuropeptide Y-immunoreactivity in guinea pigs H. Kashiba, H. Fukui, E. Senba (Japan) 85 A selective cysteine protease inhibitor is non-toxic and cerebroprotective in rats undergoing transient middle cerebral artery ischemia D.M. Seyfried, R. Veyna, Y. Han, K. Li, N. Tang, R.L. Beffs, S. Weinsheimer, M. Chopp, J. Anagli (USA) 94 Effects of hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia on brain cell membrane function and energy metabolism during the immediate reoxygenation— reperfusion period after acute transient global hypoxia—ischemia in the newborn piglet W.S. Park, Y.S. Chang, M. Lee (South Korea) 102 The stimulatory effect of vasopressin on the luteinizing hormone surge in ovariectomized, estradiol-treated rats is time-dependent I.F. Palm, E.M. van der Beek, V.M. Wiegant, R.M. Buijs, A. Kalsbeek (The Netherlands) 109 A novel monoclonal antibody recognizes a previously unknown subdivision of the habenulo-interpeduncular system in zebrafish K. Tomizawa, H. Katayama, H. Nakayasu (Japan) 117 (Contents continued inside) 0006-8993 (20010518) 901:1/2;1-Y (contents continued) Subthreshold membrane potential oscillations of type A neurons in injured DRG J.-L. Xing, S.-J. Hu, K.-P. Long (PR China) Behavioral effects of agents active at the y-aminobutyric acid receptor complex in the staircase paradigm R. Weizman, L. Paz, Y. Peter, P. Toren, C.G. Pick (Israel) Memory-related acetylcholine efflux from rat prefrontal cortex and hippocampus: a microdialysis study N. Hironaka, K.-i. Tanaka, Y. Izaki, K. Hori, M. Nomura (Japan) Complex sound processing during human REM sleep by recovering information from long-term memory as revealed by the mismatch negativity (MMN) M. Atienza, J.L. Cantero (Spain, USA) Involvement of CGRP and CGRP!1 receptor in nociception in the nucleus accumbens of rats N. Li, T. Lundeberg, L.-C. Yu (People’s Republic of China, Sweden) Lesions of the vomeronasal organ disrupt mating-induced pair bonding in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) J.T. Curtis, Y. Liu, Z. Wang (USA) Differential changes in synaptic terminal protein expression between nucleus accumbens core and shell in the amphetamine-sensitized rat S. Subramaniam, E.R. Marcotte, L.K. Srivastava (Canada) Window effect of temperature on carbachol-induced theta-like activity recorded in hippocampal formation in vitro T. Kowalczyk, H. Golebiewski, B. Eckersdorf, J. Konopacki (Poland) Long term cerebroprotective effects of dexanabinol in a model of focal cerebral ischemia G. Lavie, A. Teichner, E. Shohami, H. Ovadia, R.R. Leker (Israel, Italy) Regional distribution of nitric oxide synthase and NADPH-diaphorase activities in the central nervous system of teleosts M. Virgili, A. Poli, A. Beraudi, A. Giuliani, L. Villani (Italy) Lack of effects by o ligands on neuropeptide Y-induced G-protein activation in rat hippocampus and cerebellum W. Hong, L. Werling (USA) Clozapine inhibits micturition parameters and the external urethral sphincter during cystometry in anesthetized rats P.L. Vera, I. Nadelhaft (USA) 178-Estradiol reduces cortical lesion size in the glutamate excitotoxicity model by enhancing extracellular lactate: a new neuroprotective pathway A. Mendelowitsch, M.-F. Ritz, J. Ros, H. Langemann, O. Gratzl (Switzerland) Neuronal plasticity in hippocampal mossy fiber-CA3 synapses of mice lacking the inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate type | receptor S. Itoh, K.-I. Ito, S. Fujii, K. Kaneko, K. Kato, K. Mikoshiba, H. Kato (Japan) Short communications Differential effects of psychological stress on activation of the 5-hydroxytryptamine- and dopamine-containing neurons in the brain of freely moving rats M. Funada, C. Hara (Japan) Involvement of enhanced sensitivity of N-methyl-p-aspartate receptors in vulnerability of developing cortical neurons to methylmercury neurotoxicity K.-i. Miyamoto, H. Nakanishi, S. Moriguchi, N. Fukuyama, K. Eto, J. Wakamiya, K. Murao, K. Arimura, M. Osame (Japan) Effects on sleep and wakefulness of the injection of hypocretin-1 (orexin-A) into the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus of the cat M.-C. Xi, F.R. Morales, M.H. Chase (USA) Cyclosporin A inhibits the extrusion pump function of p-glycoprotein in the inner ear of mice treated with vinblastine and doxorubicin T. Saito, Z.-J. Zhang, M. Tokuriki, T. Ohtsubo, Y. Shibamori, T. Yamamoto, H. Saito (Japan) Cerebellar alterations induced by chronic hypoxia: an immunohistochemical study using chick embryonic model C. Lee, DW. Kim, G.S. Jeon, E.J. Roh, J.H. Seo, K.C. Wang, S.S. Cho (South Korea) CCK mRNA expression in neuroendocrine CRH neurons is increased in rats subjected to an immune challenge C. Juaneda, P. Lafon-Dubourg, P. Ciofi, A. Sarrieau, T. Wenger, G. Tramu, M. Corio (France, Hungary) Author index To view articles from this journal, visit Neuroscion, + neuroscion the comprehensive neuroscience information service on the web. a meeting of minds eese TEF) Register today at Www.neuroscion.com Dz#zuE z „nn... .>» .„0ESr0RI7EE0 eE A0E.I+E E “E o m