Available online at www.sciencedirect.com B aN SCIENCE @ernecr- BRREASIENA RCH . eI PROTOCOLS ELSEVIER Brain Research Protocols 10 (2003) 201-202 www.elsevier.com/locate/brainresprot CONTENTS OF BRAIN RESEARCH PROTOCOLS VOLUME 10 VOL. 10 NO. 1 AUGUST 2002 Guide for Authors Themes and Topics Protocols Assessment of choline uptake for the synthesis and release of acetylcholine in brain slices by a dynamic autoradiographic technique using [''C]choline T. Sasaki, K. Kawamura, Y. Tanaka, S. Ando, M. Senda (Japan) An improved method of preparing microcarriers for biolistic transfection J. O’Brien, S.C.R. Lummis (UK) An improved method with a long-shanked glass micropipette and ultrasonography for drug injection into deep brain structure of the monkey H. Tokuno, N. Hatanaka, S. Chiken, N. Ishizuka (Japan) Culture of oligodendrocyte precursor cells (NG2°/O1 ) and oligodendrocytes (NG2 /O1 ) from embryonic rat cerebrum K. Itoh (Japan) An experimental system for a heterotopic pain stimulation study in humans K. Motohashi, M. Umino, Y. Fujii (Japan) Volumetric measurement of the hippocampus, the anterior cingulate cortex, and the retrosplenial granular cortex of the rat using structural MRI O.T. Wolf, V. Dyakin, C. Vadasz, M.J. de Leon, B.S. McEwen, K. Bulloch (USA, Germany) Evaluation of rewarding effect of toluene by the conditioned place preference procedure in mice M. Funada, M. Sato, Y. Makino, K. Wada (Japan) VOL. 10 NO. 2 OCTOBER 2002 Interactive protocol (Also available on the World Wide Web at http://www.bres-interactive.com) Mapping of the human visual cortex using image-guided transcranial magnetic stimulation E. Fernandez, A. Alfaro, J.M. Tormos, R. Climent, M. Martinez, H. Vilanova, V. Walsh, A. Pascual-Leone (Spain, UK, USA) Protocols A novel guinea pig model with cyclic flow reductions following thrombotic cerebral ischemia Y. Suzuki, Y. Takagi, K.-i. Kawano, K. Umemura (Japan) An in vitro model of neurotrauma in organotypic spinal cord cultures from adult mice AN. Krassioukov, A. Ackery, G. Schwartz, Y. Adamchik, Y. Liu, M.G. Fehlings (Canada) Neonatal prefrontal cortex lesion using CO, laser technique L. Sanchez-Huerta, G. Ayala, J. Marroquin, R. Calderon, A.B. Silva-Gomez, K.S. Khotiaintsev, L. Degtiareva, S.N. Khotiaintsev, Flores (Mexico, Ukraine) Single cell RT-PCR analysis of tyrosine kinase receptor expression in adult rat retinal ganglion cells isolated by retinal sandwiching N. Lindqvist, M. Vidal-Sanz, F. Hallb66k (Sweden, Spain) Jugular vein catheterization for repeated blood sampling in the unrestrained conscious rat KX. Thrivikraman, R.L. Huot, P.M. Plotsky (USA) Measurement of dorsal root ganglion P2X mRNA by SYBR Green fluorescence S. Ueno, H. Yamada, T. Moriyama, K. Honda, Y. Takano, H.-o. Kamiya, T. Katsuragi (Japan) Microdialysis in trigeminal ganglia J.K. Neubert, Y. Matsuka, N.T. Maidment, I. Spigelman (USA) A method for characterising cell death in vitro by combining propidium iodide staining with immunohistochemistry C. Brana, C. Benham, L. Sundstrom (France, UK) PII: $1385-299X(03)00012-6 202 Contents of Volume VOL. 10 NO. 3 FEBRUARY 2003 Protocols Volume estimation of prefrontal cortical subfields using MRI and stereology M.A. Howard, N. Roberts, M. Garcia-Finana, P.E. Cowell (UK, Spain) A detailed procedure and dissection guide for the isolation of spiral ganglion cells of the guinea pig for electrophysiological experiments Z. Szabo, C. Harasztosi, G. Sziics, 1. Sziklai, Z. Rusznak (Hungary) Immunohistochemistry as a tool for topographical semi-quantification of neurotransmitters in the brain A.-L. Mausset-Bonnefont, R. de Seze, A. Privat (France) Methods to optimize the generation of cDNA from postmortem human brain tissue C.L. Miller, R.H. Yolken (USA) Simultaneous determination of purine nucleotides, their metabolites and B-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide in cerebellar granule cells by ion-pair high performance liquid chromatography S. Giannattasio, S. Gagliardi, M. Samaja, E. Marra (Italy) A functional MRI protocol for localizing language comprehension in the human brain GW. Thickbroom, M.L. Byrnes, D.J. Blacker, I.T. Morris, F.L. Mastaglia (Australia) A comparison of “‘C NMR measurements of the rates of glutamine synthesis and the tricarboxylic acid cycle during oral and intravenous administration of [1- “C]glucose G.F. Mason, K. Falk Petersen, R.A. de Graaf, T. Kanamatsu, T. Otsuki, D.L. Rothman (USA, Japan) Temperature control of respiring rat brain slices during high field NMR spectroscopy L. Litt, K. Hirat, VJ. Basus, T.L. James (USA) Author Index Contents of Brain Research Protocols Volume 10