Contents of Volume 17 Number 1 T. Ikeda, B. H. Choi, S. Yee, Oxidative stress, brain white matter damage and intrauterine Y. Murata and E. J. Quilligan asphyxia in fetal lambs J. Hernandez-R, A. Boyzo and Activity of sialidases in fetal brain axonal growth cones and R. Mercadoc during postnatal development P. D. Kitchener, K. M. Dziegielewska, Fetuin in neurons of the retina and cerebellum during fetal and E. J. Hutton, C. F. L. Hinrichsen and postnatal development of the rat N. R. Saunders V. Franceschini, M. Lazzari and Lectin characterization of the olfactory system in brachiop- F. Ciani terygian fish A. Plagemann, T. Harder, A. Rake, Morphological alterations of hypothalamic nuclei due to U. Janert, K. Melchior, W. Rohde and intrahypothalamic hyperinsulinism in newborn rats G. Dorner B. R. Unsworth, G. T. Hayman, Tissue-specific alternative mRNA splicing of phenylethanola- 4. Carroll and P. L. Letkes mine N-methyltransferase (PNMT) during development by intron retention J. Moran, S. Alavez, Effect of NMDA antagonists on the activity of glutaminase M. Rivera-Gaxiola, A. Valencia and and aspartate aminotransferase in the developing rat cere- S. Hurtado bellum E. M. Caparelli-Daquer and Morphological brain asymmetries in male mice with callosal S. L. Schmidt defects due to prenatal gamma irradiation Forthcoming Papers Number 2 E. Knyihar-Csillik, P. Rakie and Illusive transience of parvalbumin expression during embryo- B. Csillik nic development of the primate spinal cord R. Giuffrida, L. S. Malatino, Immunohistochemical modifications of vasoactive neuropep- M. Bellomo and S. Sapienza tides and excitatory amino acids in the nervous tissues of the mongolian gerbil after transient cerebral ischemia Ann M. Turnley and P. F. Bartlett Nerve growth factor modulates myelin-associated glycoprotein binding to sensory neurons M. Berardi, C. Hindelang, J. M. Felix L! and laminin: their expression during rat hypophysis and M. E. Stoeckel ontogenesis and in adult neurohemal areas G.-B. Van Setten, L. Edstrém, Levels of transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-z) in human H. Stibler, S. Rasmussen and cerebrospinal fluid G. Schultz M. Sugioka, W.-L. Zhou, Involvement of P2 purinoceptors in the regulation of DNA H.-D. Hofmann and M. Yamashita synthesis in the neural retina of chick embryo J. Garcia-Estrada, S. Luquin, Dehydroepiandrosterone, pregnenolone and sex steroids A. M. Fernandez and down-regulate reactive astroglia in the male rat brain after a L. M. Garcia-Segura penetrating brain injury Forthcoming Papers Number 3 Marta Majdan and Freda D. Miller Neuronal life and death decisions: functional antagonism between the Trk and p75 neurotrophin receptors Miho Sugioka, Wen-Liang Zhou, Ca** mobilization and capacitative Ca’ entry regulate DNA Hans-Dieter Hofmann and synthesis in cultured chick retinal neuroepithelial cells Masayuki Yamashita Danica B. Stanimirovic, Rita Ball, Developmental regulation of glutamate transporters and Daniel L. Small and glutamine synthetase activity in astrocyte cultures differen- Arumugam Muruganandam tiated in vitro Christoph Schmitz, Eva Biltmann, Neuron loss in the mouse hippocampus following prenatal Monika Gube and Hubert Korr injection of tritiated thymidine or saline Takashi Kanda, Takayuki Iwasaki, FGF-9 is an autocrine paracrine neurotrophic substance for Satoshi Nakamura, Akira Ueki, spinal motoneurons Tsutomu Kurokawa, Kazuhiko Ikeda and Hidehiro Mizusawa Edna N. Yamasaki, Valeria D. Barbosa, GABAergic system in the developing mammalian retina: dual Fernando G. de Mello and sources of GABA at early stages of postnatal development Jan Nora Hokoc Zuzanna Setkowicz, Rafal Pawlinski, Spatiotemporal pattern of the postnatal astrogliogenesis in the Marek Ziaja and Krzysztof Janeczko rat hippocampal formation Katherine M. Lyser, Horizontal cell differentiation in the retina of the Brazilian Rostislav Chernomorsky, opossum, Monodelphis domestica Christos Michalopoulos and Laura H. Twersky Shashi Wadhwa, Phalguni Anand and Quantitative study of plasticity in the auditory nuclei of chick Deepika Bhowmick under conditions of prenatal sound attenuation and over- stimulation with species specific and music sound stimuli Neelima B. Chauhan, Carbon filaments direct the growth of postlesional plastic Helen M. Figlewicz and Talat Khan axons after spinal cord injury Gayle Byrne and Stephen J. Suomi Social separation in infant Cebus apella: patterns of behavioral and cortisol response Forthcoming papers Announcement Number 4 E. Goutan, E. Marti and I. Ferrer Expression of synaptic proteins in the developing rat cerebellum following ionizing radiation Aziz Hafidi Distribution of BDNF, NT-3 and NT-4 in the developing auditory brainstem M. M. Brauer, J. Liodra, M. C. Scorza, Differential effects of prepubertal chronic oestrogen treatment R. Chavez, G. Burnstock, on the synthesis of noradrenaline in uterine myometrial and C. Thrasivoulu and T. Cowen perivascular sympathetic nerves Gloria Ruiz, Mircea Bancila, Plasticity of 5-hydroxytryptamine,, receptors during postnatal Mauricio Valenzuela, Genevieve Daval, development in the rat visual cortex Kami Hossein Kia and Daniel Verge Elisabeth Hésli and L. Hésli Cellular localization of estrogen receptors on neurones in various regions of cultured rat CNS: coexistence with cholinergic and galanin receptors IV Louise C. Abbott and Developmental expression of calretinin-immunoreactivity in David M. Jacobowitz the thalamic eminence of the fetal mouse Danielle M. Kerkovich, Douglas Sapp, Fetal human cortical neurons grown in culture: morphological Karen Weidenheim, Celia F. Brosnan, differentiation, biochemical correlates and development of Steven E. Pfeiffer, Hermes H. Yeh electrical activity and Jorge Busciglio Elisabet Sarri and Enrique Claro Fluoride-induced depletion of polyphosphoinositides in rat brain cortical slices: a rationale for the inhibitory effects on phospholipase C Jean-Francois Doriat, Violette Koziel, Repeated seizure-associated long-lasting changes of N-methyl- Anne-Claude Humbert and D-aspartate receptor properties in the developing rat brain Jean-Luc Daval Jacqueline K. Phillips and Caryl E. Hill Neuroreceptor mRNA expression in the rat mesenteric artery develops independently of innervation Marc R. Del Bigio, Shahid Hosain and Localization of urokinase-type plasminogen activator, its Mensura Altumbabic receptor, and inhibitors in mouse forebrain during postnatal development Andrew T. Croydon, Brian J. Millar, Mesencephalic innervation of the vibrissal follicle—sinus Roger W. A. Linden and complex in the mouse embryo Malcolm Maden Forthcoming papers Numbers 5-6 Special Issue: PROCESS OF GLIOMA INVASION J.-C. Tonn, J. J. Bernstein and 411 Processes of glioma invasion R. H. Goldbrunner E. R. Laws Jr. and M. E. Shaffrey 413 The inherent invasiveness of cerebral gliomas: implications for clinical management M. Chekenya, H. K. Rooprai, 421 The NG2 chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan: role in malignant D. Davies, J. M. Levine, A. M. Butt progression of human brain tumours and G. J. Pilkington G. H. Vince, S. Wagner, T. Pietsch, Heterogeneous regional expression patterns of matrix metal- R. Klein, R. H. Goldbrunner, K. Roosen loproteinases in human malignant gliomas and J. C. Tonn K.-K. Cho, T. Mikkelsen, Y. J. Lee, The role of protein kinase Cz in U-87 glioma invasion F. Jiang, M. Chopp and M. L. Rosenblum W. A. Golembieski, S. Ge, K. Nelson, Increased SPARC expression promotes U87 glioblastoma T. Mikkelsen and S. A. Rempel invasion in vitro M. Sandstrém, M. Johansson, Expression of the proteolytic factors, tPA and uPA, PAI-1 and J. Sandstrém, A. T. Bergenheim VEGF during malignant glioma progression and R. Henriksson L. L. Demchik, M. Sameni, K. Nelson, Cathepsin B and glioma invasion T. Mikkelsen and B. F. Sloane S. K. Chintala, J. C. Tonn and Matrix metalloproteinases and their biological function in J. S. Rao human gliomas Vv J. T. Rutka, S. Ivanchuk, S. Mondal, Co-expression of nestin and vimentin intermediate filaments in M. Taylor, K. Sakai, P. Dirks, P. Jun, invasive human astrocytoma cells S. Jung, L. E. Becker and C. Ackerley K. Lamszus, J. Laterra, M. Westphal Scatter factor/hepatocyte growth factor (SF/HGF) content and E. M. Resen and function in human gliomas B. Belge Tysnes, R. Mahesparan, Laminin expression by glial fibrillary acidic protein positive F. Thorsen, H. K. Haugland, T. Porwol, cells in human gliomas P. O. Enger, M. Lund-Johansen and R. Bjerkvig L. de Ridder Behaviour of gliomas in vitro vs histopathological grading A. Fliigel, M. S. Labeur, Microglia only weakly present glioma antigen to cytotoxic T E.-M. Grasbon-Frodl, cells G. W. Kreutzberg and M. B. Graeber P. Vajkoczy, R. Goldbrunner, Glioma cell migration is associated with glioma-induced M. Farhadi, G. Vince, L. Schilling, angiogenesis in vivo J. C. Tonn, P. Schmiedek and M. D. Menger M. M. Valter, O. D. Wiestler and Differential control of VEGF synthesis and secretion in human I. Pietsch glioma cells by IL-1 and EGF M. Sasaki, S. Wizigmann-V oos, Retrovirus producer cells encoding antisense VEGF prolong W. Risauw and K. H. Plate survival of rats with intracranial GS9L gliomas R. H. Goldbrunner, T. Pietsch, Different vascular patterns of medulloblastoma and supraten- G. H. Vince, J. J. Bernstein, torial primitive neuroectodermal tumors S. Wagner, H. Hageman, D. M. Selby, J. Krauss, N. Soerensen and J.-C. Tonn W.S. McDonough, A. Johansson, Gap junction intercellular communication in gliomas is H. Joffee, A. Giese and M. E. Berens inversely related to cell motility H. K. Rooprai, T. Vanmeter, C. Panou, The role of integrin receptors in aspects of glioma invasion in S. Schniill, G. Trillo-Pazos, D. Davies vireo and G. J. Pilkington E. Kaczmarek, S. Zapf, H. Bouterfa, Dissecting ghoma invasion: interrelation of adhesion, J.C. Tonn, M. Westphal and A. Giese migration and intercellular contacts determine the invasive phenotype G. S. Bauman, B. J. Fisher, Effects of radiation on a three-dimensional model of malignant W. MacDonald, V. R. Amberger, ghoma invasion E. Moore and R. F. Del Maestro T.-Ann Read, V. Stensvaag, Cells encapsulated in alginate: a potential system for delivery H. Vindenes, E. Ulvestad, R. Bjerkvig of recombinant proteins to malignant brain tumours and F. Thorsen P. E. Oyvind, T. Visted, F. Thorsen, Retroviral transfection of the lacZ gene from Liz-9 packaging R. Bjerkvig and M. Lund-Johansen cells to glioma spheroids Forthcoming papers Number 7 Renu Agarwal, Amita Gupta and Developmental pattern of reactive oxygen species generation Girja S. Shukla and antioxidative defense machinery in rat cerebral micro- vessels Tomoaki Ikeda, Xiao Y. Xia, Yi X. Xia, Expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor in the Tsuyomu Ikenoue and Ben H. Choi brain and cerebrospinal fluid of the developing rat vi Yael Abreu-Villaca and Effects of prenatal gamma irradiation on the development of Sergio Luis Schmidt the corpus callosum of Swiss mice W. IL. Silva, H. M. Maldonado, Identification of caveolae and caveolin in C6 glioma cells M. P. Lisanti, J. DeVellis, G. Chompre, N. Mayol, M. Ortiz, G. Velazquez, A. Maldonado and J. Montalvo Konstantin Wewetzer, Juan J. Archelos, The monoclonal antibody 23E9 defines a novel developmen- Hans-Peter Hartung, Bernd Seilheimer tally-regulated Schwann cell surface antigen and Bodo Christ Giilay Uziim, A. Sarper Diler and Effects of spermidine treatment on neurobehavioral develop- Ziya Ziylan ment in intrauterine growth retarded (IUGR) rats A. Szasz, B. Barna, Z. Szupera, Chronic low-dose maternal exposure to methylmercury G. De Visscher, Z. Galbacs, enhances epileptogenicity in developing rats M. Kirsch-Volders and M. Szente Tryambak Deo Singh and Raj Shankar Developmental regulation and effect of early undernutrition on phosphorylation of rat cortical synaptic membrane proteins Forthcoming papers Number 8 R. H. Miller, J. E. Hayes, K. L. Dyer Mechanisms of oligodendrocyte commitment in the vertebrate and C. R. Sussman CNS M. Kipper-Galperin, R. Galilly, Dehydroepiandrosterone selectively inhibits production of H. D. Danenberg and T. Brenner tumor necrosis factor x and Interlukin-6 in astrocytes A. Hilliard, A. Ramesh and N. H. Zawia Correlation between lead-induced changes in cerebral ornithine decarboxylase and protein kinase C activities during development and in cultured PC 12 CELLS R. B. Anderson and B. Key Role of acetylcholinesterase in the development of axon tracts within the embryonic vertebrate brain L. Camargo De Moura Campos and Ontogeny of cholinergic amacrine cells in the opossum J. Nora Hokoc (Didelphis aurita) retina E. Edwards,J . A. King and J. C.S. Fray Increased basal activity of the HPA axis and renin-angiotensin system in congenital learned helpless rats exposed to stress early in development 1. Pita, A. M. Jelaso and C. F. Ide IL-1f increases intracellular calcium through an IL-1! type | receptor mediated mechanism in C6 astrocytic cells V. Barresi, D. F. Condorelli and GFAP gene methylation in different neural cell types from rat A. M. Giuffrida Stella brain S. Murtomaki, |. Virtanen and P. Liesi Neurofilament proteins are constitutively expressed in F9 teratocarcinoma cells N. G. Pavlova, N. N. Konstantinova Functional and biochemical criteria for investigation of brain and A. V. Arutjunyan development disorders Forthcoming papers