INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE The Official Journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience Volume 18, 2000 VOLUME CONTENTS, AUTHOR AND KEYWORD INDEX Editor-in-Chief: J. Regino Perez-Polo © Pergamon INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE The Official Journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience Editor-in-Chief J. R. PEREZ-POLO: Dept. of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics, UTMB, Galveston, TX 77555-0652, U.S.A. Fax: 1 409 772 8028, e-mail: [email protected] Associate Editors H. OKANO: Division of Neuroanatomy (D12), Department of Neuroscience, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2. Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan A. PRIVAT: INSERM U-336, USTL— Case Courrier 106, Place Eugene Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France A. SCHOUSBOE: Pharma. Biotec. Res. Center, Inst. of Biology B, Universitatesparken 2, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark K. 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Pilkington, The NG2 chondoitin sulfate proteoglycan: role in malignant progression of human brain tumours. Contents of Volume 18 Number 1 G. Heinrich and T. Lum 1 Fish neurotrophins and Trk receptors F. I. Tarazi and R. J. Baldessarini 29 Comparative postnatal development of dopamine D,, D, and D, receptors in rat forebrain G. O’Leary, C. L. Bacon, O. Odumeru, 39 Antiproliferative actions of inhalational anesthetics: comparisons to the C. Fagan, T. Fitzpatrick, H. C. Gallagher, valproate teratogen D. C. Moriarty and C. M. Regan L. A. Miranda and J. M. Affanni 47 Thyrotropin-releasing hormone immunoreactivity in the brain and the pitu- itary during Bufo arenarum development B. Kennedy and M. G. Ziegler 53 Ontogeny of epinephrine metabolic pathways in the rat: role of glucocorti- coids H. S. Mogensen and O. S. Jorgensen 61 AMPA receptor subunit mRNAs and intracellular [Ca** ] in cultured mouse and rat cerebellar granule cells M. Holzenberger and F. Lapointe Expression of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and IGF-II in the avian brain: relationship of in situ hybridization patterns with IGF type 1 recep- tor expression L. Miranda-Contreras, L. M. Ramirez- 83 Levels of amino acid neurotransmitters during mouse olfactory bulb neuro- Martens, P. R. Benitez-Diaz, Z. C. Pefia- genesis and in histotypic olfactory bulb cultures Contreras, R. V. Mendoza-Bricefio and E. L. Palacios-Prii S. Biagioni, L. Ciuffini, A. De Jaco, 93 Activation of neurospecific gene expression by antennapedia homeobox A. L. Vignoli and G. Augusti-Tocco peptide E. Hésli, W. Riihl and L. Hésli 101 Histochemical and electrophysiological evidence for estrogen receptors on cultured astrocytes: colocalization with cholinergic receptors . Majewska and J. Skangiel-Kramska Phosphorylated MAP-1B isoforms in the developing mouse barrel cortex R. Sirear 121 Developmental maturation of the N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor chan- nel complex in postnatal rat brain Forthcoming papers Numbers 2/3 Special Issue: MULTIPLE MECHANISMS IN BRAIN MATURATION AND DEGENERATION 133 Editorial F. Gremo 135 Multiple Mechanisms in Brain Maturation and Degeneration C. Stefanis 137 How I remember Antonia Vernadakis A. Vernadakis and 139 Cell culture as a model to study cell—cell interactions during development H. Fleischer-Lambropoulos aging and neurodegenerative diseases G. C. Friedman and N. W. Seeds 145 Induction of tissue plasminogen activator in differentiated NG108-15 cells D. L. Davies, I. R. Niesman, F. A. Boop 151 Heterogeneity of astroglia cultured from adult human temporal lobe and K. D. Phelan R. S. Dombro, A. S. Bender and 161 Association between cell swelling and glycogen content in cultured astro- M. D. Norenberg cytes Vill J. M. Lauder, J. Liu and D. R. Grayson In utero exposure to serotonergic drugs alters neonatal expression of 5- HT,, receptor transcripts: a quantitative RT-PCR study . Gu, J. Yu, K. Werrbach-Perez and Repeated immunolesions display diminished stress response signal . R. Perez-Polo . Gu, L. Cain, K. Werrbach-Perez and Differential alterations of NF-«B to oxidative stress in primary basal fore- . R. Perez-Polo brain cultures . C. B. Ronn, V. Berezin and E. Bock The neural cell adhesion molecule in synaptic plasticity and ageing . Arnhold, C. Andressen, D. N. Angelov, Embryonic stem-cell derived neurones express a maturation dependent pat- . Vajna, S. G. Volsen, J. Hescheler and tern of voltage-gated calcium channels and calcium-binding proteins K. Addicks H. Cremer, G. Chazal, P. M. Lledo, PSA-NCAM: an important regulator of hippocampal plasticity G. Rougon, M. F. Montaron, W. Mayo, M. Le Moal and D. N. Abrous M. B. Jensen, F. R. Poulsen and Axonal sprouting regulates myelin basic protein gene expression in dener- B. Finsen vated mouse hippocampus A. Diana, C. Eriksson, B. Winblad and IL-1B and ICE mRNA are not altered upon B-amyloid,, 3; induced neuro- M. Schultzberg toxicity in human neuroblastoma cells G. Dawson Mechanisms of apoptosis in embryonic cortical neurons (E6 and E7) in culture involve lipid signalling, protein phosphorylation and caspase activa- tion T. Huang, A. G. G. Cheng, H. Stupak, Oxidative stress-induced apoptosis of cochlear sensory cells: otoprotective W. Liu, A. Kim, H. Staecker, strategies P. P. P. Lefebvre, B. Malgrange, R. Kopke, G. Moonen and T. R. R. Van De Water F. Gremo and M. Presta Role of fibroblast growth factor-2 in human brain: a focus on develop- ment T. P. Obrenovitch, J. Urenjak, E. Zilkha Excitotoxicity in neurological disorders — the glutamate paradox and T. M. Jay H. Shy, L. Malaiyandi and P. S. Timiras Protective action of 17f-estradiol and tamoxifen on glutamate toxicity in glial cells M. J. Rodriguez, F. Bernal, N. Andrés, Excitatory amino acids and neurodegeneration: a hypothetical role of cal- Y. Malpesa and N. Mahy cium precipitation J. B. Jensen, D. S. Pickering and Depolarization-induced release of [*H]D-aspartate from GABAergic neu- A. Schousboe rons caused by reversal of glutamate transporters A. Brusadelli, H. Sialino, T. Piepoli, Expression of the estrogen-regulated gene Nip2 during rat brain matura- G. Pollio and A. Maggi tion E. Boutou, C. Hurel and R. Matsas Early expression of the BM88 antigen during neuronal differentiation of P19 embryonal carcinoma cells P. Moutsatsou, T. Kazazoglou, Expression of the glucocorticoid receptor in early and late passage C-6 H. Fleischer-Lambropoulos, glioma cells and in normal astrocytes derived from aged mouse cerebral A. M. G. Psarra, A. Tsiapara, hemispheres C. E. Sekeris, C. Stefanis and A. Vernadakis Forthcoming Papers Numbers 4/5 Special Issue: INTERVENTIONS IN OXIDATIVE STRESS IN BRAIN Preface A. M. Di Giulio, E. Germani, E. Lesma, Glycosaminoglycans co-administration enhance insulin-like growth factor-I E. Muller and A. Gorio neuroprotective and neuroregenerative activity in traumatic and genetic models of motor neuron disease: a review P. S. Green and J. W. Simpkins Neuroprotective effects of estrogens: potential mechanisms of action C. De Ruvo, R. Amodio, S. Algeri, Nutritional antioxidants as antidegenerative agents N. Martelli, A. Intilangelo, G. M. D’Ancona and E. Esposito I. Cantuti-Castelvetri, B. Shukitt-Hale and Neurobehavioral aspects of antioxidants in aging J. A. Joseph K. A. Youdim, A. Martin and Essential fatty acids and the brain: possible health implications J. A. Joseph M. Serafini Dietary vitamin E and T cell-mediated function in the elderly: effectiveness and mechanism of action J. A. Stanford, K. Giardina and In vivo microdialysis studies of age-related alterations in potassium-evoked G . A. Gerhardt overflow of dopamine in the dorsal striatum of Fischer 344 rats G. Perry, A. Nunomura, K. Hirai, Oxidative damage in Alzheimer’s disease: the metabolic dimension A . Takeda, G. Aliev and M. A. Smith G. Mehlhorn, M. Hollborn and Induction of cytokines in glial cells surrounding cortical B-amyloid plaques R. Schliebs in transgenic Tg2576 mice with Alzheimer pathology . Zhu, A. K. Raina, H. Boux, Activation of oncogenic pathways in degenerating neurons in Alzheimer . L. Simmons, A. Takeda and disease . A. Smith . De-Fraja, L. Conti, S. Govoni, STAT signalling in the mature and aging brain . Battaini and E. Cattaneo . Uberti, M. Grilli and M. Memo Contribution of NF-«B and p53 in the glutamate-induced apoptosis . Gu, T. Toliver-Kinsky, J. Glasgow, NGF-mediated alteration of NF-«B binding activity after partial im- . Werrbach-Perez and J. R. Perez-Polo munolesions to rat cholinergic basal forebrain neurons . Scaccianoce, K. Lombardo and Nerve growth factor brain concentration and stress: changes depend on . Angelucci type of stressor and age . Thellung, T. Florio, A. Corsaro, Intracellular mechanisms mediating the neuronal death and astrogliosis in- . Arena, M. Merlino, M. Salmona, duced by the prion protein fragment 106-126 . Tagliavini, O. Bugiani, G. Forloni and G. Schettini Forthcoming papers Announcements Number 6 I. Vilagi, J. Doczi and Altered electrophysiological characteristics of developing rat cortical neu- I. Banczerowski-Pelyhe rones after chronic methylmercury chloride treatment X B. Berdel and J. Morys Expression of calbindin-D28k and parvalbumin during development of rat’s basolateral amygdaloid complex M. Afework and G. Burnstock Age-related changes in the localization of P2X (nucleotide) receptors in the rat adrenal gland T. Kita, Y. Matsunari, T. Saraya, Methamphetamine-induced striatal dopamine release, behavior changes and K. Shimada, K. O’Hara, K. Kubo, neurotoxicity in BALB/c mice G. C. Wagner and T. Nakashima M. I. Napp and J. A. Colombo Heterochronous maturation of regional brain astroglia: neuronal modula- tion of striatal glial cells differentiation ex vivo M. Renis, V. Cardile, M. Palumbo and ET-18-OCH,-induced cytotoxicity and DNA damage in rat astrocytes A. Russo S. A. Gilmore and T. J. Sims Synaptophysin immunoreactivity in spinal white matter of young adult rats I. Podkletnova, H. Alho, R. Makela, Neonatal 6-hydroxydopamine treatment affects GABA, receptor subunit H. Liiddens, P. Helén and E. R. Korpi expression during postnatal development of the rat cerebellum P. Humphreys and W. Hendelman Analysis of cerebrocortical neuronal migration in three-dimensional fetal mouse cerebral explants: comparison with in vivo J.-H. F.-H. F. Peng and P. G. Rhodes Developmental expression of phospholipase D2 mRNA in rat brain D. Koczyk and B. Oderfeld-Nowak Long-term microglial and astroglial activation in the hippocampus of trimethyltin-intoxicated rat: stimulation of NGF and TrkA immunoreactiv- ities in astroglia but not in microglia G. Mateu, A. Privat, J. Thibault and Modulation of glutamate neurotoxicity on mesencephalic dopaminergic J. Vignon neurons in primary cultures by the presence of striatal target cells Commentary D. P. Holschneider and J. C. Shih Genotype to phenotype: challenges and opportunities Forthcoming papers Number 7 MOLECULAR MEDIATION OF NEURAL DIFFERENTIATION Special Issue: In HONOUR OF ANTONIA VERNADAKIS D. Mangoura 619 Preface M. A. J. Selleck and M. Bronner-Fraser 621 Avian neural crest cell fate decisions: a diffusible signal mediates induction of neural crest by the ectoderm M. Domowicz, D. Mangoura and 629 Cell specific-chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan expression during CNS mor- N. B. Schwartz phogenesis in the chick embryo B. Ranscht 643 Cadherins: molecular codes for axon guidance and synapse formation J. M. Lauder, M. B. Wilkie, C. Wu and 653 Expression of 5-HT,,, 5-HT>, and 5-HT,< receptors in the mouse embryo S. Singh | A. Messer and X. W. Kang 663 Control of transcription in the RORa-staggerer mutant mouse cerebellum: glutamate receptor delta2 mRNA A. Sidhu and H. B. Niznik Coupling of dopamine receptor subtypes to multiple and diverse G proteins XI M. C. Bohn, D. A. Kozlowski and Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) as a defensive molecule B. Connor for neurodegenerative disease: a tribute to the studies of Antonia Verna- dakis on neuronal~—glial interactions . Mangoura, C. Pelletiere, S. Leung, Prolactin concurrently activates Src-PLD and JAK/Stat signaling pathways . Sakellaridis and D. X. Wang to induce proliferation while promoting differentiation in embryonic astro- cytes . Szuchet, K. Watanabe and Differentiation/regeneration of oligodendrocytes entails the assembly of a . Yamaguchi cell-associated matrix Forthcoming papers Announcements Number 8 . da Costa Calaza, J. N. Hoko¢ and Neurogenesis of GABAergic cells in the chick retina . F. Gardino . Milner, A. Loesch and G. Burnstock Endothelin immunoreactivity and mRNA expression in sensory and sym- pathetic neurones following selective denervation . Wilson, E. Esfandiary and K. S. Bedi Cryosections of pre-irradiated adult rat spinal cord tissue support axonal regeneration in vitro R. Avola, V. Spina-Purrello, F. Gallo, Immortalized hypothalamic luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone M. C. Morale, N. Marletta, A. Costa, (LHRH) neurons induce a functional switch in the growth factor respon- . Tirolo, N. Testa, S. Reale and siveness of astroglia: involvement of basic fibroblast growth factor . Marchetti . A. Zachor, J. F. Moore, Cocaine inhibition of neuronal differentiation in NGF-induced PC12 cells . M. Brezausek, A. B. Theibert and is independent of ras signaling . K. Percy . P. Fernandes Pereira and Chronic depolarization induced by veratridine increases the survival of rat . Giestal de Araujo retinal ganglion cells ‘in vitro’ . Johnson and S. W. Moore Cholinesterases modulate cell adhesion in human neuroblastoma cells in vitro . R. Reddy and N. H. Zawia Lead exposure alters Egr-1 DNA-binding in the neonatal rat brain D. W. Singleton, C. Lu, R. Colella and Promotion of neurite outgrowth by protein kinase inhibitors and gan- F. J. Roisen glioside GM1 in neuroblastoma cells involves MAP kinase ERK1/2 N. Durany, T. Michel, J. Kurt, Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3 levels in Alzheimer’s F. F. Cruz-Sanchez, J. Cervos-Navarro disease brains and P. Riederer O. Ramirez and E. Jiménez Opposite transitions of chick brain catalytically active cytosolic creatine kinase isoenzymes during development K. K6tter, S. Jin and J. Klein Inhibition of astroglial cell proliferation by alcohols: interference with the protein kinase C-phospholipase D signaling pathway F. S. Yao, M. T. Caserta and In vitro 'H and 3*!'P NMR spectroscopic evidence of multiple aberrant . M. Wyrwicz biochemical pathways in murine trisomy 16 brain development S. Cubillos, M. Urbina and L. Lima Differential taurine effect on outgrowth from goldfish retinal ganglion cells after optic crush or axotomy. Influence of the optic tectum XII G. A. Kevetter,K . R. Blumberg and Hair cell and supporting cell density and distribution in the normal and M. J. Correia regenerating posterior crista ampullaris of the pigeon M. Rende, E. Brizi, J. Conner, S. Treves, Nerve growth factor (NGF) influences differentiation and proliferation of K. Censier, C. Provenzano, myogenic cells in vitro via TrKA G. Taglialatela, P. P. Sanna and . Donato . C. Barradas, A. S. Ferraz, 2’'3'cyclic nucleotide 3’phosphodiesterase immunohistochemistry shows an . A. Ferreira, R..P. Daumas and impairment on myelin compaction in hypothyroid rats . G. Moura Erratum Corrigendum Forthcoming papers Announcements Volume contents Author Index Keyword Index