Neurobiology Volume Contents Vol. 38, No. 1, January 1999 FAST TRACK Developmental Expression of Nitric Oxide/Cyclic GMP Synthesizing Cells in the Nervous System of Drosophila melanogaster / 1 Britt Wildemann and Gerd Bicker Dif and Cactus Are Colocalized in the Larval Nervous System of Drosophila melanogaster / 16 Rafael Cantera, Erik Roos, and Ylva Engstrém Steroid Hormone Enhancement of Neurite Outgrowth in Identified Insect Motor Neurons Involves Specific Effects on Growth Cone Form and Function / 27 Stephen F. Matheson and Richard B. Levine Patterns of Synaptophysin Expression during Development of the Inner Ear in the Chick / 46 Bernd H. A. Sokolowski and Anne M. Cunningham Retinoic Acid and Neurotrophins Collaborate to Regulate Neurogenesis in Adult-Derived Neural Stem Cell Cultures / 65 Jun Takahashi, Theo D. Palmer, and Fred H. Gage DNA Fragmentation during Exposure of Rat Cerebella to Ethanol under Hypoxia Imposed In Vitro / 82 D. L. Andrews, G. S. Williams, J. C. Mahoney, and J. R. West Environmental Control of Collateral Branching and Target Invasion of Mitral Cell Axons during Development / 93 Tatsumi Hirata and Hajime Fujisawa Rapid Arrest of Axon Elongation by Brefeldin A: A Role for the Small GTP-Binding Protein ARF in Neuronal Growth Cones / 105 Douglas T. Hess, Deanna §. Smith, Sean I. Patterson, Richard A. Kahn, J. H. Pate Skene, and Jeanette J. Norden Unilateral Injury to the Adult Rate Optic Nerve Causes Multiple Cellular Responses in the Contralateral Site / 116 Nicole Bodeutsch, Heike Siebert, Catherine Dermon, and Solon Thanos Nerve Growth Factor Preserves a Critical Motor Period in Rat Striatum / 129 Marcelo Javier Wolansky, Gustavo Christian Paratcha, Gustavo Rurico Ibarra, and Julio Marcos Azcurra Cellular and Molecular Bases of Axonal Pathfinding during Embryogenesis of the Fish Central Nervous System / 137 R. R. Bernhardt Cover: Colocalization of c-fos (red) with p75 NGFR (green). Adult hippocampal derived clone (AP14) cells were treated with 0.5 uM RA/O.5% FBS for 6 days and stimulated with NGF. See the article by Takahashi et al., pages 65—81, this issue. Vol. 38, No. 2, February 5, 1999 FAST TRACK Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Promotes Dissociated Effects on the Number and Differentiation of Cultured Ventral Mesencephalic Dopaminergic Neurons / 161 Julia Reiriz, Monica Espejo, Francesc Ventura, Santiago Ambrosio, and Jordi Alberch Specific Association of c-Jun-Like Immunoreactivity but Not c-Jun p39 with Normal and Induced Programmed Cell Death in the Chick Embryo / 171 Victoria Ayala, Célia Casas, Joan Ribera, Jordi Calder6, Ronald W. Oppenheim, and Josep E. Esquerda Ion Conductances Related to Development of Repetitive Firing in Mouse Retinal Ganglion Neurons Jn Situ / 191 Thomas Rothe, René Jiittner, Robert Bahring, and Rosemarie Grantyn Expression of EGF Receptor and FGF Receptor Isoforms during Neuroepithelial Stem Cell Differentiation / 207 Anjali J. Kalyani, Tahmina Mujtaba, and Mahendra S. Rao Extracellular Potassium Rapidly Inhibits Axonal Transport of Particles in Cultured Mouse Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurites / 225 Hiromi Hiruma, Sanae Nishida, Takashi Katakura, Tatsumi Kusakabe, Toshifumi Takenaka, and Tadashi Kawakami Novelty-Induced Increased Expression of Immediate-Early Genes c-fos and arg 3.1 in the Mouse Brain / 234 M. Montag-Sallaz, H. Welzl, D. Kuhl, D. Montag, and M. Schachner Stimulus Dependence of the Development of the Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Vestibular System / 247 Stephen J. Moorman, Charlotte Burress, Rodolfo Cordova, and Joshua Slater Expression of a,, Adrenoceptors during Rat Neocortical Development / 259 U. H. Winzer-Serhan and F. M. Leslie In Vivo Observations of Terminal Schwann Cells at Normal, Denervated, and Reinnervated Mouse Neuromuscular Junctions / 270 James P. O'Malley, Manisha T. Waran, and R. J. Balice-Gordon Molecular Cloning and Characterization of LKv1, a Novel Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel in Leech / 287 Jamie L. Weiss, Jay Yang, Chunfa Jie, Diana L. Walker, Shawn Ahmed, Yunxia Zhu, Yuegiao Huang, Kristen M. Johansen, and Jorgen Johansen Cover: Micrograph of a section of the E7 chick embryo spinal cord after double fluorescent staining with sc45 antibody (green) and propidium iodide (red) taken by a confocal microscope. This antibody stains cells undergoing programmed cell death. Positive sc45 immunolabeling is shown in primary afferent projections presumably belonging to dying dorsal root ganglion neurons entering to the dorsal funiculus region. See the article by Ayala et al., pages 171-190, this issue. Vol. 38, No. 3, February 15, 1999 Aromatase Inhibition Reduces Dendritic Growth in a Sexually Dimorphic Rat Spinal Nucleus / 301 K. A. Burke, M. Kuwajima, and D. R. Sengelaub Tissue-Specific Levels and Cellular Distribution of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors within Control and Neomycin-Damaged Neonatal Rat Organ of Corti / 313 Azel Zine and Francois de Ribaupierre Digger Wasp versus Cricket: Immediate Actions of the Predator’s Paralytic Venom on the CNS of the Prey / 323 Michael Ferber, Christos Consoulas, and Werner Gnatzy Distinct Thyroid Hormone-Dependent Expression of TrkB and p75‘°® in Nonneuronal Cells during the Critical TH-Dependent Period of the Cochlea / 338 Marlies Knipper, Lika Gestwa, Wouter-Jan Ten Cate, Jiirgen Lautermann, Heribert Brugger, Hannes Maier, Ulrike Zimmermann, Karin Rohbock, Iris Képschall, Barbara Wiechers, and Hans-Peter Zenner NMDA Receptor Activity Stabilizes Presynaptic Retinotectal Axons and Postsynaptic Optic Tectal Cell Dendrites In Vivo / 357 Indrani Rajan, Sonia Witte, and Hollis T. Cline The Thrombin Receptor Mediates Functional Activity-Dependent Neuromuscular Synapse Reduction Via Protein Kinase C Activation Jn Vitro / 369 Min Jia, Minxu Li, Veronica Dunlap, and Phillip G. Nelson Glial Celi Line—Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) Promotes the Survival of Axotomized Retinal Ganglion Cells in Adult Rats: Comparison to and Combination with Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) / 382 Qiao Yan, Jue Wang, Christine R. Matheson, and Janal L. Urich Neurite Outgrowth from Progeny of Epidermal Growth Factor—Responsive Hippocampal Stem Cells Is Significantly Less Robust Than from Fetal Hippocampal Cells following Grafting onto Organotypic Hippocampal Slice Cultures: Effect of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / 391 Ashok K. Shetty and Dennis A. Turner Developing Vestibular Ganglion Neurons Switch Trophic Sensitivity from BDNF to GDNF after Target Innervation / 414 Eri Hashino, Ree Y. Dolnick, and Christopher S. Cohan Prevention of Neuronal Cell Death by Neural Adhesion Molecules L1 and CHLI / 428 Suzhen Chen, Ned Mantei, Ling Dong, and Melitta Schachner Cover: Cytoarchitecture of a hippocampal slice from a postnatal day 8 rat after two weeks of incubation in vitro. Hippocampal slices from postnatal rats retain their organotypic organization in vitro with conspicuous principal cell layers (CAI and CA3 pyramidal cell layers, and granule cell layer) and excellent survival of neurons. See the article by Shetty and Turner, pages 391—413, this issue. Vol. 38, No. 4, March 1999 FAST TRACK Weaver Cerebellar Granule Neurons Show Altered Expression of NMDA Receptor Subunits Both Jn Vivo and In Vitro / 441 Pdaivi Liesi, Randall R. Stewart, B. Emmanuel Akinshola, and Jerry M. Wright FAST TRACK Genetic and Hormonal Regulation of the Death of Peptidergic Neurons in the Drosophila Central Nervous System / 455 Troy A. Draizen, John Ewer, and Steven Robinow A Role for Inwardly Rectifying K* Channels in Differentiation of NG108-15 Neuroblastoma X Glioma Cells / 466 Joseph J. Pancrazio, Wu Ma, Geraldine M. Grant, Kara M. Shaffer, Winfred Y. Kao, Qi-Ying Liu, Patricia Manos, Jeffery L. Barker, and David A. Stenger Early Development of the Motor and Premotor Circuitry of a Sexually Dimorphic Vocal Pathway in a Teleost Fish / 475 Rosemary Knapp, Margaret A. Marchaterre, and Andrew H. Bass Neurogenesis of Galanin Cells in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis and Centromedial Amygdala in Rats: A Model for Sexual Differentiation of Neuronal Phenotype / 491 Tina M. Han and Geert J. De Vries Localization and Regulation of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF-2) and FGF Receptor-1 in Rat Superior Cervical Ganglion after Axotomy / 499 Lars Klimaschewski, Christoph Meisinger, and Claudia Grothe Cell Type-Specific Regulatory Sequences Control Expression of the Drosophila FMRF-NH, Neuropeptide Gene / 507 Ronald J. Benveniste and Paul H. Taghert Axons of Olfactory Receptor Celis of Transsexually Grafted Antennae Induce Development of Sexualiy Dimorphic Glomeruli in Manduca sexta / 521 Wolfgang Réssler, Peggy W. Randolph, Leslie P. Tolbert, and John G. Hildebrand NCAM Stimulates the Ras-MAPK Pathway and CREB Phosphorylation in Neuronal Cells / 542 Ralf-Steffen Schmid, Ronald D. Graff, Michael D. Schaller, Suzhen Chen, Melitta Schachner, John J. Hemperly, and Patricia F. Maness Immature Granule Neurons from Cerebella of Different Ages Exhibit Distinct Developmental Potentials / 559 Lori T. Raetzman and Ruth E. Siegel Prevention of Thrombin-Induced Motoneuron Degeneration with Different Neurotrophic Factors in Highly Enriched Cultures / 571 Victoria L. Turgeon and Lucien J. Houenou Cloning and Characterization of AASPs: Novel Axon-Associated SH3 Binding- Like Proteins / 581 Richard E. Dearborn, Jr., Ben G. Szaro, and Gregory A. Lnenicka Author Index to Volume 38 / 597 Subject Index to Volume 38 / 601 Volume Contents / I Cover: Parental male midshipmen fish build nests under rocky shelters in the intertidal zone along the Pacific coast. There, they “sing” to attract females who deposit their eggs on the rocky substrate. Midshipman have a second male morph that neither builds nests nor acoustically courts females; instead these males sneak spawn while females are in a nest with a parental male. Newly fertilized eggs and hatched embryos, like the ones in these photographs, remain attached to a rock by a cement-like adhesive disk until they become free-swimming at about 50 days of age. The embryos shown here are from the clutches of several females and are at several different stages of development. The unpigmented ones are about two weeks old, those most deeply pigmented are six to seven weeks of age. There are also several recently fertilized, brightly colored yellow eggs scattered among the other embryos. Knapp, Marchaterre, and Bass (pp. 475-490, this issue) use transneuronal transport of biocytin or neurobiotin to delineate the early ontogeny of a pacemaker-motoneuron circuit that establishes sex and morph typical vocalizations. Photograph by Margaret Marchaterre, Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.