BRAIN RESEARCH MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH ‘VOL. 50 NOS. 1,2 CONTENTS 15 OCTOBER 1997 Cited in Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS) — Chem. Abstracts — Index Medicus (MEDLINE) — Current Contents (Life Sci.) — Excerpta Medica (EMBASE) — Psychological Abstracts (PsycINFO) — Pascal et Francis (INIST-CNRS) — RIS (Reference Update) — Current Awareness in Biological Science (CABS) Research reports Multiple signaling pathways direct the initiation of tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression in cultured brain neurons X. Du and L. Iacovitti (USA) Molecular analysis of the monomeric GTP-binding proteins of oligodendrocytes R. Burcelin, A.G. Rodriguez-Gabin, MJ. Charron, G. Almazan and J.N. Larocca (USA, Canada) Activation of CPP-32 protease in hippocampal neurons ‘ollowing ischemia and epilepsy F. Gillardon, B. Béttiger, B. Schmitz, M. Zimmermann and K.-A. Hossmann (Germany) Controlled targeting of tyrosine hydroxylase protein toward processes of locus coeruleus neurons during postnatal development L. Bezin, J.-J. Diaz, D. Marcel, M. Le Cavorsin, J.-J. Madjar, J.-F. Pujol and D. Weissmann (France) Identification of cell type-specific promoter elements associated with the rat tyrosine hydroxylase gene using transgenic founder analysis J. Liu, J.P. Merlie, R.D. Todd and K.L. O’ Malley (USA) Effects of angiotensinogen antisense oligonucleotides on fluid intake in response to different dipsogenic stimuli in the rat P. Sinnayah, E. Kachab, J. Haralambidis, J.P. Coghlan and M.J. McKinley (Australia) Evidence for autocrine inhibition of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) gene transcription by GnRH in hypothalamic GT1-1 neuronal cells S. Cho, J. Han, W. Sun, D. Choi, H.B. Kwon, H. Jarry, W. Wuttke and K. Kim (South Korea, Germany) Selective increase in somatostatin mRNA expression in human basal ganglia in Parkinson's disease D.J. Eve, A.P. Nisbet, A.E. Kingsbury, J. Temlett, C.D. Marsden and O.J.F. Foster (UK, South Africa) BDNF protection of auditory neurons from cisplatin involves changes in intracellular levels of both reactive oxygen species and glutathione R. Gabaizadeh, H. Staecker, W. Liu and T.R. Van De Water (USA) Effects of pentylenetetrazol-induced status epilepticus on c-Fos and HSP72 immunoreactivity in the immature rat brain J.E. Motte, M.J. Da Silva Fernandes, C. Marescaux and A. Nehlig (France) A truncated Reelin protein is produced but not secreted in the ‘Orleans’ reeler mutation (Reln’'-°"') V. De Bergeyck, K. Nakajima, C. Lambert de Rouvroit, B. Naerhuyzen, A.M. Goffinet, T. Miyata, M. Ogawa and K. Mikoshiba (Belgium, Japan) Adenovirus-mediated expression of AMPA-type glutamate receptor channels in PC12 cells M. Sudo, K. Tsuzuki, H. Okado, A. Miwa and S. Ozawa (VJapan) Estrogen regulates galanin but not tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression in the rat locus ceruleus J.Y. Tseng, P.E. Kolb, M.A. Raskind and M.A. Miller (USA) Ibuprofen: effect on inducible nitric oxide synthase N.C. Stratman, D.B. Carter and V.H. Sethy (USA) Retinal Muller glia secrete apolipoproteins E and J which are efficiently assembled into lipoprotein particles J. Shanmugaratnam, E. Berg, L. Kimerer, R.J. Johnson, A. Amaratunga, B.M. Schreiber and R.E. Fine (USA) Lysophosphatidic acid potentiates ACh receptor currents by G-protein-mediated activation of protein kinase C T. Nishizaki and K. Sumikawa Japan, USA) Islet amyloid polypeptide and calcitonin gene-related peptide expression are upregulated in lumbar dorsal root ganglia after unilateral adjuvant-in- duced inflammation in the rat paw H. Mulder, Y. Zhang, N. Danielsen and F. Sundler (Sweden) Regulation of NMDA receptor subunit messenger RNA levels in the rat brain following acute and chronic exposure to antipsychotic drugs M.A. Riva, F. Tascedda, E. Lovati and G. Racagni (Italy) New isoforms of the chick glutamate receptor subunit GluR4: molecular cloning, regional expression and developmental analysis A. Ravindranathan, T.N. Parks and M.S. Rao (USA) Localization of putative calcium-responsive regions in the rat BDNF gene J.F. Bishop, G. Joshi, G.P. Mueller and M.M. Mouradian (USA) Prostaglandin H synthase-2 and cytosolic phospholipase A, in the hypoxic-ischemic brain: role in neuronal death or survival? M. Walton, E. Sirimanne, C. Williams, P.D. Gluckman, J. Keelan, M.D. Mitchell and M. Dragunow (New Zealand) AP-| and NF-« B stimulated by carbachol in human neuroblastoma SH-SYSY cells are differentially sensitive to inhibition by lithium R.S. Jope and L. Song (USA) Continuous administration of the glutamate uptake inhibitor L-rrans-pyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylate produces striatal lesion J.-C. Liévens, M. Dutertre, C. Forni, P. Salin and L. Kerkerian-Le Goff (France) (contents continued on p. 322) 0168-328X (19971015 )50:1/2;1-7 BRAIN RESEARCH MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH ‘VOL. 50 NOS. 1,2 CONTENTS 15 OCTOBER 1997 Cited in Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS) — Chem. Abstracts — Index Medicus (MEDLINE) — Current Contents (Life Sci.) — Excerpta Medica (EMBASE) — Psychological Abstracts (PsycINFO) — Pascal et Francis (INIST-CNRS) — RIS (Reference Update) — Current Awareness in Biological Science (CABS) Research reports Multiple signaling pathways direct the initiation of tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression in cultured brain neurons X. Du and L. Iacovitti (USA) Molecular analysis of the monomeric GTP-binding proteins of oligodendrocytes R. Burcelin, A.G. Rodriguez-Gabin, MJ. Charron, G. Almazan and J.N. Larocca (USA, Canada) Activation of CPP-32 protease in hippocampal neurons ‘ollowing ischemia and epilepsy F. Gillardon, B. Béttiger, B. Schmitz, M. Zimmermann and K.-A. Hossmann (Germany) Controlled targeting of tyrosine hydroxylase protein toward processes of locus coeruleus neurons during postnatal development L. Bezin, J.-J. Diaz, D. Marcel, M. Le Cavorsin, J.-J. Madjar, J.-F. Pujol and D. Weissmann (France) Identification of cell type-specific promoter elements associated with the rat tyrosine hydroxylase gene using transgenic founder analysis J. Liu, J.P. Merlie, R.D. Todd and K.L. O’ Malley (USA) Effects of angiotensinogen antisense oligonucleotides on fluid intake in response to different dipsogenic stimuli in the rat P. Sinnayah, E. Kachab, J. Haralambidis, J.P. Coghlan and M.J. McKinley (Australia) Evidence for autocrine inhibition of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) gene transcription by GnRH in hypothalamic GT1-1 neuronal cells S. Cho, J. Han, W. Sun, D. Choi, H.B. Kwon, H. Jarry, W. Wuttke and K. Kim (South Korea, Germany) Selective increase in somatostatin mRNA expression in human basal ganglia in Parkinson's disease D.J. Eve, A.P. Nisbet, A.E. Kingsbury, J. Temlett, C.D. Marsden and O.J.F. Foster (UK, South Africa) BDNF protection of auditory neurons from cisplatin involves changes in intracellular levels of both reactive oxygen species and glutathione R. Gabaizadeh, H. Staecker, W. Liu and T.R. Van De Water (USA) Effects of pentylenetetrazol-induced status epilepticus on c-Fos and HSP72 immunoreactivity in the immature rat brain J.E. Motte, M.J. Da Silva Fernandes, C. Marescaux and A. Nehlig (France) A truncated Reelin protein is produced but not secreted in the ‘Orleans’ reeler mutation (Reln’'-°"') V. De Bergeyck, K. Nakajima, C. Lambert de Rouvroit, B. Naerhuyzen, A.M. Goffinet, T. Miyata, M. Ogawa and K. Mikoshiba (Belgium, Japan) Adenovirus-mediated expression of AMPA-type glutamate receptor channels in PC12 cells M. Sudo, K. Tsuzuki, H. Okado, A. Miwa and S. Ozawa (VJapan) Estrogen regulates galanin but not tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression in the rat locus ceruleus J.Y. Tseng, P.E. Kolb, M.A. Raskind and M.A. Miller (USA) Ibuprofen: effect on inducible nitric oxide synthase N.C. Stratman, D.B. Carter and V.H. Sethy (USA) Retinal Muller glia secrete apolipoproteins E and J which are efficiently assembled into lipoprotein particles J. Shanmugaratnam, E. Berg, L. Kimerer, R.J. Johnson, A. Amaratunga, B.M. Schreiber and R.E. Fine (USA) Lysophosphatidic acid potentiates ACh receptor currents by G-protein-mediated activation of protein kinase C T. Nishizaki and K. Sumikawa Japan, USA) Islet amyloid polypeptide and calcitonin gene-related peptide expression are upregulated in lumbar dorsal root ganglia after unilateral adjuvant-in- duced inflammation in the rat paw H. Mulder, Y. Zhang, N. Danielsen and F. Sundler (Sweden) Regulation of NMDA receptor subunit messenger RNA levels in the rat brain following acute and chronic exposure to antipsychotic drugs M.A. Riva, F. Tascedda, E. Lovati and G. Racagni (Italy) New isoforms of the chick glutamate receptor subunit GluR4: molecular cloning, regional expression and developmental analysis A. Ravindranathan, T.N. Parks and M.S. Rao (USA) Localization of putative calcium-responsive regions in the rat BDNF gene J.F. Bishop, G. Joshi, G.P. Mueller and M.M. Mouradian (USA) Prostaglandin H synthase-2 and cytosolic phospholipase A, in the hypoxic-ischemic brain: role in neuronal death or survival? M. Walton, E. Sirimanne, C. Williams, P.D. Gluckman, J. Keelan, M.D. Mitchell and M. Dragunow (New Zealand) AP-| and NF-« B stimulated by carbachol in human neuroblastoma SH-SYSY cells are differentially sensitive to inhibition by lithium R.S. Jope and L. Song (USA) Continuous administration of the glutamate uptake inhibitor L-rrans-pyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylate produces striatal lesion J.-C. Liévens, M. Dutertre, C. Forni, P. Salin and L. 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Wolffgramm, E. Gotz, A. Heyne, H. Meinhold and A. Baumgartner (Germany) Induction of protein tyrosine phosphatase € transcripts during NGF-induced neuronal differentiation of PC12D cells and during the development of the cerebellum Y. Mukouyama, H. Kuroyanagi, T. Shirasawa, T. Tomoda, D. Saffen, M. Oishi and T. Watanabe (Japan) Type 2 interleukin-! receptor mRNA is induced by kainic acid in the rat brain A. Nishiyori, M. Minami, S. Takami and M. Satoh (Japan) Selective effects of partial and severe lesions of the serotonergic systems on Met-enkephalin and substance P neurons in rat basal ganglia V. Compan, P. Salin and A. Daszuta (France) Changes in voltage-dependent calcium channel a,-subunit mRNA levels in the kindling model of epileptogenesis H. Hendriksen, W. Kamphuis and F.H. Lopes da Silva (The Netherlands) Activation of heme oxygenase and consequent carbon monoxide formation inhibits the release of arginine vasopressin from rat hypothalamic explants. Molecular linkage between heme catabolism and neuroendocrine function C. Mancuso, I. Kostoglou-Athanassiou, M.L. Forsling, A.B. Grossman, P. Preziosi, P. Navarra and G. Minotti (Italy, UK) Molecular characterization of antipeptide antibodies against the 5-HT,, receptor: evidence for state-dependent antibody binding TE. Anthony and E.C. Azmitia (USA) Regional differences in expression of transcripts for Na* /Ca”* exchanger isoforms in rat brain L. Yu and R.A. Colvin (USA) Alterations in behavior and opioid gene expression induced by the novel tropane analog WF-31 J.B. Daunais, S.L. Hart, A. Hedgecock-Rowe, J.J. Matasi, C. Thorley, H.M.L. Davies and L.J. Porrino (USA) mRNA for the m4 muscarinic receptor subtype is expressed in adult rat brain cholinergic neurons K. Sugaya, C. Clamp, D. Bryan and M. McKinney (USA) Short communication Expression of tyrosine hydroxylase in magnocellular hypothalamic neurons of obese ( fa / fa) and lean heterozygous ( Fa / fa) Zucker rats S. Fetissov, F. Marsais, S. Nicolaidis and A. Calas (France) Author Index