LIST OF CONTENTS VOLUME 69 NUMBER | COMMENTARY J.-C. Cassel and H. Jeltsch Serotonergic modulation of cholinergic function in the central nervous system: cognitive implications RESEARCH PAPERS M. Levivier, D. M. Gash and Time course of the neuroprotective effect of S. Przedborski transplantation on quinolinic acid-induced lesions of the striatum I. A. Shevelev, R. V. Novikova, Sensitivity to cross-like figures in the cat striate neurons N. A. Lazareva, A. S. Tikhomiroy and G. A. Sharaev T. C. Napier, I. Mitrovic, L. Churchill, Substance P in the ventral pallidum: projection from M . A. Klitenick, X.-Y. Lu and the ventral striatum, and electrophysiological and P. W. Kalivas behavioral consequences of pallidal substance P P.-Y. Cété, P. Levitt and A. Parent Distribution of limbic system-associated membrane protein immunoreactivity in primate basal ganglia A. M. Magarifios and B. S. McEwen Stress-induced atrophy of apical dendrites’ of hippocampal CA3c neurons: comparison of stressors A. M. Magarifios and B. S. McEwen Stress-induced atrophy of apical dendrites of hippocampal CA3c neurons: involvement of gluco- corticoid secretion and excitatory amino acid receptors E. Cs. Papp, B. Heimrich and Development of the raphe—hippocampal projection T. F. Freund in vitro G. D. Rosen, E. A. Sigel, G. F. Sherman The neuroprotective effects of MK-801 on the induction and A. M. Galaburda of microgyria by freezing injury to the newborn rat neocortex Y. S. Mednikova and S. V. Karnup Functional geometry of amino acid sensitive membrane of layer V neurons in the guinea-pig neocortex in vitro A. F. Greenwood, R. E. Powers Phosphoinositide hydrolysis, Gag, phospholipase C, and R. S. Jope and protein kinase C in post mortem human brain: effects of post mortem interval, subject age, and Alzheimer’s disease I. Mody, T. S. Otis, A. Bragin, M. Hsu GABAergic inhibition of granule cells and_ hilar and G. Buzsaki neuronal synchrony following ischemia-induced hilar neuronal loss L. Korbo and B. B. Andersen The distributions of Purkinje cell perikaryon and nuclear volume in human and rat cerebellum with the nucleator method D. Guivare’h, P. Vernier and Sex steroid hormones change the differential distribution J.-D. Vincent of the isoforms of the D, dopamine receptor messenger RNA in the rat brain J. M. Kinzie, J. A. Saugstad, Distribution of metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 G. L. Westbrook and T. P. Segerson messenger RNA in the developing and adult rat brain B. Chamak, A. Dobbertin and M. Mallat Immunohistochemical detection of thrombospondin in microglia in the developing rat brain iil M. Hajés, S. E. Gartside, Evidence for a repetitive (burst) firing pattern in a A. E. P. Villa and T. Sharp sub-population of 5-hydroxytryptamine neurons in the dorsal and median raphe nuclei of the rat J. M. Mahon, M. Allen, J. Herbert and The association of thirst, sodium appetite and J. T. Fitzsimons vasopressin release with c-fos expression in the forebrain of the rat after intracerebroventricular injection of angiotensin II, angiotensin-(1—7) or carbachol L. H. Conti and S. L. Foote Effects of pretreatment with corticotropin-releasing factor on the electrophysiological responsivity of the locus coeruleus to subsequent corticotropin-releasing factor challenge S. Boehm and S. Huck x,-Adrenoreceptor-mediated inhibition of acetylcholine- induced noradrenaline release from rat sympathetic neurons: an action at voltage-gated Ca** channels B. A. Morrow, J. R. Taylor and Prior exposure to cocaine diminishes behavioral and R. H. Roth biochemical responses to aversive conditioning: reversal by glycine/N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist co-treatment A. K. Houghton, C. M. F. Gorringe Tachykininergic tone in the spinal cord of the rabbit: and R. W. Clarke dependence on nociceptive input arising from invasive surgery C. Dean and J. L. Seagard Expression of c-fos protein in the nucleus tractus solitarius in response to physiological activation of carotid baroreceptors Y. Charnay, L. Leger, P. G. Vallet, [*H]Nisoxetine binding sites in the cat brain: an P. R. Hof, M. Jouvet and C. Bouras autoradiographic study M. I. Glavinovi¢ Decrease of quantal size and quantal content during tetanic stimulation detected by focal recording W. E. Crowe, J. Altamirano, L. Huerto Volume changes in single NIE-115 neuroblastoma cells and F. J. Alvarez-Leefmans measured with a fluorescent probe Z.-Y. Wang, P. Alm and R. Hakanson Distribution and effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase- activating peptide in the rabbit eye S. Liu and R. H. Nordlander Growth cones and axon trajectories of the earliest descending serotonergic pathway of Xenopus J. Kucera, P. Ernfors, J. Walro Reduction in the number of spinal motor neurons in and R. Jaenisch neurotrophin-3-deficient mice A. Golard Lectins modulate calcium channels in chick sympathetic ganglia VOLUME 69 NUMBER 2 LETTERS TO NEUROSCIENCE S. L. Eastwood and P. J. Harrison Decreased synaptophysin in the medial temporal lobe in schizophrenia demonstrated using immunoautoradio- graphy N. C. Gordon, R. W. Gear, P. H. Heller, Enhancement of morphine analgesia by the GABA, S. Paul, C. Miaskowski and J. D. Levine agonist baclofen RESEARCH PAPERS E. C. Burgard and J. J. Hablitz N-Methyl-b-aspartate receptor-mediated calcium accumulation in neocortical neurons J. J. O’Connor, J. Wu, M. J. Rowan Potentiation of N-methyl-D-aspartate-receptor-medi- and R. Anwyl ated currents detected using the excised patch technique in the hippocampal dentate gyrus C. L. Miller and R. Freedman The activity of hippocampal interneurons and pyramidal cells during the response of the hippocampus to repeated auditory stimuli K. W. Roche and R. L. Huganir Synaptic expression of the high-affinity kainate receptor subunit KA2 in hippocampal cultures J. E. Madl and D. L. Allen Hyperthermia depletes adenosine triphosphate and decreases glutamate uptake in rat hippocampal slices A. K. Shetty, D. Rapoza, R. D. Madison Selective laser-activated lesioning of prelabeled fetal and D. A. Turner hippocampal grafts by _ intracellular photolytic chromophore M. E. Wolf, S. L. Dahlin, X.-T. Hu, Effects of lesions of prefrontal cortex, amygdala, or C.-J. Xue and K. White fornix on behavioral sensitization to amphetamine: comparison with N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonists J. N. Simpson, J. Q. Wang Repeated amphetamine administration induces a 44] and J. F. McGinty prolonged augmentation of phosphorylated cyclase response element-binding protein and _ Fos-related antigen immunoreactivity in rat striatum W. Du, A. G. Romano, V. J. Aloyo Hypotensive stress retards associative learning in rabbits 459 and J. A. Harvey R. Drake-Baumann and F. J. Seil Electrophysiological differences between Purkinje cells 467 in organotypic and granuloprival cerebellar cultures E. Kumamoto and Y. Murata Excitatory amino acid-induced currents in rat septal 477 cholinergic neurons in culture A. Khateb, P. Fort, A. Pegna, Cholinergic nucleus basalis neurons are excited by 495 B. E. Jones and M. Miihlethaler histamine in vitro G. M. Krauthamer, B. S. Grunwerg Putative cholinergic neurons of the pedunculopontine 507 and H. Krein tegmental nucleus projecting to the superior colliculus consist of sensory responsive and unresponsive popu- lations which are functionally distinct from other mesopontine neurons J. A. Chowen, S. Busiguina Sexual dimorphism and sex steroid modulation of glial 519 and L. M. Garcia-Segura fibrillary acidic protein messenger RNA and immuno- reactivity levels in the rat hypothalamus G. V. Allen and D. F. Cechetto Neurotensin in the lateral hypothalamic area: origin and 533 function S. Amir, B. Robinson and K. Edelstein Distribution of NADPH-diaphorase staining and light- 545 induced Fos expression in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus region supports a role for nitric oxide in the circadian system M. Pasic and G. Kartelija The reaction of Helix photosensitive neurons to light 557 and cyclic GMP D. Paré, Y. Smith and J.-F. Pare Intra-amygdaloid projections of the basolateral and 567 basomedial nuclei in the cat: Phaseolus vulgaris -leuco- agglutinin anterograde tracing at the light and electron microscopic level Vv H. Nakazawa, H. Kaba, T. Higuchi The importance of calmodulin in the accessory olfactory and S. Inoue bulb in the formation of an olfactory memory in mice N. C. Hall, J. M. Carney, M. Cheng Prevention of ischemia/reperfusion-induced alterations and D. A. Butterfield in synaptosomal membrane-associated proteins and lipids by N-tert-butyl-x-phenylnitrone and difluoro- methylornithine J. Lipski, R. Kanjhan, B. Kruszewska Barosensitive neurons in the rostral ventrolateral and M. Smith medulla of the rat in vivo: morphological properties and relationship to Cl adrenergic neurons E. A. J. Joosten, P. R. Bar Directional regrowth of lesioned corticospinal tract and W.-H. Gispen axons in adult rat spinal cord S. Diochot, S. Richard and J. Valmier Diversity of voltage-gated calcium currents in large diameter embryonic mouse sensory neurons V. Zagorodnyuk and C. A. Maggi Neuronal tachykinin NK, receptors mediate release of non-adrenergic non-cholinergic inhibitory transmitters in the circular muscle of guinea-pig colon H. Inokuchi and E. M. McLachlan Lack of evidence for P2X-purinoceptor involvement in fast synaptic responses in intact sympathetic ganglia isolated from guinea-pigs V. V. Marlinsky The effect of somatosensory stimulation on second- order and efferent vestibular neurons in the decerebrate decerebellate guinea-pig M. R. Hayman, J. P. Donaldson The primary afferent pathway of extraocular muscle and I. M. L. Donaldson proprioception in the pigeon S. G. Khasar, F. J.-P. Miao Inflammation modulates the contribution of receptor- and J. D. Levine subtypes to bradykinin-induced hyperai.zesia in the rat VOLUME 69 NUMBER 3 LETTERS TO NEUROSCIENCE T. Arendt, M. Holzer, R. Fruth, Paired helical filament-like phosphorylation of tau, M. K. Briickner and U. Gartner deposition of £/A4-amyloid and memory impairment in rat induced by chronic inhibition of phosphatase | and 2A C. L. Boulton, E. Southam Nitric oxide-dependent long-term potentiation is and J. Garthwaite blocked by a specific inhibitor of soluble guanylyl cyclase C. Schwarzer and G. Sperk Hippocampal granule cells express glutamic acid decarboxylase-67 after limbic seizures in the rat COMMENTARY L. F. Agnati, M. Zoli, I. Strémberg Intercellular communication in the brain: wiring versus and K. Fuxe volume transmission RESEARCH PAPERS A. M. Thomson, D. C. West Properties of single axon excitatory postsynaptic poten- and J. Deuchars tials elicited in spiny interneurons by action potentials in pyramidal neurons in slices of rat neocortex J. Deuchars and A. M. Thomson Innervation of burst firing spiny interneurons by pyramidal cells in deep layers of rat somatomotor cortex: paired intracellular recordings with biocytin filling Vi Zs. Nagy, M. M. Esiri, K. A. Jobst, Influence of the apolipoprotein E genotype on amyloid C. Johnston, S. Litchfield, E. Sim deposition and neurofibrillary tangle formation in and A. D. Smith Alzheimer’s disease M. N. Patel and J. O. McNamara Selective enhancement of axonal branching of cultured dentate gyrus neurons by neurotrophic factors K. A. Huber, K. Krieglstein The neurotrophins BDNF, NT-3 and -4, but not NGF, and K. Unsicker TGF-f 1 and GDNF, increase the number of NADPH- diaphorase-reactive neurons in rat spinal cord cultures K. Andreasson and P. F. Worley Induction of B-A activin expression by synaptic activity and during neocortical development V. Moro, J. Badaut, V. Springhetti, Regional study of the co-localization of neuronal nitric L. Edvinsson, J. Seylaz and F. Lasbennes oxide synthase with muscarinic receptors in the rat cerebral cortex A. Bessis, A.-M. Salmon, M. Zoli, Promoter elements conferring neuron-specific expression N. Le Novére, M. Picciotto of the #2-subunit of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine and J.-P. Changeux receptor studied in vitro and in transgenic mice X. O. Zhu, M. W. Brown, Effects of the novelty or familiarity of visual stimuli on B. J. McCabe and J. P. Aggleton the expression of the immediate early gene c-fos in rat brain C. Schwarzer, J. M. Williamson, Somatostatin, neuropeptide Y, neurokinin B and chole- E. W. Lothman, A. Vezzani cystokinin immunoreactivity in two chronic models of and G. Sperk temporal lobe epilepsy L. Van Bree, F. Zhang, S. N. Schiffmann, Homolateral cerebrocortical changes in neuropeptide P. Halleux, P. Mailleux and receptor expression after minimal cortical infarction and J.-J. Vanderhaeghen B. S. Kolachana, R. C. Sauaters Augmentation of prefrontal cortical monoaminergic and D. R. Weinberger activity inhibits dopamine release in the caudate nucleus: an in vivo neurochemical assessment in the rhesus monkey T. Oyama, S. Goto, T. Nishi, K. Sato, Imn unocytochemical localization of the _ striatal K. Yamada, M. Yoshikawa enriched protein tyrosine phosphatase in the rat and Y. Ushio striatum: a light and electron microscopic study with a complementary DNA-generated polyclonal antibody S. Kroesen, J. Marksteiner, S. K. Mahata, Effects of haloperidol, clozapine and citalopram on M. Mahata, R. Fischer-Colbrie, messenger RNA levels of chromogranins A and B and A. Saria, I. Kapeller and H. Winkler secretogranin II in various regions of rat brain T. F. Oo, C. Henchcliffe and R. E. Burke Apoptosis in substantia nigra following developmental hypoxic—ischemic injury C. E. Rick, I. M. Stanford Excitation of rat substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons and M. G. Lacey by 5-hydroxytryptamine in vitro: evidence for a direct action mediated by 5-hydroxytryptamine,. receptors I. B. Walsh, R. J. van den Berg Ionic currents in cultured rat suprachiasmatic neurons and W. J. Rietveld D. Bouhassira, D. Chitour, The spinal transmission of nociceptive information: L. Villanueva and D. Le Bars modulation by the caudal medulla E. Carstens, I. Saxe and R. Ralph Brainstem neurons expressing c-Fos immunoreactivity following irritant chemical stimulation of the rat’s tongue S. Quasthoff, J. Grosskreutz, Calcium potentials and tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium J. M. Schréder, U. Schneider potentials in unmyelinated C fibres of biopsied human and P. Grafe sural nerve M.-F. Vesin, C. Billotte and B. Droz Biosynthesis of prostaglandin D, by motoneurons and dorsal horn microneurons: a biochemical and high resol- ution immunocytochemical study in chick spinal cord S. A. Waterman and C. A. Maggi Stimulation of neuropeptide release from sensory and enteric neurons in the guinea-pig by «-latrotoxin A. Meulemans, J. P. Mothet, A. Schirar, A nitric oxide synthase activity is involved in the P. Fossier, L. Tauc and G. Baux modulation of acetylcholine release in Aplysia ganglion neurons: a histological, voltammetric and electrophysio- logical study I. Neumann, P. Kremarik Acute, sequence-specific effects of oxytocin and and Q. J. Pittman vasopressin antisense oligonucleotides on neuronal responses VOLUME 69 NUMBER 4 LETTERS TO NEUROSCIENCE I. Neumann, P. Kremarik Acute, sequence-specific effects of oxytocin and and Q. J. Pittman vasopressin antisense oligonucleotides on neuronal responses S. Amir and B. Robinson Ultraviolet light entrains rodent suprachiasmatic nucleus pacemaker G. Crosby, J. J. A. Marota Intact nociception-induced neuroplasticity in transgenic and P. L. Huang mice deficient in neuronal nitric oxide synthase A. Dagerlind, M. Pelto-Huikko, M. Diez Adrenal medullary ganglion neurons project into the and T. Hékfelt splanchnic nerve H. I. Kornblum, C. M. Gall, A subpopulation of striatal GABAergic neurons K. B. Seroogy and J. C. Lauterborn expresses the epidermal growth factor receptor RESEARCH PAPERS A. Baude, Z. Nusser, E. Molnar, High-resolution immunogold localization of AMPA R. A. J. Mclilhinney and P. Somogyi type glutamate receptor subunits at synaptic and non- synaptic sites in rat hippocampus . Khazipov, D. Ragozzino and Kinetics and Mg** block of N-methyl-p-aspartate . Bregestovski receptor channels during postnatal development of hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons A. I. Hersi, W. Rowe, P. Gaudreau and Dopamine D, receptor ligands modulate cognitive R. Quirion performance and hippocampal acetylcholine release in memory-impaired aged rats . A. Brennan, K. M. Kendrick and Neurotransmitter release in the accessory olfactory bulb . B. Keverne during and after the formation of an olfactory memory in mice C. Sandi, S. P. R. Rose, R. Mileusnic Corticosterone facilitates long-term memory formation and C. Lancashire via enhanced glycoprotein synthesis A. R. Guimaraes, P. Schwartz, Quantitative in vivo 'H nuclear magnetic resonance M. R. Prakash, C. A. Carr, spectroscopic imaging of neuronal loss in rat brain U. V. Berger, B. G. Jenkins, J. T. Coyle and R. G. Gonzalez R. Carletti, S. Tacconi, E. Bettini and Stress activated protein kinases, a movel family of F. Ferraguti mitogen-activated protein kinases, are heterogencously expressed in the adult rat brain ana differentially distributed from extracellular-signal-regylated protein kinases I. Ferrer and A. M. Planas Induction of heat-shock protein-70 messenger RNA and 1111 protein following systemic kainate injection in the rat: evidence of protein axonal transport J. M. Elliott, N. R. Newberry, Characterization of the §-hydroxytryptamine,, receptor- 1119 A. J. Cholewinski, J. T. Bartrup, activated cascade in rat C6 glioma cells S. J. Briddon, J. E. Carey, T. P. Flanigan, R. A. Newton, S. L. Phipps, A. C. Reavley, C. Smith, M. Wigmore, D. G. Grahame-Smith and R. A. Leslie Y. Bozzi, T. Pizzorusso, F. Cremisi, Monocular deprivation decreases the expression of F. M. Rossi, G. Barsacchi and L. Maffei messenger RNA for brain-derived neurse »trophic factor in the rat visual cortex K.-M. Kim, Y. Nakajima G protein-coupled inward rectifier yodulated by 1145 and S. Nakajima dopamine agonists in cultured substantia nigra neurons S. Patel, J. Roberts, J. Moorman Localization of serotonin-4 receptors in the striatonigral 1159 and C. Reavill pathway in rat brain M. Olsson, K. Campbell, K. Wictorin Projection neurons in fetal striata] transplants are 1169 and A. Bjérklund predominantly derived from the Jateral ganglionic eminence L. Danober, A. Depaulis, M. Vergnes Mesopontine cholinergic control yer generalized 1183 and C. Marescaux non-convulsive seizures in a genetic model of absence epilepsy in the rat F. Zhang, S. Xu and C. lIadecola Role of nitric oxide and acetylcholine in neocortical 1195 hyperemia elicited by basal forebrajn stimulation: evidence for an involvement of endothelial nitric oxide Z. Szeidemann, R. L. Jakab, Extrinsic and intrinsic substance P inneryation of the rat M. Shanabrough and C. Leranth lateral septal area calbindin cells J. M. Hilton, S. Y. Chai In vitro autoradiographic localization of the calcitonin and P. M. Sexton receptor isoforms, Cla and Clb, in raz brain O. J. Igwe and M. B. Filla Regulation of phosphatidylinositide transduction system in the rat spinal cord during aging C. Stapf, M. Shakibaei and D. Blottner Co-existence of NADPH-diaphorase, fjproblast growth factor-2 and fibroblast growth factor receptor in spinal autonomic system suggests target-specific actions . Seybold and L. G. Abrahams Characterization and regulation of neurokinin, receptors < NY in primary cultures of rat neonatal Spinal neurons A. van Golen, K. W. Li, Co-localized neuropeptides conopressjn and Ala-Pro P. J. De Lange, Gly-Trp-NH, have antagonistic effects on the vas E. Van Kesteren, deferens of /ymnaea RR . C. Van Der Schors and W. P. M. Geraerts