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BRAIN RESEARCH VOL. 596 NO. 1/2 CONTENTS 20 NOVEMBER 1992 Research Reports Ketamine-induced anesthesia involves the N-methyl-p-aspartate receptor-channel complex in mice M. Irifune, T. Shimizu, M. Nomoto and T. Fukuda (Japan) A single meal elicits regional changes in bombesin-like peptide levels in the gut and brain C.C. Kateb and Z. Merali (Canada) Age-dependent modulation of in vivo cortical acetylcholine release by benzodiazepine receptor ligands H. Moore, M. Sarter and J.P. Bruno (USA) Zinc modulates GABA y binding in rat brain S.M. Turgeon and R.L. Albin (USA) Vasopressinergic modulation of stress responses in the central amygdala of the Roman high-avoidance and low-avoidance rat B. Roozendaal, A. Wiersma, P. Driscoll, J.M. Koolhaas and B. Bohus (The Netherlands, Switzerland) Inhibition of spinal opioid analgesia by supraspinal administration of selective opioid antagonists C. Miaskowski and J.D. Levine (USA) Colocalization of enkephalin-, glucagon-, and corticotropin-releasing factor-like immunoreactivity in GABAergic amacrine cells in turtle retina D. Zhang and W.D. Eldred (USA) 46 Vasopressin-induced motor effects: localization of a sensitive site in the amygdala B.J. Willcox, P. Poulin, W.L. Veale and Q.J. Pittman (Canada) 58 Effect of the neurotoxin AF64A on intrinsic and extrinsic neuronal systems of rat neostriatum measured by in vivo microdialysis J.J. Meana, B. Johansson, M. Herrera-Marschitz, W.T. O’Connor, M. Goiny, F.E. Parkinson, B.B. Fredholm and U. Ungerstedt (Sweden) Lesions of the nucleus paragigantocellularis: effects on mating behavior in male rats D.P. Yells, S.E. Hendricks and M.A. Prendergast (USA) Dependence of carotid chemosensory responses on metabolic substrates D. Spergel, S. Lahiri and D.F. Wilson (USA) Androgen and estrogen concentrating neurons in chemosensory pathways of the male Syrian hamster brain R.I. Wood, R.K. Brabec, J.M. Swann and S.W. Newman (USA) Blockade of NMDA receptor-channels by MK-801 alters breathing in adult rats C.A. Connelly, M.R. Otto-Smith and J.L. Feldman (USA) Cyclic adenosine 3’5’-monophosphate potentiates excitatory amino acid and synaptic responses of rat spinal dorsal horn neurons R. Cerne, M. Jiang and M. Randić (USA) Taurine, GABA and GFAP immunoreactivity in the developing and adult rat optic nerve N. Lake (Canada) Single K*-channel currents under steady-state potential conditions in small hippocampal neurons S. Johansson and P. Arhem (Sweden) Characterization of muscarinic receptor subtypes in Alzheimer and control brain cortices by selective muscarinic antagonists A.-L. Svensson, I. Alafuzoff and A. Nordberg (Sweden) Ontogeny of zeta (£), the opioid growth factor receptor, in the rat brain I.S. Zagon, D.M. Gibo and P.J. McLaughlin (USA) Differential effects of the protein kinase C inhibitors H7 and calphostin C on the cell cycle of neuroblastoma cells M.D. Miñana, V. Felipo and S. Grisolía (Spain) Neuropeptide Y inhibits a-MSH release from rat hypothalamic slices through a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein C. Blasquez, S. Jégou, D.T. Bunel, A. Fournier and H. Vaudry (France, Canada) 163 Neonatal lesions of the ventral tegmental area affect monoaminergic responses to stress in the medial prefrontal cortex and other dopamine projection areas in adulthood M.G.P. Feenstra, A. Kalsbeek and H. Van Galen (Netherlands) 169 Neurotoxic effects of the intrastriatal injection of spermine and spermidine: lack of involvement of NMDA receptors F. Bourdiol, D. Fage, A. Serrano, C. Carter, J. Benavides and B. Scatton (France) Light and electron microscopic localization of œ subunits of GTP-binding proteins, G, and G,, in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus of rat brain C. Aoki, C.-G. Go, K. Wu and P. Siekevitz (USA) 189 Cultured astrocytes express mRNA for peptidylglycine-a-amidating monooxygenase, a neuropeptide processing enzyme R.S. Klein and L.D. Fricker (USA) 202 Role of central ATP-sensitive potassium channels in the analgesic effect and spinal noradrenaline turnovef-enhancing effect of intracerebroventricularly injected morphine in mice M. Narita, T. Suzuki, M. Misawa, H. Nagase, A. Nabeshima, T. Ashizawa, H. Ozawa, T. Saito and N. Takahata (Japan) 209 Immunohistochemical localization of calretinin in the rat lateral geniculate nucleus and its retino-geniculate projection M. Arai, R. Arai, K. Kani and D.M. Jacobowitz (Japan, USA) 215 (contents continued on p. 360) 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) 360 (contents continued) NMDA receptors assessed by autoradiography with [*H]L-689,560 are present but not enriched on corticofugal-projecting pyramidal neurones M.N. Pangalos, P.T. Francis, A.C. Foster, R.C.A. Pearson, D.N. Middlemiss and D.M. Bowen (UK) 223 Acute depolarization block of A10 dopamine neurons: interactions of morphine with dopamine antagonists D.J. Henry, R.A. Wise, P.-P. Rompré and F.J. White (USA, Canada) 231 Propofol potentiates the binding of [*H]flunitrazepam to the GABA a receptor complex R.J. Prince and M.A. Simmonds (UK) 238 Characterization of NK-1 receptors in guinea pig and rat brain membranes with NK-1 peptides and a non-peptide antagonist C. Tousignant, L. Chrétien, G. Guillemette and D. Regoli (Canada) 243 Electroconvulsive stimuli and brain peptides: effect of modification of seizure duration on neuropeptide Y, neurokinin A, substance P and neurotensin C. Stenfors, G.R. Srinivasan, E. Theodorsson and A.A. Mathé (Sweden) 251 Autoradiographic analysis of '*I-substance P binding in rat spinal cord following chronic constriction injury of the sciatic nerve L.M. Aanonsen, K.C. Kajander, G.J. Bennett and V.S. Seybold (USA) 259 Chronological expression of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) in EC cell P19 after neuronal induction by retinoic acid Y. Tanaka, K. Kawahata, T. Nakata and N. Hirokawa (Japan) 269 Biologically active salmon calcitonin-like peptide is present in rat brain P.M. Sexton and J.M. Hilton (Australia) 279 The time course of o activity and slow-wave activity during NREMS in cortical and thalamic EEG of the cat during baseline and after 12 hours of wakefulness M. Lancel, H. Van Riezen and A. Glatt (Germany, Switzerland) 285 Short Communications Peroxidative stress effects on calpain activity in brain of young and adult rats M. Benuck, M. Banay-Schwartz, M.T. Ramacci and A. Lajtha (USA, Italy) 296 Parasympathetic postganglionic nerve fibers in the fungiform papillae of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana K. Inoue, T. Yamaai and Y. Kitada (Japan) 299 Observations on morphology and electrophysiological properties of the normal and axotomized facial motoneurons in the cat Y. Nishimura, T. Asahara, T. Yamamoto and T. Tanaka (Japan) 305 Sex differences in the regulation of heat shock protein 70 kDa and 90 kDa in the rat ventromedial hypothalamus by estrogen U.E. Olazabal, D.W. Pfaff and C.V. Mobbs (USA) 311 Repeated focal cerebral ischemia in gerbils is associated with development of infarction H. Kato, T. Araki and K. Kogure (Japan) 315 Lack of neuroprotective effect of some o ligands in a model of focal cerebral ischemia in the mouse H. Poignet, J.P. Nowicki and B. Scatton (France) 320 Sensitivity of transient outward rectification to ion channel blocking agents in guinea-pig substantia nigra pars compacta neurones in vitro N.C. Harris (UK) 325 The time course of changes in D, and D, receptor binding in the striatum following a selective lesion of striatonigral neurons M.B. Harrison, R.G. Wiley and G. Frederick Wooten (USA) 330 Enhanced gastric acid secretion induced by gastrin can be suppressed partially by glucose injection into the medullary nuclei in rats T. Sakaguchi, T. Aono and M. Ohtake (Japan) 337 Differential laminar distribution of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase containing tangles in the cerebral cortex of Alzheimer’s disease A.E. Coleman, C. Geula, B.H. Price and M.-M. Mesulam (USA) 340 Synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus of aged rats is altered after chronic nimodipine application G.I. De Jong, B. Buwalda, T. Schuurman and P.G.M. Luiten (The Netherlands, FRG) 345 Genetically variable taste sensitivity to D-amino acids in mice Y. Ninomiya, T. Nomura and H. Katsukawa (Japan) 349 Estrous cycle variation of afferent fibers supplying reproductive organs in the female rat A. Robbins, K.J. Berkley and Y. Sato (Japan) 353 Author Index