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BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN Brain Research Bulletin 60 (2003) 543-546 www.elsevier.com locate/brainresbull Contents of Volume 60 Reviews Reconstructive neurosurgery for Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review and preliminary meta-analysis. Polgar, S., M.E. Morris, S. Reilly, B. Bilney and P.R. Sanberg Topology and graph theory applied to cortical anatomy may help explain working memory capacity for three or four simultaneous items. Glassman, R.B. Articles On the confirmation of an effect of magnetic fields on the interictal firing rate of epileptic patients. Fuller, M., C.L. Wilson, A.L. Velasco, J.R. Dunn and J. Zoeger Short-term cerebral ischemia causes the dysfunction of interneurons and more excitation of pyramidal neurons in rats. A re-evaluation of the role of tetrahydropapaveroline in ethanol consumption in rats. McCoy, J.G., C. Strawbridge, K.D. McMurtrey, V.B. Kane and C.P. Ward Metabotropic glutamate receptor-mediated hetero-synaptic interaction of red- and green-cone inputs to LHC of carp retina. Luo, F.-J. and P.-J. Liang Synaptic facilitation by ectopic octopamine and 5-HT receptors in Aplysia. Chang, D.-J., C.-S. Lim, J.-A. Lee and B.-K. Kaang Participation of AMPA- and NMDA-type excitatory amino acid receptors in the spinal reflex transmission, in rat. Kocsis, P., |. Tarnawa, Z. Szombathelyi and S. Farkas Microglial ecto-Ca**-ATPase activity in a rat model of focal homologous blood clot embolic cerebral ischemia: an enzyme histochemical study. Igarashi, H., J. Yokofujita, K. Murakami, A. Okada and M. Kuroda The behavioral effects of magnesium therapy on recovery of function following bilateral anterior medial cortex lesions in the rat. Hoane, M.R., A.A. Knotts, S.L. Akstulewicz, M. Aquilano and L.W. Means Antidyskinetic effects of risperidone on animal models of tardive dyskinesia in mice. Carvalho, R.C., R.H. Silva, V.C. Abilio, P.N. Barbosa and R. Frussa-Filho Biochemical markers for post-operative fatigue after major surgery. McGuire, J., G.L. Ross, H. Price, N. Mortensen, J. Evans and L.M. Castell NMDA receptor blockade and hippocampal neuronal loss impair fear conditioning and position habit reversal in C57BI/6 mice. Bardgett, M.E., R. Boeckman, D. Krochmal, H. Fernando, R. Ahrens and J.G. Csernansky doi: 10.1016/S0361-9230(03)00153-9 544 Contents of Volume 60 induction of Fos in the accessory olfactory system by male odors persists in female mice with a null mutation of the aromatase (cyp19) gene. Lau, Y.E., J.A. Cherry, M.J. Baum and S.K. Mani Autonomic and EEG correlates of emotional imagery in subjects with different hypnotic susceptibility. Sebastiani, L., A. Simoni, A. Gemignani, B. Ghelarducci and E.L. Santarcangelo Polyunsaturated fatty acids in the blood of spontaneously or induced muricidal male Wistar rats. Augier, S., M.C. Penes, G. Debilly and A.S. Miachon The cholinergic stimulation of the central amygdala modifying the tonic immobility response and antinocicep- tion in guinea pigs depends on the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray. Leite-Panissi, C.R.A., N.C. Coimbra and L. Menescal-de-Oliveira Convulsive and postural effects of lesioning the mid-substantia nigra pars reticulata in naive and 6-hydroxy- dopamine lesioned rats. Henderson, J.M. and S.H. Watson Editorial Sex and gender in Brain Research Bulletin. Dunnett, S.B. Technical comment The categorisation of male and female laboratory animals in terms of “‘gender’’. Hughes, R.N. Articles Forebrain Fos responses to reproductively related chemosensory cues in aromatase knockout mice. Aste, N., S. Honda and N. Harada Effect of strain and sex on » opioid receptor-mediated G-protein activation in rat brain. Selley, D.E., J.T. Herbert, D. Morgan, C.D. Cook, M.J. Picker and L.J. Sim-Selley Enhanced angiotensin-mediated responses in the nucleus tractus solitarii of spontaneously hypertensive rats. Katsunuma, N., K. Tsukamoto, S. Ito and K. Kanmatsuse Cell cycle protein expression in proliferating microglia and astrocytes following transient global cerebral ischemia in the rat. Kato, H., A. Takahashi and Y. ltoyama An exploratory factor analysis of the Tail Suspension Test in 12 inbred strains of mice and an F2 intercross. Liu, X. and H.K. Gershenfeld Noradrenaline release in the median preoptic nucleus area caused by hemorrhage in the rat. Tanaka, J., S. Hatakenaka, H. Miyakubo and M. Nomura Distribution of immunoreactive GABA and glutamate receptors in the gustatory portion of the nucleus of the solitary tract in rat. High potassium-induced activation of choline-acetylitransferase in human neocortex: implications and species differences. Sigle, J.-P., J. Zander, A. Ehret, J. Honegger, R. Jackisch and T.J. Feuerstein Role of the mesolimbic cholinergic projection to the septum in the production of 22 kHz alarm calls in rats. Bihari (née Dencev), A., A.W. Hrycyshyn and S.M. Brudzynski Contents of Volume 60 The algogenic-induced nociceptive flexion test in mice: studies on sensitivity of the test and stress on animals. Inoue, M., Md H. Rashid, T. Kawashima, M. Matsumoto, T. Maeda, S. Kishioka and H. Ueda Presynaptic modulation of acetylcholine, noradrenaline, and serotonin release in the hippocampus of aged rats with various levels of memory impairments. Birthelmer, A., J. Stemmelin, R. Jackisch and J.-C. Cassel Facilitation of drug entry into the CNS via transient permeation of blood brain barrier :l aboratory and preliminary clinical evidence from bradykinin receptor agonist, Cereport. Boriongan, C.V. and D.F. Emerich Comparative effects of injecting 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine in the dorsal or medial raphe nuclei on rat puberty. Monroy, J., M.E. Ayala, R. Chavira, P. Damian-Matsumura and R. Dominguez Special Issue Cortical Circuitry in Normal and Pathological Cortex Preface Articles Role of citron kinase in dendritic morphogenesis of cortical neurons. Di Cunto, F., L. Ferrara, R. Curtetti, S. Imarisio, S. Guazzone, V. Broccoli, A. Bulfone, F. Altruda, A. Vercelli and L. Silengo Experimentally-induced microencephaly: effects on cortical neurons. Garbossa, D. and A. Vercelli Organization of cortico-cortical associative projections in rats exposed to ethanol during early postnatal life. Granato, A., F. Di Rocco, A. Zumbo, A. Toesca and S. Giannetti Cellular physiology of the neonatal rat cerebral cortex. Luhmann, H.J., |. Hanganu and W. Kilb Development of functional thalamocortical synapses studied with current source-density analysis in whole forebrain slices in the rat. Molnar, Z., T. Kurotani, S. Higashi, N. Yamamoto and K. Toyama Effect of developmental sensory and motor deprivation on the functional organization of adult rat somato- sensory cortex. Erchova, |.A., R.S. Petersen and M.E. Diamond The evolution of mammalian cortex, from lamination to arealization. Montagnini, A. and A. Treves Special Issue Functional Anatomy of Ear Connections Foreword Reviews Structure and innervation of the cochlea. Raphael, Y., and R.A. Altschuler 546 Contents of Volume 60 Development of inner ear afferent connections: forming primary neurons and connecting them to the developing sensory epithelia. Fritzsch, B. Primary innervation of the avian and mammalian cochlear nucleus. Ryugo, D.K., and T.N. Parks Parallel auditory pathways: projection patterns of the different neuronal populations in the dorsal and ventral cochlear nuclei. Cant, N.B., and C.G. Benson Central projections of the vestibular nerve: a review and single fiber study in the Mongolian gerbil. Newlands, S.D., and A.A. Perachio Development of vestibular afferent projections into the hindbrain and their central targets. Maklad, A., and B. Fritzsch Central vestibular system: vestibular nuclei and posterior cerebellum. Barmack, N.H. Contents of Volume 60 Author Index Subject Index a