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Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ecience @oinecr: Neuroscience Letters ELSEVIER Neuroscience Letters 404 (2006) 364—367 www.elsevier.com/locate/neulet Author Index of Volume 404 A Chabris, C.F., 247 Chaki, Shigeyuki, 182 Abdul-Khaliq, Hashim, 309 Chen, Chang-Chih, 117 Abe, Kohji, 107 Chen, Jieli, 28 Aharon, I., 247 Chen, Lin, 83 Ahn, Yong-Min, 87 Chen, Shanyi, 294 Alavez, Silvestre, 176 Cheng, Juei-Tang, 6, 112 Alexandre Ribeiro, Joaquim, 143 Chimelli, L., 315 Aliparasti, Mohammad-Reza, 159 Cho, Jae Hyun, 303 Argiolas, Antonio, | Cho, Jae-Yong, 330 Arias-Carrién, Oscar, 93 Chodakowska-Zebrowska, M., 56 Ariga, Hiroyoshi, 166 Chokron, Sylvie, 282 Arnold, James N., 336 Chopp, Michael, 28 Aykac-Toker, Gulcin, 258 Chu, Rong, 50 Chung, Hsien-Hui, 6 B Clerici, Francesca, 217 Colrain, Ian M., 127 Baborie, Atik, 20 Corra, Barbara, 217 Bai, Jun-Ping, 270 Barcikowska, M., 56 Crowley, Kate E., 127 Beart, Philip M., 72 Cruz, Viviane C., 232 Becerra, L., 247 Csajbok, L.Z., 132 Beilin, B., 154 Cui, Minghu, 208 Berger, Felix, 309 Cui, Xu, 28 Bessler, H., 154 Cuomo, Vincenzo, 342 Blaganje, Mija, 299 Czyzewski, K., 56 Blancas, Sugela, 176 Blennow, K., 132 D Boggio, Paulo S., 232 Boi, Antonio, | da Rocha, Maria José Alves, 227 Borges, Beatriz Carvalho, 227 Dal-Pizzol, Felipe, 254 Borsook, D., 247 Dave, Kunjan R., 170 Bossi, M., 262 De Filippis, Daniele, 342 Braite, Renata, 232 Deakin, John F.W., 276 Bresolin, Nereo, 217 Debonnel, Guy, 122 Brettschneider, Johannes, 347 Deutsch, Katherine M., 191 Burigo, Marcio, 254 DiFrancesco, J.C., 262 Brown, Timothy G., 72 Ding, Jian-Hua, 187 Bruni, Oliviero, 352 Dogru-Abbasoglu, Semra, 258 Buchsbaum, Bradley R., 282 Dong, Suzhen, 148 Buchsbaum, Monte S., 282 Dowling, Pascal, 320 Bull, Larry, 33 Drucker-Colin, René, 93 Busto, Raul, 170 Dun, Ying, 294 Byne, William, 282 Dunham, Jason S., 276 C E Cao, Jun, 208 Eblan, Michael J., 163 Cao, Jun-Li, 237 Cao, Zhijian, 358 Ehrenreich, Hannelore, 347 Cassetti, A., 262 El Mestikawy, S., 262 Castro, Leticia O., 232 Emre, Murat, 258 Cavaletti, G., 262 Esposito, Giuseppe, 342 doi: 10.1016/S0304-3940(06)00744-0 Author Index of Volume 404 365 F K Fang, Jie, 213 Kadekaro, Massako, 50 Fang, Li, 50 Kalinowski, Joseph, 196 Fang, Liyan, 148 Kamali-Sarvestani, Eskandar, 159 Faure, Céline, 122 Kang, Ung Gu, 87 Feier, Gustavo, 254 Karadag, Berrin, 258 Fenoglio, Chiara, 217 Karlsson, J.-E., 132 Ferrarese, C., 262 Kern, Claudia, 309 Ferri, Raffaele, 352 Kiefer, Falk, 103 Finazzi, Dario, 217 Kim, Ae-Ra, 330 Forloni, Gianluigi, 217 Kim, In-Soo, 330 Franzon, Renata, 254 Kim, So- Young, 87 Fregni, Felipe, 232 Kim, Yeni, 87 Kim, Yong-Sik, 87 G Kimura, Megumi, 107 Koh, Phil Ok, 303 Galimberti, Daniela, 217 Korf, Jakob, 39 Galmiche, Jean-Paul, 23 Kreft, Marko, 299 Gammeltoft, Steen, 202 Krueger, James M., 222 Goker-Alpan, Ozlem, 163 Kruse, Lars S., 202 Gong, Ming, 83 Kruuse, Christina, 202 Gratzl, Manfred, 67 Kuhlen, Ralf, 137 Grilc, Sonja, 299 Kuschinsky, Wolfgang, 20 Guidi, Ilaria, 217 Gurvit, Hakan, 258 Kutty, R. Krishnan, 294 Gutti, Usha, 163 L H Lazarov, Nikolai E., 67 Haddjeri, Nasser, 122 Lee, Elizabeth M., 72 Hallak, Jaime E.C., 276 Lee, Seong-Ryong, 330 Han, Huili, 208 Lee, Yun-Il, 87 Hanagasi, Hasmet A., 258 Lei, Yongzhong, 50 Hao, Wei, 208 Li, Chang-Xiang, 83 Harvey, Steve, 15 Li, Chunxia, 148 Hendrix, Sven, 309 Li, Hongbin, 208 Homola, Ales, 137 Li, Junfa, 44, 50 Hong, Yong-Woo, 61 Li, Liao-Liao, 249 Hruska, Kathleen S., 163 Li, Wenxin, 358 Hsiao, Sheng-Huang, 6 Li, Zheng-Bin, 249 Hsu, Jen-Hao, 112 Liu, I-Min, 112, 117 Hu, Gang, 187 Liu, Wanhong, 358 Hu, Li-Fang, 187 Liu, Zhongchun, 358 Hu, Yinghe, 148 Lokk, J., 56 Huang, Yi-Na, 83 Long, Caixia, 44 Hull, Kerry, 15 Longoni, M., 262 ESPPAE TERE Lovati, Carlo, 217 I M Iglewski, Myriam, 242 Iguchi-Ariga, Sanae M.M., 166 Ma, Mingwen, 33 Inceoglu, Muzeyyen, 258 Ma, Wenpei, 208 Inoue, Osamu, 107 Mao, Rongrong, 208 Itoh, Tetsuji, 107 Mariani, Claudio, 217 luvone, Teresa, 342 Marler, Ray, 15 Iwasa, K.H., 213 Martinez, A.M.B., 315 oee ee Mascia, Maria Stefania, | Mayburd, E., 154 Mayilyan, Karine R., 336 Jahn, Holger, 103 Jang, Young-Ho, 330 Melis, Maria Rosaria, | Jarrott, Bevyn, 72 Melis, Tiziana, | Jiang, Hao, 28 Mendonga, D.M.F., 315 Jiang, Libin, 44 Mnie-Filali, Ouissame, 122 a Jones, Nicole M., 72 Moran, Julio, 176 José Diogenes, Maria, 143 Murillo-Rodriguez, Eric, 93 Juhnn, Yong-Sung, 87 Mysona, Barbara, 294 Author Index of Volume 404 N Savagim, Edna A., 232 Savani, Claudia, 342 Nakovics, Helmut, 103 Scalabrini, Diego, 217 Navaratnam, Dhasakumar, 270 Scarna, Héléne, 122 Nellgard, B., 132 Scarpini, Elio, 217 Neunlist, Michel, 23 Schmitt, Katharina R.L., 309 Newell, Karl M., 191 Scholz, Sonja, 163 Nicholas, Christian L., 127 Scuderi, Caterina, 342 Nikseresht, Ali-Reza, 159 Sebastiado, Ana M., 143 Nylén, K., 132 Seo, Miran, 87 Shavit, Y., 154 O Shukla, Pradeep K., 266 Sidransky, Ellen, 163 Okere, Chuma O., 288 Silva, Maria T.A., 232 Okuyama, Shigeru, 182 Sim, Robert B., 336 Olesen, Jes, 202 Singleton, Andrew B., 163 Ooe, Hiromasa, 166 Sirtori, E., 262 Otte, Christian, 103 Slais, Karel, 137 Smirnov, G., 154 P Smith, Sylvia B., 294 Soghoyan, Armen F., 336 Parildar-Karpuzoglu, Hande, 258 Ost, M., 132 Park, Seyeon, 61 Stam, Cornelis J., 352 Pei, Dong-Sheng, 98 Steardo, Luca, 342 Peplonska, B., 56 Stepien, K., 56 Perez-Pinzon, Miguel A., 170 Streck, Emilio L., 254 Perry, David C., 9 Stubblefield, Barbara, 163 Pousinha, Paula A., 143 StyczynskaM,. , 56 Prado, Ricardo, 170 Su, Guangxiao, 50 Presanis, Julia S., 336 Succu, Salvatora, | Purcell, Wendy M., 33 ee, Le, 299 Sun, Xiu-Lan, 187 Q Sykova, Eva, 137 Szentirmai, Eva, 222 Qiu, Desheng, 358 T Quevedo, Joao, 254 Tang, Cheuk, 282 R Tang, Jihua, 358 — my 266 ae Ranson, Richard N., 320 ang, Zheng-Quan, Rashid, A., 132 Teng, Hua, 28 Rasmussen, Bruce A., 9 Terzano, Mario G., 352 Ratka, Anna, 242 Tixier, Emmanuelle, 23 Raut, Atul, 242 Tokumura, Miwa, 107 Religa, D., 56 Tong, Yat-Ching, 6 Riepe, Matthias, 347 Tops, Mattie, 39 Rigonatti, Sergio P., 232 Toro, Carla T., 276 1 NREEE|Tee REgE er Roberts, Cynthia, 28 Tremolizzo, L., 262 ‘ Rocha, Renata R., 232 Trinder, John, 127 Rodriguez-Menendez, V., 262 Tumani, Hayrettin, 347 Roh, Myoung-Sun, 87 ; 3 Rosengren, L., 132 U Rundo, Francesco, 352 Rupnik, Marjan, 299 Ullrich, Oliver, 309 Uroukov, Ivan S., 33 : | S Uysal, Mujdat, 258 Saltuklaroglu, Tim, 196 Vv | Samaranayake, Haresha, 270 : Samuel, William, 294 van Erp, Jan B.F., 78 Sandholdt, Nicolai T.H., 202 van Peer, Jacobien M., 39 Sanna, Fabrizio, | van Veen, Hendrik A.H.C., 78 : Santer, Robert M., 320 Venturelli, Eliana, 217 | Santos-Sacchi, Joseph, 270 Vessal, Mahmood, 159 ; | Sarlat, Ludivine, 324 Viaud-Delmon, Isabelle, 324 Saul, Isabel, 170 Vijayasarathy, Camasamudram, 294 Author Index of Volume 404 367 WwW X Wang, Gaohua, 358 Xiao, Zheman, 358 Xu, Lin, 208 Wang, Huiling, 358 Wang, Ningli, 44 Y Wang, Qing, 98 Wang, Qing-Min, 187 Yang, Jianli, 208 Wang, Xiao-Liang, 249 Yang, Li, 237 Yang, Ya, 208 Wang, Xiaoping, 358 Yang, Yan-Jing, 187 Wang, Zaijie Jim, 266 Yoshikawa, Ryoko, 182 Warusfel, Olivier, 324 Waterhouse, Barry D., 288 Z Wei, Tse-Chung, 282 Wester, Anne E., 39 Zacharek, Alex, 28 Zeng, Yin-Ming, 237 Widl, Karin, 347 Zhang, Chunling, 28 Wiedemann, Klaus, 103 Zhang, Guang-Yi, 98 Wiggert, Barbara, 294 Zhang, Jichuan, 208 Wijers, Albertus A., 39 Zhang, Mancang, 148 Winblad, B., 56 Zhao, Li, 44 Zhou, Hong-Yi, 249 Won, Chung Kil, 303 Zhu, Chang-Jiang, 237 Wu, Dong-Na, 98 Zhu, Fan, 358 Wu, Yang-Chang, 112 Zorec, Robert, 299 Wyse, Angela T.S., 254 Zoremba, Norbert, 137 ee Mmotodono tntiec nnar — Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ecience @oineer- Neuroscience Letters Neuroscience Letters 404 (2006) 368-370 www.elsevier.com/locate/neulet Contents to Volume 404 Volume 404, nos 1-2 Morphine reduces penile erection induced by the cannabinoid receptor antagonist SR 141617A in male rats: Role of paraventricular glutamic acid and nitric oxide Salvatora Succu, Maria Stefania Mascia, Tiziana Melis, Fabrizio Sanna, Antonio Boi, Maria Rosaria Melis, Antonio Argiolas (Italy) Chronic fluoxetine administration desensitizes the hyperglycemia but not the anorexia induced by serotonin in rats receiving fructose-enriched chow Sheng-Huang Hsiao, Hsien-Hui Chung, Yat-Ching Tong, Juei-Tang Cheng (Taiwan) An autoradiographic analysis of [!*>I]a-bungarotoxin binding in rat brain after chronic nicotine exposure Bruce A. Rasmussen, David C. Perry (USA) Neural calcitropic peptides: Immunoreactive characterization in fish and invertebrates Kerry Hull, Ray Marler, Steve Harvey (Canada) Lack of relationship between cellular density and either capillary density or metabolic rate in different regions of the brain Atik Baborie, Wolfgang Kuschinsky (UK, Germany) Acidity induces c-Fos expression in a subpopulation of human colonic submucosal neurons Emmanuelle Tixier, Jean-Paul Galmiche, Michel Neunlist (France) Nitric oxide regulates Angiopoietin|/Tie2 expression after stroke Alex Zacharek, Jieli Chen, Chunling Zhang, Xu Cui, Cynthia Roberts, Hao Jiang, Hua Teng, Michael Chopp (USA) Electrophysiological measurements in three-dimensional in vivo-mimetic organotypic cell cultures: Preliminary studies with hen embryo brain spheroids Ivan S. Uroukov, Mingwen Ma, Larry Bull, Wendy M. Purcell (UK) State-dependent regulation of cortical activity by cortisol: An EEG study Mattie Tops, Jacobien M. van Peer, Anne E. Wester, Albertus A. Wijers, Jakob Korf (The Netherlands) Unilateral optic nerve transection up-regulate Hsp70 protein expression in lateral geniculate nucleus of rats Li Zhao, Ningli Wang, Libin Jiang, Caixia Long, Junfa Li (China) Nitric oxide up-regulates the expression of calcium-dependent potassium channels in the supraoptic nuclei and neural lobe of rats following dehydration Massako Kadekaro, Guangxiao Su, Rong Chu, Yongzhong Lei, Junfa Li, Li Fang (USA, China) 50 Hyperhomocysteinemia and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphism in patients with Parkinson’s disease D. Religa, K. Czyzewski, M. Styczynska, B. Peplonska, J. Lokk, M. Chodakowska-Zebrowska, K. Stepien, B. Winblad, M. Barcikowska (Poland, Sweden) 56 Transcriptional regulation of artemin is related to neurite outgrowth and actin polymerization in mature DRG neurons Seyeon Park, Yong-Woo Hong (Korea) 61 Selective expression of histamine receptors in rat mesencephalic trigeminal neurons Nikolai E. Lazarov, Manfred Gratz] (Bulgaria, Germany) 67 Hypoxic preconditioning produces differential expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1a (HIF-1a) and its regulatory enzyme HIF prolyl hydroxylase 2 in neonatal rat brain Nicole M. Jones, Elizabeth M. Lee, Timothy G. Brown, Bevyn Jarrott, Philip M. Beart (Australia) 72 Touch down: The effect of artificial touch cues on orientation in microgravity Jan B.F. van Erp, Hendrik A.H.C. van Veen (The Netherlands) 78 Morphometry of otoliths in chicken macula lagena Chang-Xiang Li, Ming Gong, Yi-Na Huang, Zheng-Quan Tang, Lin Chen (China) 83 Membrane depolarization stimulates the proliferation of SH-SYSY human neuroblastoma cells by increasing retinoblastoma protein (RB) phosphorylation through the activation of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (Cdk2) Miran Seo, Yeni Kim, Yun-I] Lee, So- Young Kim, Yong-Min Ahn, Ung Gu Kang, Myoung-Sun Roh, Yong-Sik Kim, Yong-Sung Juhnn (Republic of Korea) | 87 Survival rates through time of hypocretin grafted neurons within their projection site Oscar Arias-Carri6n, René Drucker-Colin, Eric Murillo-Rodriguez (México) 93 Down-regulation of PTEN by sodium orthovanadate inhibits ASK1 activation via PI3-K/Akt during cerebral ischemia in rat hippocampus Dong-Na Wu, Dong-Sheng Pei, Qing Wang, Guang-Yi Zhang (PR China) 98 Effects of treatment with acamprosate on B-endorphin plasma concentration in humans with high alcohol preference Falk Kiefer, Holger Jahn, Christian Otte, Helmut Nakovics, Klaus Wiedemann (Germany) 103 Lack of cyclic AMP-specific phosphodiesterase 4 activation during naloxone-precipitated morphine withdrawal in rats Megumi Kimura, Miwa Tokumura, Tetsuji Itoh, Osamu Inoue, Kohji Abe (Japan) 107 doi: 10.1016/S0304-3940(06)00745-2 Contents to Volume 404 369 Release of acetylcholine to raise insulin secretion in Wistar rats by oleanolic acid, one of the active principles contained in Cornus officinalis Jen-Hao Hsu, Yang-Chang Wu, I-Min Liu, Juei-Tang Cheng (Taiwan) Release of acetylcholine by Hon-Chi to raise insulin secretion in Wistar rats Chang-Chih Chen, I-Min Liu (Taiwan) Effects of the 5-HT, receptor antagonist SB-269970 on rat hormonal and temperature responses to the 5-HT, ,, receptor agonist 8-OH-DPAT Céline Faure, Ouissame Mnie-Filali, Héléne Scarna, Guy Debonnel, Nasser Haddjeri (France, Canada) The impact of slow wave sleep proximity on evoked K-complex generation Christian L. Nicholas, John Trinder, Kate E. Crowley, Ian M. Colrain (Australia, USA) CSF —Neurofilament correlates with outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage K. Nylén, L.Z. Csajbok, M. Ost, A. Rashid, J.-E. Karlsson, K. Blennow, B. Nellgard, L. Rosengren (Sweden) Changes in diffusion parameters, energy-related metabolites and glutamate in the rat cortex after transient hypoxia/ischemia Ale’ Homola, Norbert Zoremba, Karel Slais, Ralf Kuhlen, Eva Sykova (Czech Republic, Germany) Triggering of BDNF facilitatory action on neuromuscular transmission by adenosine A,, receptors Paula A. Pousinha, Maria José Diogenes, Joaquim Alexandre Ribeiro, Ana M. Sebastiao (Portugal) Chemical genetic analysis reveals the effects of NMU2R on the expression of peptide hormones Liyan Fang, Mancang Zhang, Chunxia Li, Suzhen Dong, Yinghe Hu (China) Postoperative pain, morphine consumption, and genetic polymorphism of IL-1 and IL-1 receptor antagonist H. Bessler, Y. Shavit, E.M ayburd, G. Smirnov, B. Beilin (Israel) IL-8 (—251 A/T) and CXCR2 (+1208 C/T) gene polymorphisms and risk of multiple sclerosis in Iranian patients Eskandar Kamali-Sarvestani, Ali-Reza Nikseresht, Mohammad-Reza Aliparasti, Mahmood Vessal (Iran) Glucocerebrosidase mutations are not found in association with LRRK2 G2019S in subjects with parkinsonism Michael J. Eblan, Sonja Scholz, Barbara Stubblefield, Usha Gutti, Ozlem Goker-Alpan, Kathleen S. Hruska, Andrew B. Singleton, Ellen Sidransky (USA) Establishment of specific antibodies that recognize C106-oxidized DJ-1 Hiromasa Ooe, Sanae M.M. Iguchi-Ariga, Hiroyoshi Ariga (Japan) Remote organ ischemic preconditioning protect brain from ischemic damage following asphyxial cardiac arrest Kunjan R. Dave, Isabel Saul, Ricardo Prado, Raul Busto, Miguel A. Perez-Pinzon (USA) Effect of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor blockade on caspase activation and neuronal death in the developing rat cerebellum Silvestre Alavez, Sugela Blancas, Julio Moran (México) Group II metabotropic glutamate receptor-mediated regulation of dopamine release from slices of rat nucleus accumbens Shigeyuki Chaki, Ryoko Yoshikawa, Shigeru Okuyama (Japan) Iptakalim alleviated the increase of extracellular dopamine and glutamate induced by 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion in rat striatum Yan-Jing Yang, Qing-Min Wang, Li-Fang Hu, Xiu-Lan Sun, Jian-Hua Ding, Gang Hu (China) Age-related changes in the frequency profile of children’s finger tremor Katherine M. Deutsch, Karl M. Newell (USA) The inhibition of stuttering via the presentation of natural speech and sinusoidal speech analogs Tim Saltuklaroglu, Joseph Kalinowski (USA) Phosphodiesterase 3 and 5 and cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel expression in rat trigeminovascular system Lars S. Kruse, Nicolai T.H. Sandholdt, Steen Gammeltoft, Jes Olesen, Christina Kruuse (Denmark) 202 Enriched environment experience overcomes the memory deficits and depressive-like behavior induced by early life stress Minghu Cui, Ya Yang, Jianli Yang, Jichuan Zhang, Huili Han, Wenpei Ma, Hongbin Li, Rongrong Mao, Lin Xu, Wei Hao, Jun Cao (PR China) 208 Effects of tarantula toxin GSMTx4 on the membrane motor of outer hair cells Jie Fang, K.H. Iwasa (USA) 213 Candidate gene analysis of IP-10 gene in patients with Alzheimer’s disease Eliana Venturelli, Daniela Galimberti, Chiara Fenoglio, Carlo Lovati, Dario Finazzi, Ilaria Guidi, Barbara Corra, Diego Scalabrini, Francesca Clerici, Claudio Mariani, Gianluigi Forloni, Nereo Bresolin, Elio Scarpini (Italy) Obestatin alters sleep in rats NERERCNPEASiTE Y S o ByAa Eva Szentirmai, James M. Krueger (USA) Participation of the subfornical nucleus in hypothalamic-neurohypophyseal axis activation during the early phase of endotoxic shock Beatriz Carvalho Borges, Maria José Alves da Rocha (Brazil) Enhancement of non-dominant hand motor function by anodal transcranial direct current stimulation Paulo S. Boggio, Leticia O. Castro, Edna A. Savagim, Renata Braite, Viviane C. Cruz, Renata R. Rocha, Sergio P. Rigonatti, Maria T.A. Silva, _ Felipe Fregni (USA, Brazil) Inhibition of the spinal phosphoinositide 3-kinase exacerbates morphine withdrawal response Li Yang, Chang-Jiang Zhu, Jun-Li Cao, Yin-Ming Zeng (PR China) Differential effects of impaired mitochondrial energy production on the function of mu and delta opioid receptors in neuronal SK-N-SH cells Atul Raut, Myriam Iglewski, Anna Ratka (USA) Erratum Erratum to “Noxious heat induces fMRI activation in two anatomically distinct clusters within the nucleus accumbens” [Neurosci. Lett. 392 (2006) 159-164] I. Aharon, L. Becerra, C.F. Chabris, D. Borsook (USA) 247 \ 370 Contents to Volume 404 Volume 404, no 3 Articles Selective alteration of expression of Na*/Ca** exchanger isoforms after transient focal cerebral ischemia in rats Liao-Liao Li, Li-Na Sun, Hong-Yi Zhou, Zheng-Bin Li, Xiao-Liang Wang (China) 249 Effects of electroconvulsive seizures on Na*,K*-ATPase activity in the rat hippocampus Emilio L. Streck, Gustavo Feier, Marcio Burigo, Renata Franzon, Felipe Dal-Pizzol, Joao Quevedo, Angela T.S. Wyse (Brazil) 254 Polymorphisms in the DNA repair genes XPD (ERCC2) and XPF (ERCC4) are not associated with sporadic late-onset Alzheimer’s disease Semra Dogru-Abbasoglu, Muzeyyen Inceoglu, Hande Parildar-Karpuzoglu, Hasmet A. Hanagasi, Berrin Karadag, Hakan Gurvit, Murat Emre, Gulcin Aykac-Toker, Mujdat Uysal (Turkey) 258 Human platelets express the synaptic markers VGLUT1 and 2 and release glutamate following aggregation L. Tremolizzo, J.C. DiFrancesco, V. Rodriguez-Menendez, E. Sirtori, M. Longoni, A. Cassetti, M. Bossi, S. El Mestikawy, G. Cavaletti, C. Ferrarese (Italy, France) 262 Phosphorylation of neurogranin, protein kinase C, and Ca**/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II in opioid tolerance and dependence Pradeep K. Shukla, Lei Tang, Zaijie Jim Wang (USA) 266 En block C-terminal charge cluster reversals in prestin (SLC26A5): Effects on voltage-dependent electromechanical activity Jun-Ping Bai, Dhasakumar Navaratnam, Haresha Samaranayake, Joseph Santos-Sacchi (USA) 270 Glial fibrillary acidic protein and glutamine synthetase in subregions of prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia and mood disorder Carla T. Toro, Jaime E.C. Hallak, Jason S. Dunham, John F.W. Deakin (UK) 276 Thalamocortical circuits: fMRI assessment of the pulvinar and medial dorsal nucleus in normal volunteers Monte S. Buchsbaum, Bradley R. Buchsbaum, Sylvie Chokron, Cheuk Tang, Tse-Chung Wei, William Byne (USA, France) 282 Acute capsaicin injection increases nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase staining independent of Fos activation in the rat dorsolateral periaqueductal gray Chuma O. Okere, Barry D. Waterhouse (USA) 288 Immunofluorescence analysis of the expression of Norpeg (Rail4) in retinal Miiller and ganglion cells R. Krishnan Kutty, William Samuel, Shanyi Chen, Camasamudram Vijayasarathy, Ying Dun, Barbara Mysona, Barbara Wiggert, Sylvia B. Smith (USA) Glutamate stimulation increases hormone release in rat melanotrophs Marko Kreft, Mija Blaganje, Sonja Grilc, Marjan Rupnik, Robert Zorec (Slovenia) Estradiol prevents the injury-induced decrease of Akt/glycogen synthase kinase 3B phosphorylation Phil Ok Koh, Chung Kil Won, Jae Hyun Cho (South Korea) Methylprednisolone attenuates hypothermia- and rewarming-induced cytotoxicity and IL-6 release in isolated primary astrocytes, neurons and BV-2 microglia cells Katharina R.L. Schmitt, Claudia Kern, Felix Berger, Oliver Ullrich, Sven Hendrix, Hashim Abdul-Khaliq (Germany) Expression of ubiquitin and proteasome in motorneurons and astrocytes of spinal cords from patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis D.M.F. Mendonga, L. Chimelli, A.M.B. Martinez (Brasil) Age-associated changes in distribution of the P2X,, receptor in the major pelvic ganglion of the male rat Pascal Dowling, Richard N. Ranson, Robert M. Santer (UK) Ventriloquism aftereffects occur in the rear hemisphere Ludivine Sarlat, Olivier Warusfel, Isabelle Viaud-Delmon (France) Protective effect of quercetin, a natural flavonoid against neuronal damage after transient global cerebral ischemia Jae- Yong Cho, In-Soo Kim, Young-Ho Jang, Ae-Ra Kim, Seong-Ryong Lee (South Korea) Increased complement classical and mannan-binding lectin pathway activities in schizophrenia Karine R. Mayilyan, James N. Arnold, Julia S. Presanis, Armen F. Soghoyan, Robert B. Sim (UK, Armenia) CB, receptor selective activation inhibits B-amyloid-induced iNOS protein expression in C6 cells and subsequently blunts tau protein hyperphos- phorylation in co-cultured neurons Giuseppe Esposito, Daniele De Filippis, Luca Steardo, Caterina Scuderi, Claudia Savani, Vincenzo Cuomo, Teresa Iuvone (Italy) Erythropoietin in the cerebrospinal fluid in neurodegenerative diseases Johannes Brettschneider, Karin Widl, Hannelore Ehrenreich, Matthias Riepe, Hayrettin Tumani (Germany) Regional scalp EEG slow-wave synchronization during sleep cyclic alternating pattern Al subtypes Raffaele Ferri, Francesco Rundo, Oliviero Bruni, Mario G. Terzano, Cornelis J. Stam (Italy, The Netherlands) Association of corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor! gene SNP and haplotype with major depression Zhongchun Liu, Fan Zhu, Gaohua Wang, Zheman Xiao, Huiling Wang, Jihua Tang, Xiaoping Wang, Desheng Qiu, Wanhong Liu, Zhijian Cao, Wenxin Li (PR China) Announcement Author Index ; Volume of Contents ; 7