1. Editorial

   EditorialNotes Pages: 3 - 4

2. Histamine secretion: Research in retrospect

   • Bertil Diamant

   Histamine and Kinins Pages: 5 - 11

3. Concentration effect relationships of infused histamine in normal volunteers

   • P. W. Ind
   • M. J. Brown
   • C. T. Dollery

   Histamine and Kinins Pages: 12 - 16

4. Assay and identification of histamine in human gastric aspirate by a fluorometric-fluoroenzymatic technique. Its application in patients with chronic duodenal ulcer

   • J. V. Parkin
   • W. Lorenz
   • M. Crombach

   Histamine and Kinins Pages: 17 - 25

5. Simultaneous fluorometric assay of histamine and histidine in biological fluid using an automated analyser

   • E. S. K. Assem
   • E. K. S. Chong

   Histamine and Kinins Pages: 26 - 29

6. Increased urinary methylimidazoleacetic acid (MelmAA) as an indicator of systemic mastocytosis

   • Göran Granerus
   • Gösta Roupe

   Histamine and Kinins Pages: 29 - 31

7. A modified schayer procedure for the estimation of histidine decarboxylase activity: Its application on tissue extracts from gastric mucosa of various mammals

   • E. Neugebauer
   • W. Lorenz

   Histamine and Kinins Pages: 32 - 40

8. Inhibition of plant and mammalian diamine oxidase by substrate analogues

   • Tadeusz Biegański
   • Zofia Osińska
   • Czesław Masliński

   Histamine and Kinins Pages: 41 - 46

9. Eosinophil diamine oxidase activity in acute inflammation in humans

   • James Jay Herman

   Histamine and Kinins Pages: 46 - 48

10. Diamine oxidase activity and imidazoleacetic acid formation in the foetal and maternal guinea pig liver

    • W. A. Fogel
    • T. Biegański
    • C. Maśliński

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 49 - 52

11. Intestinal monoamine oxidase: Does it have a role in histamine catabolism?

    • J. Kusche
    • K. -D. Feußner
    • W. Lorenz

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 53 - 59

12. Histamine release from human pulmonary mast cells

    • Madeleine Ennis

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 60 - 63

13. Histamine release and hypotensive reactions in dogs by solubilizing agents and fatty acids: Analysis of various components in cremophor El and development of a compound with reduced toxicity

    • W. Lorenz
    • A. Schmal
    • A. Doenicke

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 64 - 80

14. Species and tissue differences of histamine storage and release

    • F. Erjavec

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 81 - 85

15. Evidence for H₂-receptor-mediated inhibition of histamine release from isolated rat mast cells

    • Emanuela Masini
    • Patrizio Blandina
    • Pier Francesco Mannaioni

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 85 - 88

16. A peritoneal fluid activator for histamine release from isolated peritoneal mast cells of the rat

    • R. I. Ludowyke
    • G. B. West

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 88 - 90

17. Histamine release from isolated rat mast cells by neurotensin and other peptides

    • Anita Sydbom

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 91 - 93

18. Histamine release from mast cell granules

    • Nirmal Chakravarty

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 94 - 98

19. Histamine release from isolated and intact mast cells of two types of genetically different rat

    • G. B. West

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 98 - 100

20. Intrinsic asthma and bacterial histamine release

    • S. Norn
    • P. Stahl Skov
    • N. Høiby

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 101 - 102

21. The effects of atropine on anaphylactic shock in the guinea-pig

    • C. Advenier
    • B. Mallard
    • F. Ruff

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 103 - 107

22. The role ofN-acetyl-neuraminic acid in the triggering of rat mast cells by polycationic molecules

    • S. Schnitzler
    • H. Renner
    • J. Furkert

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 108 - 110

23. Release of gastric histamine in patients with urticaria and food allergy

    • H. -J. Reimann
    • J. Ring
    • G. Blümel

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 111 - 113

24. Histamine₁-histamine₂ antagonism: Effect of combined clemastine and cimetidine pretreatment on allergen and histamine-induced reactions of the guinea pig lungin vivo andin vitro

    • W. Dorsch
    • H. J. Reimann
    • J. Neuhauser

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 113 - 118

25. Role of histamine in the spasmogenic effect of the complement peptides C3a and C5a-desArg (classical anaphylatoxin)

    • J. Sorgenfrei
    • B. Damerau
    • W. Vogt

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 118 - 121

26. Some characteristics of the inotropic effects of histamine H₁- and H₂-receptor agonists in comparison with those of alpha- and beta-adrenoceptor agonists

    • L. Mantelli
    • S. Amerini
    • F. Ledda

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 122 - 130

27. H₁- and H₂-receptors in the guinea-pig heart: an electrophysiological study

    • S. Amerini
    • F. Franconi
    • A. Mugelli

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 131 - 138

28. Pharmacological interactions between ranitidine, cimetidine, metiamide and tiotidine at histamine H₂-receptor sites in guinea-pig atria

    • J. M. Humphray
    • M. J. Daly
    • R. Stables

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 138 - 141

29. Histamine and histamine-N-methyltransferase in the goat brain

    • Leena Tuomisto
    • Lea Eriksson

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 142 - 145

30. Histamine-sensitive adenylate cyclase in the guinea-pig brain

    • D. G. Trist

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 145 - 146

31. Histamine-stimulated prostaglandin synthesis in rat brain microvessels

    • E. Dux
    • F. Joó
    • G. Telegdy

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 146 - 148

32. Impromidine-induced hypothermia in rats: Effect of cimetidine and mianserine

    • J. Z. Nowak

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 148 - 152

33. Peripheral hypotensive and central hypertensive effects of cimetidine

    • I. Paakkari
    • K. J. Tötterman
    • P. Paakkari

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 152 - 155

34. Recent status of histamine in the brain

    • Z. Huszti

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 155 - 156

35. Histamine receptors in the lower esophageal sphincter (LES)

    • G. Coruzzi
    • G. Bertaccini

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 157 - 161

36. Analysis of the dose-response relationship of histamine and N_τ-methylhistamine

    • L. Stanovnik
    • F. Erjavec

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 162 - 165

37. Gastric acid secretion induced by impromidine in the dog and man: Analysis of dose-response relationships

    • R. L. McIsaac
    • B. J. Johnston
    • L. P. Fielding

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 166 - 167

38. Cholinergic-like effects of the new histamine H₂-receptor antagonist ranitidine

    • G. Bertaccini
    • G. Coruzzi

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 168 - 171

39. Different effects of cimetidine and ranitidine on gastric emptying in rats and man

    • Carmelo Scarpignato
    • Giulio Bertaccini

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 172 - 173

40. Histamine-sensitive adenylate cyclase in human gastric mucosa: Cellular localization and interaction by PGE₂, somatostatin and secretin

    • H. -J. Ruoff
    • M. Becker

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 174 - 175

41. Effect of His-Phe, a competitive inhibitor of histidine decarboxylase, on gastric acid secretion in chronic gastric fistula rats: Delay in acid secretion response to pentagastrin

    • Maria Mattsson
    • Ann-Charlotte Henningsson
    • Lena Hammar

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 176 - 178

42. Histamine and gastric acid secretion in rabbits: Mechanism of inhibition

    • A. Stajniak
    • J. P. Pruszyński
    • S. Maśliński

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 179 - 180

43. Influence of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory compounds on healing of chronic gastric ulcers in rats

    • I. Szelenyi
    • H. Engler
    • K. -H. Holtermüller

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 180 - 182

44. Isolation and properties of mast cells from the small bowel lamina propria of the rat

    • F. L. Pearce
    • A. D. Befus
    • J. Bienenstock

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 183 - 185

45. A comparative study of histamine secretion from rat peritoneal and pleural mast cells

    • K. E. Barrett
    • F. L. Pearce

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 186 - 188

46. Centrifugal elutriation studies in mast cells from rats, guinea pigs and man

    • H. J. Halim
    • B. Fischer
    • W. Schmutzler

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 189 - 191

47. Comparative studies of mast cells from normal (non-immunized) and actively sensitized dogs

    • J. Heymanns
    • H. Behrendt
    • W. Schmutzler

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 192 - 198

48. Tissue histamine levels in male and female normal and nude mice

    • C. Burtin
    • P. Scheinmann
    • J. Goy

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 199 - 200

49. Carrageenan-induced oedema in the rat paw—histamine participation

    • K. Stochla
    • S. Maśliński

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 201 - 202

50. Effect of purine nucleotides and other compounds on the uptake of histamine and histidine

    • E. S. K. Assem

    Histamine and Kinins Pages: 203 - 206