1. Foreword

   • Jan Krzysztof Blusztajn

   Foreword Pages: 573 - 574

2. Cannabinoid Receptors and Their Endogenous Agonist, Anandamide

   • Julius Axelrod
   • Christian C. Felder

   OriginalPaper Pages: 575 - 581

3. Sexually Dimorphic Activation of Liver and Brain Phosphatidylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase by Dietary Choline Deficiency

   • Patricia I. Johnson
   • Jan Krzysztof Blusztajn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 583 - 587

4. Kinetic Analysis in Mixed Micelles of Partially Purified Rat Brain Phospholipase D Activity and its Activation by Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate

   • Vered Chalifa-Caspi
   • Yona Eli
   • Mordechai Liscovitch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 589 - 599

5. In Vitro Stimulation of Protein Kinase C by Melatonin

   • Fernando Antón-Tay
   • Gerardo Ramírez
   • Gloria Benítez-King

   OriginalPaper Pages: 601 - 606

6. The Rhythmic GABAergic System

   • Daniel P. Cardinali
   • Diego A. Golombek

   OriginalPaper Pages: 607 - 614

7. Dietary Saturated Fatty Acids and Brain Function

   • Randall J. Kaplan
   • Carol E. Greenwood

   OriginalPaper Pages: 615 - 626

8. Modulation of Learning and Neuronal Membrane Composition in the Rat by Essential Fatty Acid Preparation: Time-Course Analysis

   • Shlomo Yehuda
   • Sharon Rabinovitz
   • David I. Mostofsky

   OriginalPaper Pages: 627 - 634

9. Blood-Brain Barrier Carrier-Mediated Transport and Brain Metabolism of Amino Acids

   • William M. Pardridge

   OriginalPaper Pages: 635 - 644

10. Effects of Dexamethasone In Vivo and In Vitro on Hexose Transport in Brain Microvasculature

    • Stuart R. Chipkin
    • Antonia van Bueren
    • Anthony L. McCall

    OriginalPaper Pages: 645 - 652

11. The Central 5-HT₃ Receptor in CNS Disorders

    • Floyd E. Bloom
    • Marisela Morales

    OriginalPaper Pages: 653 - 659

12. Altered Tryptophan Metabolism in Mice with Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis: Increases in Spinal Cord Quinolinic Acid

    • John F. Reinhard Jr.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 661 - 665

13. Effect of Theanine, r-Glutamylethylamide, on Brain Monoamines and Striatal Dopamine Release in Conscious Rats

    • Hidehiko Yokogoshi
    • Miki Kobayashi
    • Takehiko Terashima

    OriginalPaper Pages: 667 - 673

14. Gonadal Steroids and Neuronal Function

    • Rafael Alonso
    • Ignacio López-Coviella

    OriginalPaper Pages: 675 - 688

15. Protection Against Developmental Deficiencies by a Lipophilic VIP Analogue

    • Illana Gozes
    • Michal Bachar
    • Mati Fridkin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 689 - 693

16. Vasopressinergic, Oxytocinergic, and Somatostatinergic Neuronal Activity after Adrenalectomy and Immobilization Stress

    • Rebecca E. Franco-Bourland

    OriginalPaper Pages: 695 - 701

17. Cryptic Expression of the 70-kDa Heat Shock Protein, hsp72, in Gerbil Hippocampus after Transient Ischemia

    • J. Bradford Harrub
    • Thaddeus S. Nowak Jr.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 703 - 708

18. In Vitro Reconstitution of Neurotransmitter Release

    • Yves Dunant
    • Maurice Israël

    OriginalPaper Pages: 709 - 718

19. Age-Related Alterations In Pre-Synaptic and Receptor-Mediated Cholinergic Functions In Rat Brain

    • R. Levent Büyükuysal
    • Ismail H. Ulus
    • Burhan K. Kiran

    OriginalPaper Pages: 719 - 726

20. Decreased Serum Choline Concentrations in Humans after Surgery, Childbirth, and Traumatic Head Injury

    • Ismail H. Ulus
    • Gürayten Özyurt
    • Ender Korfali

    OriginalPaper Pages: 727 - 732

21. Choline Administration Reverses Hypotension In Spinal Cord Transected Rats: The Involvement of Vasopressin

    • Vahide Savci
    • Ismail H. Ulus

    OriginalPaper Pages: 733 - 741

22. AF64A-Induced Changes In N-myc Expression in the LA-N-2 Human Neuroblastoma Cell Line are Modulated by Choline and Hemicholinium-3

    • Leah R. Santiago
    • Leonard C. Erickson
    • Israel Hanin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 743 - 750

23. Choline Availability Modulates the Expression of TGFβ1 and Cytoskeletal Proteins in the Hippocampus of Developing Rat Brain

    • Craig D. Albright
    • Amy Y. Tsai
    • Steven H. Zeisel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 751 - 758

24. Neuronal Death: Is There a Role for Astrocytes?

    • Maria Teresa Tacconi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 759 - 765

25. Expression of Cell Cycle-Related Genes During Neuronal Apoptosis: Is there a Distinct Pattern?

    • Anat Shirvan
    • Ilan Ziv
    • Eldad Melamed

    OriginalPaper Pages: 767 - 777

26. NGF Gene Expression in Dividing and Non-Dividing Cells from AAV-Derived Constructs

    • Samuel Wang
    • William J. Millard
    • Edwin M. Meyer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 779 - 786

27. The Cognitive Psychopharmacology of Alzheimer's Disease: Focus on Cholinergic Systems

    • Andrew D Lawrence
    • Barbara J Sahakian

    OriginalPaper Pages: 787 - 794

28. The Role of the Amyloid Protein Precursor (APP) in Alzheimer's Disease: Does the Normal Function of APP Explain the Topography of Neurodegeneration?

    • David H. Small

    OriginalPaper Pages: 795 - 806

29. Vasopressin and Bradykinin Regulate Secretory Processing of the Amyloid Protein Precursor of Alzheimer's Disease

    • Roger M. Nitsch
    • Cindy Kim
    • John H. Growdon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 807 - 814

30. Use of a Hemoglobin-Trapping Approach in the Determination of Nitric Oxide in In Vitro and In Vivo Systems

    • Aygul Balcioglu
    • Carol J. Watkins
    • Timothy J. Maher

    OriginalPaper Pages: 815 - 820