1. Special Issue Dedicated to Dr. Nicolas G. Bazan

   Dedication Pages: 547 - 547

2. Preface

   Preface Pages: 549 - 550

3. A Tribute “Neuroscience in the Bayou”—The Birth of a Vision in New Orleans

   • Dr. Rene Anand
   • Dr. Jeffrey Erickson
   • Dr. Jeffrey Magee

   Dedication Pages: 551 - 551

4. D-Amino Acids as Putative Neurotransmitters: Focus on D-Serine

   • Solomon H. Snyder
   • Paul M. Kim

   OriginalPaper Pages: 553 - 560

5. Regulation of Myo-Inositol Homeostasis in Differentiated Human NT2-N Neurons

   • James E. Novak
   • Bernard W. Agranoff
   • Stephen K. Fisher

   OriginalPaper Pages: 561 - 566

6. Rapid and Transient Learning-Associated Increase in NMDA NR1 Subunit in the Rat Hippocampus

   • Martín Cammarota
   • Miguelina Levi de Stein
   • Jorge H. Medina

   OriginalPaper Pages: 567 - 572

7. Expression of Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptor in Rat Astrocytes: Mitogenic Effect and Expression of Neurotrophic Genes

   • Sadaharu Tabuchi
   • Kazuhiko Kume
   • Takao Shimizu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 573 - 582

8. The Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor in Some Hereditary Epilepsies

   • F. J. Barrantes
   • E. Aztiria
   • A. Vasconsuelo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 583 - 590

9. Searching for Depolarization-Induced Genes that Modulate Synaptic Plasticity and Neurotrophin-Induced Genes that Mediate Neuronal Differentiation

   • Harvey R. Herschman
   • Gregory D. Ferguson
   • Linda Vician

   OriginalPaper Pages: 591 - 602

10. Neuronal Platelet-Activating Factor Receptor Signal Transduction Involves a Pertussis Toxin-Sensitive G-Protein

    • Gary D. Clark
    • Charles F. Zorumski
    • John W. Swann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 603 - 611

11. Platelet Activating Factor (PAF) Antagonists on Cytokine Induction of iNOS and sPLA2 in Immortalized Astrocytes (DITNC)

    • Jing-Hung Wang
    • Grace Y. Sun

    OriginalPaper Pages: 613 - 619

12. Differential Role of Hippocampal cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase in Short- and Long-Term Memory

    • Monica R. M. Vianna
    • Luciana A. Izquierdo
    • Iván Izquierdo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 621 - 626

13. Relationship Between the Ubiquitin-Dependent Pathway and Apoptosis in Different Cells of the Central Nervous System: Effect of Thyroid Hormones

    • Laura A. Pasquini
    • Cecilia B. Marta
    • Eduardo F. Soto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 627 - 635

14. Ligand Binding to CNS Muscarinic Receptor Is Transiently Modified by Convulsant 3-Mercaptopropionic Acid Administration

    • P. G. Schneider
    • G. Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 637 - 643

15. Spreading Depression-Induced Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression in the Cortex

    • Jari Koistinaho
    • Pak H. Chan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 645 - 651

16. Alzheimer's Aβ1–40 Peptide Modulates Lipid Synthesis in Neuronal Cultures and Intact Rat Fetal Brain Under Normoxic and Oxidative Stress Conditions

    • Natalia V. Koudinova
    • Alexei R. Koudinov
    • Ephraim Yavin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 653 - 660

17. Is Neuronal Injury Caused by Hypoglycemic Coma of the Necrotic or Apoptotic Type?

    • Yi-Bing Ouyang
    • Qing-Ping He
    • Bo K. Siesjö

    OriginalPaper Pages: 661 - 667

18. Lipid Acetylation Reactions and the Metabolism of Platelet-Activating Factor

    • R. Roy Baker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 667 - 683

19. The Cytoskeletal Components of the Myelin Fraction Are Affected by a Single Intracranial Injection of Apotransferrin in Young Rats

    • Oscar E. Escobar Cabrera
    • Guillermina Bongiovanni
    • Juana M. Pasquini

    OriginalPaper Pages: 669 - 676

20. Retinal Structure and Function in an Animal Model that Replicates the Biochemical Hallmarks of Desmosterolosis

    • Steven J. Fliesler
    • Michael J. Richards
    • Richard J. Cenedella

    OriginalPaper Pages: 685 - 694

21. Strong Association of Unesterified [3H]Docosahexaenoic Acid and [3H-Docosahexaenoyl]Phosphatidate to Rhodopsin During In Vivo Labeling of Frog Retinal Rod Outer Segments

    • Elena B. Rodriguez de Turco
    • Fannie R. Jackson
    • William C. Gordon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 695 - 703

22. Properties and Regulation of Microsomal PAF-Synthesizing Enzymes in Rat Brain Cortex

    • E. Francescangeli
    • A. Boila
    • G. Goracci

    OriginalPaper Pages: 705 - 713

23. Uptake and Incorporation of Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) into Neuronal Cell Body and Neurite/Nerve Growth Cone Lipids: Evidence of Compartmental DHA Metabolism in Nerve Growth Factor-Differentiated PC12 Cells

    • Rex E. Martin
    • J. Quyen Wickham
    • Natalie Ceballos

    OriginalPaper Pages: 715 - 723

24. GM1 Synthase Depends on N-Glycosylation for Enzyme Activity and Trafficking to the Golgi Complex

    • Jose A. Martina
    • Jose L. Daniotti
    • Hugo J. F. Maccioni

    OriginalPaper Pages: 725 - 731

25. Identification of Mu-Class Glutathione Transferases M2-2 and M3-3 as Cytosolic Prostaglandin E Synthases in the Human Brain

    • Carsten T. Beuckmann
    • Ko Fujimori
    • Osamu Hayaishi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 733 - 738

26. Regulation of Phospholipase C Activity by Calcium Ions and Guanine Nucleotide in the Normoxic Cat Carotid Body

    • Robert Piotr Strosznajder
    • Mieczyslaw Pokorski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 739 - 743

27. Phospholipases A2 in Ischemic and Toxic Brain Injury

    • Adam Sapirstein
    • Joseph V. Bonventre

    OriginalPaper Pages: 745 - 753