1. Run-down of the cardiac Ca²⁺ channel: characterization and restoration of channel activity by cytoplasmic factors

   • Asako Kameyama
   • Kazuto Yazawa
   • M. Kameyama

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 547 - 556

2. ATP regulates cardiac Ca²⁺ channel activity via a mechanism independent of protein phosphorylation

   • Kazuto Yazawa
   • Asako Kameyama
   • M. Kameyama

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 557 - 562

3. Inhibition of elastase improves myocardial function after repetitive ischaemia and myocardial infarction in the rat heart

   • C. P. Tiefenbacher
   • Martin Ebert
   • Wolfgang Kübler

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 563 - 570

4. Mechanisms of peptide YY release induced by an intraduodenal meal in rats: neural regulation by proximal gut

   • Xiaomei Fu-Cheng
   • Younes Anini
   • C. Rozé

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 571 - 579

5. Influence of gender and endogenous sex steroids on catecholaminergic structures involved in physiological adaptation to hypoxia

   • J. M. Pequignot
   • H. Spielvogel
   • R. Favier

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 580 - 586

6. μ and δ opioid receptor activation inhibits ω-conotoxin-sensitive calcium channels in a voltage- and time-dependent mode in the human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y

   • M. Toselli
   • Patrizia Tosetti
   • Vanni Taglietti

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 587 - 596

7. Re-examination of Na⁺-dependent regulation of cAMP-dependent Cl^–currents in the heart

   • John D. Warth
   • J. R. Hume

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 597 - 607

8. Protein kinase and protein phosphatase presence in the stria vascularis

   • C. Ågrup
   • D. Bagger-Sjöbäck
   • Jessica Fryckstedt

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 603 - 608

9. A hypo-osmotically induced increase in intracellular Ca²⁺ in lactating mouse mammary epithelial cells involving Ca²⁺ influx

   • Allan W. Sudlow
   • R. D. Burgoyne

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 609 - 616

10. Characterization of an inward-rectifying potassium current in NG108-15 neuroblastoma×glioma cells

    • Qian Hu
    • Y. L. Shi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 617 - 625

11. Inhibitory effects of oxidants on n-type K⁺ channels in T lymphocytes and Xenopus oocytes

    • Ildikó Szabó
    • B. Nilius
    • Florian Lang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 626 - 632

12. Identification and functional characterization of a calcium channel γ subunit

    • Regina Eberst
    • Shuiping Dai
    • Franz Hofmann

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 633 - 637

13. Differential stimulation of intestinal mucin secretion by cholera toxin and carbachol

    • H. J. Epple
    • K. M. Kreusel
    • M. Fromm

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 638 - 647

14. Improved preparation of Xenopus oocytes for patch-clamp recording

    • H. Choe
    • H. Sackin

    INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES Pages: 648 - 652

15. A modified confocal laser scanning microscope allows fast ultraviolet ratio imaging of intracellular Ca²⁺ activity using Fura-2

    • R. Nitschke
    • S. Wilhelm
    • R. Greger

    INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES Pages: 653 - 663

16. Rapid RNA isolation without the use of commercial kits: application to small tissue samples

    • Eric R. Gauthier
    • Steve D. Madison
    • R. N. Michel

    INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES Pages: 664 - 668

17. Giant and sub-miniature end-plate potentials

    • J. Vautrin
    • Mahlon E. Kriebel

    LETTER TO THE EDITOR Pages: 669 - 670

18. Modulation of large conductance Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channel by Gα_h (transglutaminase II) in the vascular smooth muscle cell

    • Moo-Yeol Lee
    • Sungkwon Chung
    • D.-Y. Uhm

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 671 - 673