1. Epithelial nephrogenesis

   • M. Horster
   • Stephan Huber
   • Gerald Braun

   INVITED REVIEW Pages: 647 - 660

2. Molecular basis for different pore properties of potassium channels from the rat brain Kv1 gene family

   • Juan M. Gòmez-Hernandez
   • Christoph Lorra
   • A. A. Elliott

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 661 - 668

3. Retinol influences contractile function and exerts an anti-proliferative effect on vascular smooth muscle cells through an endothelium-dependent mechanism

   • S. Wang
   • G. Wright
   • G. L. Wright

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 669 - 677

4. The resonant step frequency in human running

   • G. A. Cavagna
   • M. Mantovani
   • G. Musch

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 678 - 684

5. The role of myosin light chain kinase-dependent phosphorylation of myosin light chain in phorbol ester-induced contraction of rabbit aorta

   • Madoka Miura
   • Takahiro Iwanaga
   • K. Ito

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 685 - 693

6. Leptin does not reduce body fat content but augments cold defense abilities in thermoneutrally reared rat pups

   • Oliver Stehling
   • Heiko Döring
   • I. Schmidt

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 694 - 697

7. Carbon monoxide inhibits hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in rats by a cGMP-independent mechanism

   • Luis Tamayo
   • José Ramón López-López
   • C. González

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 698 - 704

8. Intrarenal oxygen tension measured by a modified Clark electrode at normal and low blood pressure and after injection of x-ray contrast media

   • P. Liss
   • Anders Nygren
   • H. R. Ulfendahl

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 705 - 711

9. Expression of sulphonylurea receptors in bovine monocytes from animals with a different metabolic rate

   • B. Löhrke
   • M. Derno
   • W. Jentsch

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 712 - 720

10. Proton secretion in the upper part of the descending limb of long-looped nephron from hamsters

    • Chizuko Koseki
    • M. Imai

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 721 - 728

11. Effect of glicentin, oxyntomodulin and related peptides on isolated gastric smooth muscle cells

    • Geneviève Rodier
    • Richard Magous
    • Claire Jarrousse

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 729 - 734

12. Cholinergic agonists decrease quantal output at the frog neuromuscular junction by targeting a calcium channel blocked by ω-conotoxin

    • W. Van der Kloot
    • Jordi Molgó
    • Ligia A. Naves

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 735 - 741

13. Differences in the binding sites of two site-3 sodium channel toxins

    • G. Richard Benzinger
    • Chester L. Drum
    • D. Hanck

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 742 - 749

14. A proton pump contributes to neuroblastoma x glioma cell membrane potentials

    • Béatrice Rouzaire-Dubois
    • Jean-Marc Dubois

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 750 - 755

15. A low-Na⁺ diet enhances expression of mRNA for epithelial Na⁺ channel in rat renal inner medulla

    • S. Ono
    • Eiji Kusano
    • Yasushi Asano

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 756 - 763

16. Modulation of voltage-dependent K⁺ channel by redox potential in pulmonary and ear arterial smooth muscle cells of the rabbit

    • M. K. Park
    • Young Min Bae
    • Y. E. Earm

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 764 - 771

17. Sodium current expression during postnatal development of rat outer hair cells

    • D. Oliver
    • P. Plinkert
    • J. P. Ruppersberg

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 772 - 778

18. The role of exocytosis in the activation of the chloride conductance in Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO) stably expressing CFTR

    • M. J. Hug
    • I. E. Thiele
    • R. Greger

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 779 - 784

19. Low- and high-blood flow regions in the normal pig heart are equally vulnerable to ischaemia during partial coronary stenosis

    • J. Bussemaker
    • A. B. J. Groeneveld
    • J. H. G. M. van Beek

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 785 - 794

20. The effect of applied mechanical vibration on two different phases of rat papillary muscle relaxation

    • P. M. L. Janssen
    • P. Schiereck
    • Y. Koiwa

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 795 - 800

21. Characterization of sodium and chloride conductances in preneoplastic and neoplastic murine colonocytes

    • G. M. Fraser
    • Mariana Portnoy
    • Bertha Schwartz

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 801 - 808

22. Adaptations of the β-adrenoceptor-adenylyl cyclase system in rat skeletal muscle to endurance physical training

    • J. L. Nieto
    • I. Diaz-Laviada
    • A. Haro

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 809 - 814

23. Choline transport and its osmotic regulation in renal cells derived from the rabbit outer medullary thick ascending limb of Henle

    • R. W. Grunewald
    • M. Oppermann
    • G. A. Müller

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 815 - 821

24. Changes of the biophysical properties of calcium-activated potassium channels of rat skeletal muscle fibres during aging

    • D. Tricarico
    • R. Petruzzi
    • D. Conte Camerino

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 822 - 829

25. Measurement of paracellular epithelial conductivity by conductance scanning

    • A. H. Gitter
    • M. Bertog
    • M. Fromm

    INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES Pages: 830 - 840

26. Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator activates water conductance in Xenopus oocytes

    • R. Schreiber
    • R. Greger
    • K. Kunzelmann

    INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES Pages: 841 - 847

27. Attenuation of myosin light chain phosphorylation and posttetanic potentiation in atrophied skeletal muscle

    • L. Aaron Tubman
    • Dilson E. Rassier
    • Brian R. MacIntosh

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 848 - 851

28. A measurable reduction of s.r. Ca content follows spontaneous Ca release in rat ventricular myocytes

    • M. E. Díaz
    • A. W. Trafford
    • D. A. Eisner

    Pages: 852 - 854

29. Modulation by mexiletine of action potentials, L-type Ca current and delayed rectifier K current recorded from isolated rabbit atrioventricular nodal myocytes

    • J. S. Mitcheson
    • Jules C. Hancox

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 855 - 858