1. Donald S. Farner (1915–1988)

   In Memoriam Pages: 1 - 1

2. Editorial

   • A. Oksche

   EditorialNotes Pages: 3 - 4

3. Immunocytochemical localization of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone-associated peptide portion of the LHRH precursor in the hypothalamus and extrahypothalamic regions of the rat central nervous system

   • István Merchenthaler
   • Michael D. Culler
   • Andrés Negro-Vilar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 14

4. Sex differences in bone resorption in the mouse femur

   • K. Abe
   • Y. Aoki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 21

5. Studies on the development of growth hormone and prolactin cells in the rat pituitary gland by in situ hybridization

   • Haruo Nogami
   • Kaoru Suzuki
   • Hiroshi Ishikawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 28

6. The mediastinum of the bovine testis

   • H. Hees
   • K.-H. Wrobel
   • I. Hees

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 39

7. Quantitative electron microscopy of endocrine cells in oxyntic mucosa of normal human stomach

   • Tiziana D'Adda
   • Anna Bertelé
   • Cesare Bordi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 48

8. The fine structure of thermo-/hygrosensitive sensilla in the silkmoth Bombyx mori: Receptor membrane substructure and sensory cell contacts

   • Rudolf Alexander Steinbrecht

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 57

9. Volume and surface of receptor and auxiliary cells in hygro-/thermoreceptive sensilla of moths (Bombyx mori, Antheraea pernyi, and A. polyphemus)

   • R. A. Steinbrecht
   • J.-K. Lee
   • B. Zimmermann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 67

10. Different tartrate sensitivity and pH optimum for two isoenzymes of acid phosphatase in osteoclasts. An electron-microscopic enzyme-cytochemical study

    • Toshitaka Akisaka
    • Gus Permana Subita
    • Yoshio Shigenaga

    OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 76

11. Simultaneous immunogold labeling of GABAergic terminals and vasopressin-containing neurons in the rat paraventricular nucleus

    • C. Decavel
    • P. Dubourg
    • A. Calas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 80

12. Immunocytological characterization of the expression of cell adhesion molecule L1 during early innervation of mouse otocysts

    • J. P. Mbiene
    • C. J. Dechesne
    • A. Sans

    OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 88

13. Cytoarchitectonic pattern of the hypothalamus in the crocodile, Gavialis gangeticus

    • Nishikant Subhedar
    • N. S. Rama Krishna
    • P. D. Prasada Rao

    OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 105

14. The organization of prolactin-like-immunoreactive neurons in the rat central nervous system

    • P. Siaud
    • O. Manzoni
    • G. Alonso

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 115

15. Morphology of hemocyte lysis and clotting in the ridgeback prawn, Sicyonia ingentis

    • Sidne A. Omori
    • Gary G. Martin
    • Jo Ellen Hose

    OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 123

16. Characterization of Merkel cells and mechanosensory axons of the rat by styryl pyridinium dyes

    • Colin A. Nurse
    • Laura Farraway

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 128

17. Cell death and the regulation of populations of cells in the periodontal ligament

    • C. A. G. McCulloch
    • U. Barghava
    • A. H. Melcher

    OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 138

18. Immunoreactive galanin-like material in magnocellular hypothalamoneurohypophysial neurones of the rat

    • Wolfgang Gaymann
    • Rainer Martin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 147

19. Renin-positive granulated Goormaghtigh cells

    • J. A. Christensen
    • A. Bohle
    • R. Taugner

    OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 153

20. The distribution of GABA-like-immunoreactive neurons in the brain of the newt, Triturus cristatus carnifex, and the green frog, Rana esculenta

    • M. F. Franzoni
    • P. Morino

    OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 166

21. Ultrastructural enzyme-cytochemical study of the intrinsic glandular cells in the corpus cardiacum of Locusta migratoria: relation to the secretory and endocytotic pathways, and to the lysosomal system

    • W. F. Jansen
    • J. H. B. Diederen
    • H. G. B. Vullings

    OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 178

22. The influence of subepithelial connective tissues on epithelial proliferation in the adult mouse

    • Murray W. Hill
    • Ian C. Mackenzie

    OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 182

23. Intracellular signals trigger ultrastructural events characteristic of meiotic maturation in oocytes of Xenopus laevis

    • William M. Bement
    • David G. Capco

    OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 191

24. Nasal lymphoid tissue in the rat

    • B. J. Spit
    • E. G. J. Hendriksen
    • C. F. Kuper

    OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 198

25. Dissociation and identification of intact seminiferous lobules from the testis of the dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula)

    • Pascal Sourdaine
    • Bernard Jégou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 207

26. Quantitative investigation of the neuromuscular junction of rat skeletal muscle fibres after double innervation

    • S.-K. Huang
    • P.-H. Zhu
    • K.-Y. Chen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 213

27. Differential expression of tissue transglutaminase in human cells

    • Vilmos Thomázy
    • László Fésüs

    OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 224

28. Distribution of GABA-like immunoreactive neurons in the optic lobes of Periplaneta americana

    • Horst Füller
    • Manfred Eckert
    • Karin Blechschmidt

    OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 233

29. Degeneration and death, by apoptosis and necrosis, of the pavement and chloride cells in the gills of the teleost Oreochromis mossambicus

    • S. E. Wendelaar Bonga
    • C. J. M. van der Meij

    OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 243

30. A comparative study of neuropeptides in the intestine of two stomachless teleosts (Poecilia reticulata, Leuciscus idus melanotus) under conditions of feeding and starvation

    • Patricia Burkhardt-Holm
    • Susanne Holmgren

    OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 254

31. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: A5 - A5