Advances in Neuroregulation and Neuroprotection

Foreword; Prof. Minami's contribution to neuroscientific and pharmacological research; Research on the evolution and development of autonervous system; The effect of melatonin and corticosterone on the phagocytic function of BALB/c mice macrophages; Cobalamin deficiency and its dynamic impact on neurotoxicity and oxidative stress in Parkinson's patients in on-off status on L-dopa treatment; Alzheimer's disease: from bench to bedside; Neuronal responses, sensitivity and fates as a consequence of hypoxia in the immature brain; Neurodegeneration and neuroprotection: epilepsy and Parkinsonism; Oxidative stress and neurotoxicity in Parkinson's patients in on-off phenomena; Modulation of dopamine release in the striatum: physiology, pharmacology and pathology ; Conditions for culture of different types of neural cells: growth regulation ; Behavioural and kinetic analysis of locomotion in anxious and non-anxious strains of mice tested on a rotating beam; Effect of adrenergic and cholinergic agonists on vasoactive intestinal polypeptide release from pancreatic islets of normal and diabetic rats; Conformational diseases and the protein folding problem: role of amino-acid propensity to be embedded in context of specific usage of synonymous codons. Genetic code degeneracy and folding; The pineal gland: Functional connection between melatonin and immune system in birds; Parkinson's disease and neurotransmitters interplay in processes of neurotoxicity and oxidative stress in On and Off phenomena; Anxiety-related behavior in juvenile stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats - an animal model of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; Characterization of behavioral responses to a 5-HT releasing drug, /7-chloroamphetamine, in mice and the involvement of 5-HT receptor subtypes in p-chloroamphetamine-induced behavior; Antidepressant research in the era of functional genomics: Farewell to the monoamine hypothesis; Acute and chronic effects of tryptophan and alcohol on serotonin in the locus coeruleus in rats ; Perospirone hydrochloride: the novel atypical antipsychotic agent with high affinities for 5-HT2, D2 and 5-HTiA receptors ; Effects of tandospirone, a novel anxiolytic agent, on human 5-HTiA receptors expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO cells); Antiparkinsonian actions of a selective 5-HTIA agonist, tandospirone, in rats; Post-encephalitic parkinsonism: clinical features and experimental model.../Part Contents