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Contributors to Volume 22
Luigi F. Agnati, (9, 23), Department of Human Physiology, University of Modena, 41100 Modena, Italy
Gunnar Akner, (9), Department of Medical Nutrition, Karoliska Institute, Novum F60, Huddinge University Hospital, S-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden
Efrain C. Azmitia, (22), Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York 10003
Etienne-Emile Baulieu, (3), INSERM U 33, Lab. Hormones, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cedex, France
D. Belelli, (27), Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Dundee, Nine wells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland
Nicholas Bodor, (2), Center for Drug Discovery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610
Debbie Bowlby, (8), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4
Theodore J. Brown, (8), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Toronto Hospital Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4
J. Peter H. Burbach, (17), Department of Medical Pharmacology, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, Utrecht University, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
Gerson Chadi, (23), Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
George P. Chrousos, (14), Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Martha Churchill Bohn, (28), Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642
Antonio Cintra, (9, 23), Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
Rafael Coveñas, (9), Depto de Biología Celular y Patología, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
Joke J. Cox, (17), Department of Medical Pharmacology, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, Utrecht University, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
Klaus Damm, (16), Pharmacological Research, Dr. Karl Thomae Gmb H, 88397 Biberach an der Riss, Germany
Mercedes de León, (9), Depto de Biología Celular y Patología 37007 Salamanca, Spain
Linda A. Dokas, (20), Departments of Neurology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio 43699
James H. Eberwine, (19), Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Caleb E. Finch, (18), Department of Biological Sciences, Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
Kjell Fuxe, (9, 23), Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
Elise P. Gómez-Sánchez, (30), Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, and Harry S. Truman Veteran Affairs Hospital, Columbia, Missouri 65201
Kelvin W. Gee, (13), Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92717
Elizabeth Gould, (24), Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021
Jan-Åke Gustafsson, (4, 9, 23), Department of Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Novum F60, Huddinge University Hospital, S-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden
Wiljan Hendriks, (17), Department of Cell Biology and Histology, University of Nijmegen, Trigon, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
James P. Herman, (12), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40536
C. Hill-Venning, (27), Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland
Richard B. Hochberg, (8), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
Tamas L. Horvath, (25), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
Xiao Ping Hou, (22), Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York 10003
Marian Joëls, (26), Department of Experimental Zoology, University of Amsterdam, 1098 SM Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Imre Kalló, (11), Department of Anatomy, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
Michael Karl, (14), Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Zygmunt Krozowski, (5), Molecular Hypertension Laboratory, Baker Institute for Medical Research, Prahran, Melbourne, 3181 Victoria, Australia
Seung P. Kwak, (12), Mental Health Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
J.J. Lambert, (27), Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland
Csaba Leranth, (25), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Section of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
Zsolt Liposits, (11), Department of Anatomy, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
Sofia Lopes da Silva, (17), Department of Medical Pharmacology, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, Utrecht University, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
Neil J. Maclusky, (8), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Toronto Hospital Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4
Jeffrey N. Masters, (18), Ohio State Biotechnology Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
Margaret M. Mccarthy, (21), Department of Physiology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Linda D. Mccauley, (13), Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of...