BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN


VOLUME 48, NUMBER 1, JANUARY , 1999

Editorial
Dunnett, S. B. ............................................................. 1

Review Article


Effects of alcohol on the synthesis and expression of hypothalamic peptides.
Dulce Madeira, M., and M. M. Paula-Barbosa ................................. 3

Articles

Borna disease virus-induced hippocampal dentate gyrus damage is associated with spatial
learning and memory deficits.

Rubin, S. A., P. Sylves, M. Vogel, M. Pletnikov, T. H. Moran, G. J. Schwartz, and
K. M. Carbone ............................................................ 23


Regional distribution and control of tyrosine hydroxylase activity in the quail brain.
Baillien, M., A. Foidart, and J. Balthazart ..................................... 31


Changes in NADPH-diaphorase positivity induced by status epilepticus in allocortical
structures of the immature rat brain.
Kubova, H., R. Druga, R. Haugvicova, M. Skutova, and P. Mares ............... 39


Modulation of 5-hydroxytryptamine release in hippocampal slices of rats: Effects of
firnbria-fornix lesions on 5-HT(IB)-autoreceptor and a2-heteroreceptor function.
Jackisch, R., A. Haaf, H. Jeltsch, C. Lazarus, C. Kelche, and J.-C. Cassel ........ 49


Dexamethasone effects on cerebral protein synthesis prior to and following
hypoxia-i'schemia in immature rat.
Tuor, U. 1., J. J. Manley, C. Fyfe, and S. Bascaramurty ......................... 61


Nucleus basalis injections of N-methyl-D-aspartate enhance memory of rats in the
double Y-maze.
Mason, K. I., P. E. Mallet, K. Jhamandas, R. J. Boegman, and R. J. Beninger . . . . . 65


Calcium currents of embyronic and adult neurons in serum-free culture.
Collings, M. A., G. J. Brewer, and M. S. Evans ................................ 73


Tenascin-C expression in the trunk of wild-type, cyclops and floating head zebrafish
embryos.
Tongiorgi, E. .............................................................. 79


Rapid expression of polymorphic ovine prion proteins and studies on their
protease sensitivity.
Dear, D. V., T. J. Fitzmaurice, P. J. A. Goymer, and S.-J. Richards .............. 89


Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and oxytocin secretion from the hypothalamus in vitro
during pro-oestrus: The effects of time of day and melatonin.
Evans, J. J., S. Janmohamed, and M. L. Forsling .............................. 93


Autoradiography of [3H]glutamate binding during pentobarbital tolerance and withdrawal
in the rat.
Jang, C.-G., S. Oh, H. Zhu, and I. Kang Ho ................................... 99


Single-unit activity of dorsomedial arcuate neurons and diurnal changes of tuberoinfundibular
dopaminergic neuron activity in female rats with neonatal monosodium glutamate treatment.
Un, J.-Y., and J.-T. Pan .................................................... 103

Acute "binge" cocaine increases mu-opioid receptor mRNA levels in areas of the rat
mesolimbic mesocortical dopamine system.
Yuferov, V., Y. Zhou, R. Spangler, C. E. Maggos, A. Ho, and M. J. Kreek ......... 109


Different effects of unilateral and bilateral hippocampal lesions in rats on the performance of
radial maze and odor-paired associate tasks.
Li, H., K. Matsumoto, and H. Watanabe ...................................... 113

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Review Articles

Genes and susceptible loci of Aizheimer's disease.
Shastry, B. S., and F. J. Giblin .............................................. 121


Transmitters involved in antinociception in the spinal cord.
Furst, S. ................................................................. 129


Articles

Immunochemical localization of the metabotropic glutamate receptors in the rat heart.
Gill, S. S., 0. M. Pulido, R. W. Mueller, and P. F. McGuire ..................... 143


Historadioautographic localisation of oxytocin and vasopressin binding sites in the central
nervous system of the merione {Meriones shawi).
Rabhi, M., M. E. Stoeckel, A. Galas, and M. J. Freund-Mercier ................. 147


Are neuronal markers and neocortical graft-host interface influenced by housing conditions
in rats with cortical infarct cavity?
Zeng, J., L.-R. Zhao, C. Nordborg, B. Mattsson, and B. B. Johansson .......... 165


Effects of gonadal hormones on the morphology of neurons from the medial amygdaloid
nucleus of rats.
Rasia-Filho, A. A., R. G. Londero, and M. Achaval ............................ 173


Transient entrainment of a circadian pacemaker during development by dopaminergic-acti-
vation in Syrian hamsters.
Grosse, J., and F. C. Davis ................................................ 185


Serotonin innervation of Lurcher mutant mice: Basic data and manipulation with a combina-
tion of amantadine, thiamine and L-tryptophan.
Le Marec, N., G. Hebert, M. 1. Botez, T. Botez-Marquard, L. Marchand, and
T. A. Reader ............................................................. 195


Tyrosine improves cognitive performance and reduces blood pressure in cadets after one
week of a combat training course.

Deijen, J. B., C. J. E. Wientjes, H. F. M. Vullinghs, P. A. Cloin, and
J. J. Langefeld ........................................................... 203


Relation of bimanual coordination to activation in the sensorimotor cortex and supplementary
motor area: Analysis using functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Toyokura, M., 1. Muro, T. Komiya, and M. Obara .............................. 211


Interaction of benztropine and haloperidol actions on rat substantia nigra dopamine cell
electrophysiological activity in vivo.
Todd, C. L, and A. A. Grace ............................................... 219


Immune stimulation induces Fos expression in brainstem amygdala afferents.
Tkacs, N. C., and J.Li ..................................................... 223

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VOLUME 48, NUMBER 3, FEBRUARY 1999

Review Articles

Cellular mechanisms of hypoxic injury in the developing brain.
Mishra, O. P., and M. Deiivoria-Papadopoulos 233

The parabrachial nucleus and conditioned taste aversion.
Reilly, S. 239

Articles

Selective stabilization of microtubules within the proximal region of developing
axonal neurites.
Shea, T. B. 255

Noradrenergic responses of neurones in the mediolateral part of the lateral septum:
(alfa 1)adrenergic depolarization and rhythmic bursting activities, and (alfa 2 )adrenergic
hyperpolarization from guinea pig brain slices.
Carette, B. 263

Kainic and domoic acids differentially affect NADPH-diaphorase neurons in the mouse
hippocampat formation-
Nagatomo, I., Y. Akasaki, M. Uchida, M. Tominaga, S. Kuchiiwa, S. Nakagawa, and
M, Takigawa 277



Proactive influence of a surgical stressor on locomotor activity, exploration and
anxiety-related behaviour following acute footshock in the mouse.
Zacharko, R. M,, G. MacNeil, P. D. Mendella, and A. L 0. Hebb 283

Localisation of dehydroepiandrosterone sulphotransferase in adult rat brain-
Aldred, S., and R. H. Waring . 291

Social stress of variable intensity: Physiological and behavioral consequences.
Zeiena, D., J. Haller, J. Halasz, and G, B. Makara 297

Chronic stress sensitizes frontal cortex dopamine release in response to a subsequent novel
stressor: Reversal by naloxone.
Cuadra, G., A. Zurita, C. Lacerra, and V. Molina 303

Excitation of oxytocin cells in the hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus by electrical stimulation
of the dorsal penile nerve and tactile stimulation of the penis in the rat.
Honda, K., M. Yanagimoto, H. Negoro, K, Narita, T. Murata, and T. Higuchi 309


Involvement of endogenous opioids and ATP-sensitive potassium channels in the mediation -of apomorphine-induced antinociception at the spinal level: A study using EMGplanimetry of flexor reflex in rats. Hu, W.- M., Y.-M. Kang, and J.-T. Qiao
315


An age-related decline in striatal taurine is correlated with a loss of dopaminergic markers. Dawson, Jr, R., M. A- Pelleymounter,M. J. CuUen, M. Gollub, and S. Uu
319

Complement depletion does not reduce brain injury in a rabbit model of thromboembolic stroke. Lew, S. M., C. E. Gross, M, M. Bednar, S. J- Russell, S. P. Fuller, C. L Ellenberger, and D. Howard
325

Effects of oral administration of the competitive N -methyl-D-aspartate antagonist, CGP 40116, on passive avoidance, spatial learning, and neuromotor abilities in mice Hauben, U., R. D'Hooge, E. Soetens, and P. P. De Deyn
333

Localization and source of yaminobutyric acid immunoreactivity in the isthmic nucleus of the frog Rana escufenta. Pollak, E., G. Lazar, R. Gabriel, and S.-R. Wang
343

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VOLUME 48, NUMBER 5, MARCH 1999


History of Neuroscience

Cutaneous sensory spots and the "law of specific nerve energies": History and development
of ideas.
Norrsell, U., S, Finger, and C. Lajonchere 457



Review Articles

GABA-ergic neurons and the neurobiology of schizophrenia and other psychoses.
Keverne, E. B. 467

A working memory "theory of relativity": Elasticity in temporal, spatial, and modality dimen-
sions conserves item capacity in radial maze, verbal tasks, and other cognition.
Glassman, R-B 475


Articles


Effects of mu, kappa, and delta opioid receptor agonists and antagonists on rat hypothalamic
noradrenergic neurotransmission.
Yilmaz, B., and D. P. Gilmore 491



Relationship between modulation of the cerebellorubrospinal system in the in vitro turtle
brain and changes in motor behavior in rats: Effects of novel sigma ligands-
Matsumoto, R. R., W, D. Bowen, B. R. de Costa, and J. C. Houk 497


Polysaccharide mannan components of Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell
wall produce fever by intracerebroventricular injection in rats.
Dogan, M. D,, H. Ataoglu, 0. Ataoglu, and E. S. Akarsu 509


Region-specific alterations in the concentrations of catecholamines and indoleamines in the
brains of young and old F344 rats after L-deprenyl treatment
ThyagaRajan, S., S. Y, Stevens, and D. L Felten 513


Effects of the alpha antagonists and agonists injected into the lateral hypothalamus on the
water and sodium intake induced by angiotensin II injection into the subfornical organ.
Araujo Almeida, N. A., V, R, Antunes, W. Abrao Saad,
and L A. de Arruda Camargo 521


Nicotine phase shifts the 6-sulphatoxymelatonin rhythm and induces c-Fos in the SCN of rats.
Ferguson, S. A., D. J. Kennaway, and R. W. Moyer 527

INFLAMMATION & IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY


1341 Inhibition of platelet-activating factor synthesis in
human neutrophils and platelets by propionyl-L-car-
nitine
Massimo Triggiani, Alfonso Oriente, Paolo Golino,
Marco Gentile, Carmine Battaglia, Gregorio Drevetti
and Gianni Marone

GASTROINTESTINAL & RENAL PHARMACOLOGY

1349 Correlation between acid secretion and proton pump
activity during inhibition by the proton pump inhib-
itors omeprazole and pantoprazole
Kinue Nishioka, Taku Nagao and Tetsuro Urnshidani


1361 Carnitine transport and its inhibition by sulfonyl'
ureas in human kidney proximal tuluilar epithelial
cells
Wei Huang, Sobia N. Shaikh, Malliga E. G anapathy,
Ullrich Hopfer, Frederick H. Leihach, A. Lee Carter
and Vadivel Ganapathy

1371 Inhibitory effect of valproate on weak organic acid
uptake in rat renal proximal tubules
Ekaterina I .Zagryadskaya, lrina B. Ostresova and
Anatolii A. Nikiforov

1379 Additions and Corrections

BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN

VOL. 48, NO. 6, APRIL 1999


CONTENTS
Articles
A stereotaxic atlas of the forebrain of the bank vole {Clethrionomys glareolus).
Vandebroek, I., K. Bouche, K. D'Herde, J. Caemaert, F. Roels, and
F. 0. Odberg ............................................................. 555


Time-dependent GABA-ergic activity in olfactory bulb and hypothalamus of proestrous rats.
Grigorjev, C., and N. Munaro ............................................... 569


Glial cells in degenerating and regenerating optic nerve of the adult rat.
Dezawa, M., K. Kawana, H. Negishi, and E. Adachi-Usami ..................... 573


Molecular cloning, expression, and activity of zebrafish semaphorin Zla.
Yee, C. S., A. Chandrasekhar, M. C. Halloran, W. Shoji, J. T. Warren,
and J. Y. Kuwada ......................................................... 581


Individual differences in behavioral reactivity: Correlation with stress-induced norepinephrine
efflux in the hippocampus of Sprague-Dawley rats.
Rosario, L. A., and E. D. Abercrombie ....................................... 595


Changes in hippocampal theta following intrahippocampal corticotropin-releasing hormone
(CRH) infusions in the rat.
Kortekaas, R., B. Costall, and J. W. Smythe ................................. 603


The effect of morphine on responses of nucleus ventroposterolateralis neurons to colorectal
distension in the rat.
Yang, S.-W., K. A. Follett, J. G. Piper, and T. J. Ness .......................... 609


The developmental changes of the "paraclaustral reservoir" of migrating cells in the rat brain:
A study using morphometric and in situ DNA end labeling techniques.
Maciejewska, B., B. Berdel, J. Dziewi^tkowski, and J. Morys ................... 615


Modulation of synaptic transmission by nicotine and nicotinic antagonists in hippocampus.
Chiodini, F. C., E. Tassonyi, S. Hulo, D. Bertrand, and D. Muller ................. 623


Chemical stimulation of the laryngopharynx increases Fos-like immunoreactivity in the rat
hypothalamus and amygdala.
Peden, E. M., and R. D. Sweazey ........................................... 629


The effects of ibogaine on dopamine and serotonin transport in rat brain synaptosomes.
Wells, G. B. M. C. Lopez, and J. C. Tanaka ................................. 641


Volume 48 List of Contents ........................ .. 649

Author Index .................................................. 659

Keyword Index ..................................................661


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VOLUME 49, NUMBER 4, JULY 1999


Review Articles

The subependymal layer in rodents: A site of structural plasticity and cell migration in the
adult mammalian brain.
Peretto, P., A. Merighi, A. Fasolo, and L. Bonfanti ............................. 221


Multiple constraint organization in the brain: A theory for schizophrenia.
Peled,A. ................................................................. 245


Articles

Specific staining of nonpyramidal cell populations of the cerebral cortex by lectin cytochem-
istry on semithin sections.
Beneyto, M., J. Rueda, J. A. Merchan, and J. J. Prieto ......................... 251

Intrahippocampal grafts containing cholinergic and serotonergic fetal neurons ameliorate
spatial reference but not working memory in rats with firnbria-fornix/cingular bundle lesions.
Balse, E., C. Lazarus, C. Kelche, H. Jeltsch, R. Jackisch, and J.-C. Cassel ....... 263


Central moxonidine on water and NaCI intake.
Menani, J. V., M. A. Sato, L. Haikel, A. A. Vieira, C. A. F. de Andrade,
D. C. F. da Silva, A. Renzi, and L. A. De Luca, Jr. ............................. 273


Branched-chain amino acid-induced hippocampal norepinephrine release is antagonized by
picrotoxin: Evidence for a central mode of action.
Torigoe, K., P. E. Potter, and D. P. Katz ...................................... 281


Muscarinic presynaptic inhibition of neostriatal glutamatergic afferents is mediated by Q-type
Ca(2+) channels.
Barral, J., E. Galarraga, and J. Bargas ....................................... 285


Desipramine treatment decreases (3)H-nisoxetine binding and norepinephrine transporter
mRNA in SK-N-SHSY5Y cells.
Zavosh, A., J. Schaefer, A. Ferrel, and D. P. Figlewicz ......................... 291


Nitric oxide (NO) increases acetylcholine release from and inhibits smooth muscle contrac-
tion of guinea-pig gastric fundus.
Sotirov, E., M. Papasova, and E. Santha ..................................... 297




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Editorial

Normal and pathological human brain function: A new section for Brain Research Bulletin,
Pietrini, P. ................................................................ 303


History of Neuroscience
The history of radial glia-
Bentivoglio, M., and P. Mazzarello ........................................... 305


Review Article

Imidazoline receptors: From discovery to antihypertensive therapy (facts and doubts).
Farsang, C., and J. Kapocsi ................................................ 317

Articles

Extensive neuronal cell death following intracranial transection of the facial nerve in the adult
rat.
Mattsson, P., B. Meijer, and M. Svensson .................................... 333

{Arg8}-Vasopressin-induced increase in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration in cultured rat
hippocampal neurons.
Mihara, T., T. Tarumi, Y. Sugimoto, Z. Chen, and C. Karnei ..................... 343


Regional variations in spermine levels in the developing rat brain following exposure to lead.
Milliard, A. L, A. Ramesh, and N. H. Zawia ................................... 349


Localization of the Norrie disease gene mRNA by in situ hybridization.
Hartzer, M. K., M. Cheng, X. Uu, and B. S. Shastry ............................ 355


Prenatal hypoxia-ischemia alters expression and activity of nitric oxide synthase in the young
rat brain and causes learning deficits.
Cai, Z., F. -Xiao, B. Lee, I. A. Paul, and P. G. Rhodes ........................... 359


Discordant xenografts: Different outcome after mouse and rat neural tissue transplantation to
guinea-pigs.
Larsson, L C., W.-M. Duan, and H. Widner ................................... 367




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VOLUME 49, NUMBER 6, AUGUST 1999


The glial scar and central nervous system repair.
Fawcett, J. W., and R. A. Asher ............................................. 377


Articles

Effect of superior laryngeal nerve transection on pharyngeal muscle contraction timing and
sequence of activity during eating and stimulation of the nucleus solitarius in dogs.
Venker-van Haagen, A. J., W. E. Van den Brom, and L. J. Hellebrekers .......... 393


Effect of estradiol and tamoxifen on brain membranes: Investigation by infrared and fluores-
cence spectroscopy.
Dicko, A., M. Morissette, S. Ben Ameur, M. Pezolet, and T. Di Paolo ............ 401


The effect of intraseptal procaine injection of hippocampal theta in freely moving cat.
Golebiewski, H., B. Eckersdorf, and J. Konopacki ............................. 407


Effect of surgical stress on benzodiazepine receptors as a consequence of placebo pellet
implantation in rat: An autoradiographic study.
Revilla, V., C. Soria, M. I. Aller, P. Calvo, and A. Femandez-Lopez .............. 413


The effect of perineural colchicine on nerve injury-induced spinal glial activation and neuro-
pathic pain behavior.
Colbum, R. W., and J. A. DeLeo ............................................ 419


Prion protein glycotype analysis in familial and sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patients.
Cardone, F., Q. G. Uu, R. Petraroli, A. Ladogana, M. D'Alessandro, C. Arpino,
M. Di Bari, G. Macchi, and M. Pocchiari ...................................... 429


Effect of a glutamate receptor antagonist (GYKI 52466) on 4-aminopyridine-induced seizure
activity developed in rat cortical slices.
Doczi, J., I. BanczerowskhPelyhe, B. Bama, and I. Vilagi ....................... 435


Persistent Borna disease virus infection of neonatal rats causes brain regional changes of
mRNAs for cytokines, cytokine receptor components and neuropeptides.
Plata-Salaman, C. R., S. E. llyin, D. Gayle, A. Romanovitch, and K. M. Carbone 441

(109)Cd transport in rat brain.
Takeda, A., S. Takefuta, H. ljiro, S. Okada, and N. Oku ........................ 453

Volume 49 List of Contents 461

Author Index 465

Keyword Index 467

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BRAIN RESEARCH BULLETIN
VOLUME 50 , NUMBER 1 , SEPTEMBER 1999

Articles

Nucleus ambiguus and bulbospinal ventral respiratory group neurons in the neonatal rat.
Ellenberger, H.H. ......................................................... 1

Modulation of acetylcholine and 5-hydroxytryptamine release in hippocampal slices of rats
with firnbria-fornix lesions and intrahippocampal grafts containing cholinergic and/or sero-
tonergic neurons.
Suhr, R., E. Balse, A. Haaf, C. Kelche, J.-C. Cassel, and R. Jackisch ............ 15

Intracellular and cell-surface distribution of amyloid precursor protein in cortical astrocytes.
Young, M. J., R. K. K. Lee, S. Jhaveri, and R. J. Wurtman ...................... 27

Defeat is a major Stressor in males while social instability is stressful mainly in females:
Towards the development of a social stress model in female rats.
Haller, J., E. Fuchs, J. Halasz, and G. B. Makara .............................. 33

Midbrain central gray is involved in mediation of cholinergic inputs to the rostral ventrolateral
medulla of the rat.
Kubo, T., Y. Hagiwara, D. Sekiya, and R. Fukumori ........................... 41

Increase of vasopressin mRNA in the hypothalamus of inbred polydipsic mice.
Nishi, R., Y. Ueta, R. Serino, M. Nomura, Y. Yamamoto, I. Shibuya, K. Koizurni,
and H. Yamashita ......................................................... 47

Effect of cholinergic drugs on the concentration of intracellular free calcium of rat pituitary
intermediate lobe cells.
Nemethy, Zs., G. B. Makara, and Zs. Acs .................................... 53

Low concentrations of ethanol deplete type-2 astrocytes of intracellular free magnesium.
Babu, A. N., T. P.-O. Cheng, A. Zhang, B. T. Altura, and B. M. Altura ............ 59

Immunoelectron microscopic study of glutamate inputs from the retrosplenial granular cortex
to identified thalamocortical projection neurons in the anterior thalamus of the rat.
Wang, B., A. Gonzalo-Ruiz, L. Morte, G. Campbell, and A. R. Lieberman ........ 63

Brain Research Bulletin
VOLUME 50, NUMBER 2, SEPTEMBER 1999

Review Articles


Hypothesized neural dynamics of working memory: Several chunks might be marked simul-
taneously by harmonic frequencies within an octave band of brain waves.
Glassman, R. B. ........................................................... 77


The early history of the synapse: From Plato to Sherrington.
Bennett, M. R. ............................................................ 95


Articles

Electrophysiological effects of opioid receptor activation on Syrian hamster suprachiasmatic
nucleus neurones in vitro.
Cutler, D. J., M. K. Mundey, and R. Mason ................................... 119


Beneficial effect of renin-angiotensin system for maintaining blood pressure control following
subarachnoid haemorrhage.
Fassot, C., G. Lambert, E. Gaudet-Lambert, P. Friberg, and J.-L. Elghozi ........ 127


Methionine residue 35 is important in amyloid (beta)-peptide-associated free radical oxidative
stress.
Varadarajan, S., S. Yatin, J. Kanski, F. Jahanshahi, and D. A. Butterfield ......... 133


Induction of CD40 on human endothelial cells by Aizheimer's (beta)-amyloid peptides.
Tan, J., T. Town, Z. Suo, Y. Wu, S. Song, A. Kundtz, J. Kroeger, J. Humphrey,
F. Crawford, and M. Mullan ................................................. 143