1. Special Issue Dedicated to Dr. Héctor S. Barra

   Dedication Pages: 1 - 1

2. Dr. Hector Barra, An Outstanding Latin American Neurochemist

   • Marta E. Hallak
   • Hugo J. F. Maccioni
   • Nicolás Bazan

   Foreword Pages: 1 - 3

3. Tubulin-Tyrosine Ligase, a Long-Lasting Enigma

   • Christian Erck
   • Ronald Frank
   • Juergen Wehland

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 10

4. The Third Tubulin Pool

   • Laurence Lafanechère
   • Didier Job

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 18

5. Interactions of Bovine Brain Tubulin with Pyridostigmine Bromide and N,N′-Diethyl-m-Toluamide

   • Veena Prasad
   • Rebekah Scotch
   • Richard F. Ludueña

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 25

6. Tubulin Carboxypeptidase/Microtubules Association can be Detected in the Distal Region of Neural Processes

   • María A. Contín
   • Carlos A. Arce

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 36

7. Tau Protein Function in Axonal Formation

   • Gabriela Paglini
   • Leticia Peris
   • Alfredo Caceres

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 42

8. Tau Dephosphorylation at Tau-1 Site Correlates with its Association to Cell Membrane

   • Montserrat Arrasate
   • Mar Pérez
   • Jesús Avila

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 50

9. What Is the Signal for the Posttranslational Arginylation of Proteins?

   • N. A. Ingoglia
   • M. Ramanathan
   • R. Donnelly

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 58

10. Differential Association of Tau With Subsets of Microtubules Containing Posttranslationally-Modified Tubulin Variants in Neuroblastoma Cells

    • Lorena Saragoni
    • Paula Hernández
    • Ricardo B. Maccioni

    OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 70

11. Post-Translational Arginylation of Proteins in Cultured Cells

    • Sebastian Fissolo
    • Guillermina Bongiovanni
    • Marta E. Hallak

    OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 76

12. Epifluorescence Microscopy of Surface Domain Microheterogeneity in Myelin Monolayers at the Air-Water Interface

    • Rafael G. Oliveira
    • Bruno Maggio

    OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 86

13. Myelin Membranes Isolated from Rats Intracranially Injected with apoTransferrin Are More Susceptible to in Vitro Peroxidation

    • Oscar E. Escobar Cabrera
    • Eduardo F. Soto
    • Juana M. Pasquini

    OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 93

14. Regulation of Signaling by Protein-Tyrosine Phosphatases: Potential Roles in the Nervous System

    • Carlos O. Arregui
    • Janne Balsamo
    • Jack Lilien

    OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 105

15. Multiple Forms of Phosphatase from Human Brain: Isolation and Partial Characterization of Affi-Gel Blue Binding Phosphatases

    • Li Yao Cheng
    • Jian-Zhi Wang
    • Khalid Iqbal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 120

16. Kinetics of Na+-, K+-ATPase Inhibition by an Endogenous Modulator (II-A)

    • A. Reinés
    • C. Peña
    • G. Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 127

17. Two Glycogen Synthase Activities Associated with Proteoglycogen in Retina

    • Juan A. Curtino
    • Eduardo R. Lacoste

    OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 132

18. Scinderin, a Ca2+-Dependent Actin Filament Severing Protein that Controls Cortical Actin Network Dynamics During Secretion

    • J-M. Trifaró
    • S. D. Rosé
    • M. G. Marcu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 144

19. Glucosylceramide Synthesized In Vitro from Endogenous Ceramide is Uncoupled from Synthesis of Lactosylceramide in Golgi Membranes from Chicken Embryo Neural Retina Cells

    • Mariana K. Maxzúd
    • Hugo J. F. Maccioni

    OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 152

20. Immediate Early Gene Expression Within the Visual System: Light and Circadian Regulation in the Retina and the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

    • B. L. Caputto
    • M. E. Guido

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 162

21. Ganglioside Expression During Differentiation of Chick Retinal Cells In Vitro

    • Pedro Panzetta
    • Maria L. Allende

    OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 169

22. Expression of a Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor in Insect and Mammalian Host Cell Systems

    • E. M. Aztiria
    • M. C. Sogayar
    • F. J. Barrantes

    OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 180