1. Dietary restriction stimulates BDNF production in the brain and thereby protects neurons against excitotoxic injury

   • Wenzhen Duan
   • JaeWon Lee
   • Mark P. Mattson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 12

2. Altered immunoreactivity of HPC-1/syntaxin 1A in proliferated nerve fibers in the human aganglionic colon of hirschsprung’s disease

   • Yuji Nirasawa
   • Yasuo Ito
   • Kimio Akagawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 19

3. Cloning and characterization of G protein-gated inward rectifier K⁺ channel (GIRK1) isoforms from heart and brain

   • Liangxue Zhu
   • Xiaying Wu
   • William B. Thornhill

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 32

4. Changes in regional energy metabolism after closed head injury in the rat

   • Angelika E. M. Mautes
   • Daniel Thome
   • Esther Shohami

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 39

5. Correlation of the clinical severity of alzheimer’s disease with an aberration in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)

   • Abraham M. Brown
   • Rex K.-F. Sheu
   • John P. Blass

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 48

6. Cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB) and CREB binding protein (CBP) in global cerebral ischemia

   • Kunlin Jin
   • Xiao Ou Mao
   • David A. Greenberg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 56