1. Welcome to Anatomical Science International

   • Tanemichi Chiba

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 1

2. Radial glias and radial fibers: what is the function of radial fibers?

   • Nobuaki Tamamaki

   Review Article Pages: 2 - 11

3. Central and peripheral nerve regeneration by transplantation of Schwann cells and transdifferentiated bone marrow stromal cells

   • Mari Dezawa

   Review Article Pages: 12 - 25

4. Recent progress in studies on Merkel cell biology

   • Tamiko Tachibana
   • Tokio Nawa

   Review Article Pages: 26 - 33

5. Comparative investigations of human and rat dermatoglyphics: palmar, plantar and digital pads and flexion creases

   • Sumiko Kimura
   • Blanka A. Schaumann
   • Kohei Shiota

   Review Article Pages: 34 - 46

6. Cell death of primary afferent nerve cells in neonatal mice treated with capsaicin

   • Akio Hiura
   • Yoshiko Nakae
   • Hiroshi Nakagawa

   Original Article Pages: 47 - 50

7. Differences in the density of sympathetic nerve fibers in the arteriolar walls of the rat extensor digitorum longus muscle

   • Yoshitaka Takeuchi
   • Satoshi Iino
   • Yoshiaki Nojyo

   Original Article Pages: 51 - 57

8. Erythropoietin and erythropoietin-receptor producing cells demonstrated by in situ hybridization in mouse visceral yolk sacs

   • Yoshiko Yasuda
   • Masaki Okano
   • Ryuzo Sasaki

   Original Article Pages: 58 - 63

9. Configurations of the segmental and subsegmental bronchi and arteries in the right upper lobe of the human lung with special reference to their concomitant relations and double subsegmental arterial supply

   • Tokuo Koshino
   • General Murakami
   • Tomio Abe

   Original Article Pages: 64 - 73

10. Cytochemical investigation of gastric gland component cells with high-pressure freezing followed by freeze-substitution and hydrophilic resin embedding

    • Shinichiro Tsuyama
    • Sachie Matsushita
    • Fusayoshi Murata

    Original Article Pages: 74 - 83