1. Functional characterisation of the putative somatostatin sst₂ receptor antagonist CYN 154806

   • Caroline Nunn
   • Philippe Schoeffter
   • Daniel Hoyer

   Original Article Pages: 1 - 9

2. (-)-CGP 12177 increases contractile force and hastens relaxation of human myocardial preparations through a propranolol-resistant state of the β₁-adrenoceptor

   • Doreen Sarsero
   • Fraser D. Russell
   • Peter Molenaar

   Original Article Pages: 10 - 21

3. Interleukin 1β-induced inhibition of gastric acid secretion involves glutamate, NO and cGMP synthesis in the brain

   • Eugenia García-Zaragozá
   • Carlos Hernández
   • Juan V. Esplugues

   Original Article Pages: 22 - 27

4. Nociceptive reaction and thermal hyperalgesia induced by local ET-1 in mice: a behavioral and Fos study

   • Luis Menéndez
   • Ana Lastra
   • Ana Baamonde

   Original Article Pages: 28 - 34

5. Pharmacological evidence that tetraethylammonium-sensitive, iberiotoxin-insensitive K⁺ channels function as a negative feedback element for sympathetic neurotransmission by suppressing ω-conotoxin-GVIA-insensitive Ca²⁺ channels in the relaxation of rabbit facial vein

   • Yoshio Tanaka
   • Aya Akutsu
   • Koki Shigenobu

   Original Article Pages: 35 - 42

6. Replacement of imidazole by a piperidine moiety differentially affects the potency of histamine H₃-receptor antagonists

   • Susanna Liedtke
   • Karsten Flau
   • Walter Schunack

   Original Article Pages: 43 - 50

7. Endotoxin stimulates fecal pellet output in rats through a neural mechanism

   • Sara Calatayud
   • Maria Barrachina
   • Juan V. Esplugues

   Original Article Pages: 51 - 55

8. Molecular modes of action of cephalotaxine and homoharringtonine from the coniferous tree Cephalotaxus hainanensis in human tumor cell lines

   • Thomas Efferth
   • Axel Sauerbrey
   • Erich Gebhart

   Original Article Pages: 56 - 67

9. IL-18 initiates release of matrix metalloproteinase-9 from peripheral blood mononuclear cells without affecting tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases-1: suppression by TNFα blockage and modulation by IL-10

   • Marcel Nold
   • Andreas Goede
   • Heiko Mühl

   Original Article Pages: 68 - 75

10. Role of the M₂ muscarinic receptor pathway in lidocaine-induced potentiation of the relaxant response to atrial natriuretic peptide in bovine tracheal smooth muscle

    • Motonari Yunoki
    • Tsutomu Nakahara
    • Kunio Ishii

    Short Communication 30 November 2002 Pages: 76 - 79

    

11. Inhibition of cromakalim-activated K⁺ current by ethanol in follicle-enclosed Xenopus oocytes

    • Murat Oz
    • Yulia Tchugunova
    • Meral Dinc

    Short Communication Pages: 80 - 85

12. Partial apamin sensitivity of human small conductance Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channels stably expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells

    • T. Dale
    • J. Cryan
    • D. Trezise

    Erratum Pages: 86 - 86

13. Involvement of peptide histidine isoleucine in non-adrenergic non-cholinergic relaxation of the rat gastric fundus induced by high-frequency neuronal firing

    • Diego Currò
    • Teresina De Marco
    • Paolo Preziosi

    Erratum Pages: 87 - 87