1. Decrease in the Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ current of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle in pulmonary hypertension rats

   • Satoshi Muraki
   • Noritsugu Tohse
   • Hideyo Yabu

   Original Article Pages: 183 - 192

2. Evidence for a peripheral mechanism in cardiac opioid withdrawal

   • M. Milanés
   • M. Martinez
   • M. Laorden

   Original Article Pages: 193 - 198

3. Comparative effects of the novel vasotocin analogue F-180 vs. vasopressin and terlipressin on systemic and splanchnic isolated vessels from portal hypertensive rats

   • Carmen M. Ramírez
   • Angeles M. Martínez-Cuesta
   • Juan V. Esplugues

   Original Article Pages: 199 - 204

4. Release of non-neuronal acetylcholine from the human placenta: difference to neuronal acetylcholine

   • Ignaz Wessler
   • Elisabeth Roth
   • Heinz Kilbinger

   Original Article Pages: 205 - 212

5. Beneficial effect of HCL-31D in murine models of endotoxaemia

   • Tz-Chong Chou
   • Chi-Yuan Li
   • Yu-An Ding

   Original Article Pages: 213 - 219

6. Involvement of cyclic GMP and potassium channels in relaxation evoked by the nitric oxide donor, diethylamine NONOate, in the rat small isolated mesenteric artery

   • Laura J. Sampson
   • Frances Plane
   • Christopher J. Garland

   Original Article Pages: 220 - 225

7. Contribution of both the sarcolemmal K_ATP and mitochondrial K_ATP channels to infarct size limitation by K_ATP channel openers: differences from preconditioning in the role of sarcolemmal K_ATP channels

   • Masaya Tanno
   • Tetsuji Miura
   • Kazuaki Shimamoto

   Original Article Pages: 226 - 232

8. Modulation of the cardiac autonomic transmission of pithed rats by presynaptic opioid OP₄ and cannabinoid CB₁ receptors

   • Barbara Malinowska
   • Jarosław Piszcz
   • Eberhard Schlicker

   Original Article Pages: 233 - 241

9. The role of sensory neuropeptides in motor innervation of the hamster isolated urinary bladder

   • Sandro Giuliani
   • Paolo Santicioli
   • Carlo Maggi

   Original Article Pages: 242 - 248

10. Neurotoxicity of mercury sulfide in the vestibular ocular reflex system of guinea pigs

    • Jiunn-Jye Chuu
    • Yi-Ho Young
    • Shoei-Yn Lin-Shiau

    Original Article Pages: 249 - 258

11. Inhibition of caffeine-induced Ca²⁺ release by adenosine in mammalian skinned slow- and fast-twitch fibres

    • Walid Hleihel
    • Sophie Talon
    • Claude Léoty

    Original Article Pages: 259 - 268

12. The effect of high-dose pentaerythritol tetranitrate on the development of nitrate tolerance in rabbits

    • Jost Müllenheim
    • Senta Müller
    • Georg Kojda

    Original Article Pages: 269 - 275

13. Diadenosine tetraphosphate-gating of cardiac K_ATP channels requires intact actin cytoskeleton

    • Sofija Jovanović
    • Aleksandar Jovanović

    Short Communication Pages: 276 - 280

14. Lipopolysaccharide-induced subsensitivity of protease-activated receptor-2 in the mouse salivary glands in vivo

    • Atsufumi Kawabata
    • Ryotaro Kuroda
    • Hiromasa Araki

    Short Communication Pages: 281 - 284

15. NF449: a subnanomolar potency antagonist at recombinant rat P2X₁ receptors

    • Kirsten Braun
    • Jürgen Rettinger
    • Günter Lambrecht

    Short Communication Pages: 285 - 290