1. The uptake machinery of clostridial actin ADP-ribosylating toxins – a cell delivery system for fusion proteins and polypeptide drugs

   • Holger Barth
   • Dagmar Blöcker
   • Klaus Aktories

   Review Article Pages: 501 - 512

2. Hemodynamic significance of histamine synthesis and histamine H₁- and H₂-receptor gene expression during endotoxemia

   • Naoyuki Matsuda
   • Yuichi Hattori
   • Satoshi Gando

   Original Article Pages: 513 - 521

3. Nicorandil prevents epinephrine-induced arrhythmias in halothane-anesthetized rats by nitric oxide-dependent mechanism

   • Yusuke Kawai
   • Yukio Hayashi
   • Takashi Mashimo

   Original Article Pages: 522 - 527

4. Effects of NAD-299, a new, highly selective 5-HT_1A receptor antagonist, on bladder function in rats

   • Rikard Pehrson
   • Göran Öjteg
   • Karl-Erik Andersson

   Original Article Pages: 528 - 536

5. A comparison of AT₁ angiotensin II antagonists at pre- and postjunctional angiotensin II receptors of the rat tail artery

   • H. Pinheiro
   • D. Moura
   • S. Guimarães

   Original Article Pages: 537 - 542

6. Pharmacological characterization of the benz[d]indolo[2,3-g]azecine LE300, a novel type of a nanomolar dopamine receptor antagonist

   • Matthias U. Kassack
   • Barbara Höfgen
   • Jochen Lehmann

   Original Article Pages: 543 - 550

7. Guaifenesin enhances the analgesic potency of paracetamol in mice

   • T. Doležal
   • M. Kršiak

   Original Article Pages: 551 - 554

8. Shear stress modulates vasopressin-induced renal vasoconstriction in rats

   • Cécile Loichot
   • Jean-Paul Krieger
   • Mariette Barthelmebs

   Original Article Pages: 555 - 561

9. Calcium-independent activation of the contractile apparatus in smooth muscle of mouse aorta by protein phosphatase inhibition

   • Jörg Knapp
   • Susanne Aleth
   • Joachim Neumann

   Original Article Pages: 562 - 569

10. Differential characteristics of endogenous serotonin-mediated synaptic transmission in the hippocampal CA1 and CA3 fields of anaesthetized rats

    • Machiko Matsumoto
    • Taku Kojima
    • Mitsuhiro Yoshioka

    Original Article Pages: 570 - 577

11. 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

    Original Article Pages: 578 - 586

12. Characterization of 5-HT receptor subtypes mediating contraction in human umbilical vein. 1. Evidence of involvement of 5-HT_2A receptors using functional and radioligand binding assays

    • María Rogines-Velo
    • Facundo Pelorosso
    • Rodolfo Rothlin

    Original Article Pages: 587 - 595

13. Characterization of 5-HT receptor subtypes mediating contraction in human umbilical vein. 2. Evidence of involvement of 5-HT_1B receptors using functional studies

    • María Rogines-Velo
    • Facundo Pelorosso
    • Rodolfo Rothlin

    Original Article Pages: 596 - 604

14. Evidence for involvement of mast cell degranulation and subsequent stimulation of histamine H₁ and H₂ receptors in radiographic contrast media-increased vascular permeability in rats

    • Takeshi Goromaru
    • Toshiaki Sendo
    • Ryozo Oishi

    Original Article Pages: 605 - 612

15. Tetrandrine potentiates caffeine-induced contraction but inhibits phenylephrine-induced contraction in perfused rat mesenteric artery

    • Chiu-Yin Kwan

    Original Article Pages: 613 - 619

16. Astroglial dopamine transport is mediated by norepinephrine transporter

    • Hiroshi Takeda
    • Masato Inazu
    • Teruhiko Matsumiya

    Short Communication Pages: 620 - 623

17. Mechanism of inhibitory action of ethanol on inducible nitric oxide synthesis in macrophages

    • Ichiro Wakabayashi
    • Munetaka Negoro

    Erratum Pages: 624 - 624