1. Preface – Special Issue: Neural Communication, Neurotransmitters and Aging

   • F. Mora
   • K. Fuxe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 2

2. Neural plasticity: changes with age

   • M. Nieto-Sampedro
   • M. Nieto-Díaz

   OriginalPaper 18 June 2004 Pages: 3 - 27

3. Factors governing diffusing molecular signals in brain extracellular space

   • C. Nicholson

   OriginalPaper 14 September 2004 Pages: 29 - 44

4. Energy gradients for the homeostatic control of brain ECF composition and for VT signal migration: introduction of the tide hypothesis

   • L. F. Agnati
   • S. Genedani
   • K. Fuxe

   OriginalPaper 07 July 2004 Pages: 45 - 63

5. Dynamics of volume transmission in the brain. Focus on catecholamine and opioid peptide communication and the role of uncoupling protein 2

   • K. Fuxe
   • A. Rivera
   • L. F. Agnati

   OriginalPaper 18 June 2004 Pages: 65 - 76

6. Relationship between L-glutamate-regulated intracellular Na⁺ dynamics and ATP hydrolysis in astrocytes

   • P. J. Magistretti
   • J.-Y. Chatton

   OriginalPaper 18 June 2004 Pages: 77 - 85

7. Age-related changes in the dynamics of potassium-evoked L-glutamate release in the striatum of Fischer 344 rats

   • J. Nickell
   • F. Pomerleau
   • G. A. Gerhardt

   OriginalPaper 12 May 2004 Pages: 87 - 96

8. Glutamate-dopamine in vivo interaction in the prefrontal cortex modulates the release of dopamine and acetylcholine in the nucleus accumbens of the awake rat

   • A. del Arco
   • F. Mora

   OriginalPaper 18 June 2004 Pages: 97 - 109

9. Inflammatory process as a determinant factor for the degeneration of substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons

   • A. J. Herrera
   • M. Tomás-Camardiel
   • A. Machado

   OriginalPaper 19 March 2004 Pages: 111 - 119

10. Roles for gliotransmission in the nervous system

    • Q. Zhang
    • P. G. Haydon

    OriginalPaper 19 March 2004 Pages: 121 - 125

11. Synaptic regulation of the astrocyte calcium signal

    • G. Perea
    • A. Araque

    OriginalPaper 18 June 2004 Pages: 127 - 135

12. Glia and volume transmission during physiological and pathological states

    • E. Syková

    OriginalPaper 19 March 2004 Pages: 137 - 147

13. The acetylcholine innervation of cerebral cortex: new data on its normal development and its fate in the hAPP_SW,IND mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

    • L. Descarries
    • N. Aznavour
    • E. Hamel

    OriginalPaper 20 July 2004 Pages: 149 - 162

14. Studies on homocysteine plasma levels in Alzheimer’s patients. Relevance for neurodegeneration

    • L. F. Agnati
    • S. Genedani
    • K. Fuxe

    OriginalPaper 12 May 2004 Pages: 163 - 169

15. Brain steroidogenesis: emerging therapeutic strategies to prevent neurodegeneration

    • I. Azcoitia
    • A. Sierra
    • L. M. Garcia-Segura

    OriginalPaper 30 June 2004 Pages: 171 - 176