1. Meeting report

   • G. B. West

   Report Pages: 123 - 124

2. Mast cell heterogeneity: The problem of nomenclature

   • F. L. Pearce

   Editorial Pages: 125 - 128

3. Plenary lecture Free radicals as endogenous histamine releasers

   • P. F. Mannaioni
   • E. Giannella
   • E. Masini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 142

4. Histamine liberation and membrane fluidisation of mast cells exposed to the beta-adrenoceptor blocking drug propranolol

   • R. Nosál
   • K. Ondriaš
   • K. Drábiková

   Histamine Release Pages: 143 - 145

5. On the relationship between incorporation of³²P into phospholipids and binding of beta-adrenoceptor blocking drugs to isolated mast cells

   • J. Pečivová
   • K. Drábiková
   • R. Nosál

   Histamine Release Pages: 146 - 148

6. Histamine liberation and aggregation of rabbit blood platelets treated with beta-adrenoceptor blocking drugs

   • V. Jančinová
   • R. Nosál

   Histamine Release Pages: 149 - 152

7. Anti-allergic constituents in the culture medium ofGanoderma lucidum. (I) Inhibitory effect of oleic acid on histamine release

   • K. Tasaka
   • M. Akagi
   • T. Makino

   Histamine Release Pages: 153 - 156

8. Anti-allergic constituents in the culture medium ofGanoderma lucidum. (II) The inhibitory effect of cyclooctasulfur on histamine release

   • K. Tasaka
   • M. Mio
   • T. Makino

   Histamine Release Pages: 157 - 160

9. Histamine releasing action of calcium ionophore 985-I

   • I. S. Gushchin
   • A. I. Zebrev
   • V. G. Voitenko

   Histamine Release Pages: 161 - 164

10. Virus enhances histamine release from human basophils

    • P. Clementsen
    • C. B. Jensen
    • S. Norn

    Histamine Release Pages: 165 - 167

11. Histamine secretion from mast cells stimulated with sodium orthovanadate

    • M. Al-Laith
    • F. L. Pearce

    Histamine Release Pages: 168 - 169

12. Effects of phorbol ester, serine phospholipids, and calcium on histamine release from mast cells and basophils

    • T. M. Cunniffe
    • F. L. Pearce

    Histamine Release Pages: 170 - 172

13. Inhibition of basophil histamine release by methotrexate

    • H. Nolte
    • P. Stahl Skov

    Histamine Release Pages: 173 - 176

14. Mast cells and IgE-mediated release of histamine and arachidonate metabolites from human kidney

    • E. S. K. Assem
    • N. A. Abdullah
    • A. G. Cowie

    Histamine Release Pages: 177 - 180

15. Anaphylatoxin-induced release of histamine fromin vitro perfused guinea pig kidney

    • N. A. Abdullah
    • E. S. K. Assem
    • B. Damerau

    Histamine Release Pages: 181 - 184

16. Modulation of anaphylactic histamine release by calcium channel agonists and antagonists

    • E. Giannella
    • E. Masini
    • P. F. Mannaioni

    Histamine Release Pages: 185 - 187

17. Effect of stobadine on stimulated isolated mast cells

    • K. Drábiková
    • J. Pečivová
    • R. Nosál

    Histamine Release Pages: 188 - 190

18. Effect of TMB-8 on calcium transport in mast cells in relation to histamine secretion

    • N. Chakravarty

    Histamine Release Pages: 191 - 193

19. The effect of a new antihistamine drug, Loderix^® (EGIS-2062), on stimulus-evoked histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells

    • A. Németh
    • Z. Huszti

    Histamine Release Pages: 194 - 197

20. The effect of serine esterase inhibitors on ionophore-induced histamine release from human pulmonary mast cells

    • T. Hultsch
    • M. Ennis
    • H. H. Heidtmann

    Histamine Release Pages: 198 - 200

21. Evidence for the lack of involvement of free radicals in adriamycin-induced histamine release from rat peritoneal cells

    • L. Candussio
    • F. Bartoli Klugmann
    • L. Baldini

    Histamine Release Pages: 201 - 203

22. Effects of β-endorphin on rat mast cells

    • A. Sydbom

    Mast Cells and Neuropeptides Pages: 204 - 206

23. Structural requirements for mast cell triggering by substance P-like peptides

    • H. Repke
    • M. Bienert

    Mast Cells and Neuropeptides Pages: 207 - 210

24. Histamine secretion from mast cells stimulated with somatostatin

    • T. A. Kassessinoff
    • F. L. Pearce

    Mast Cells and Neuropeptides Pages: 211 - 213

25. Desensitization of rat peritoneal mast cells to substance P

    • C. Dianzani
    • J. C. Foreman

    Mast Cells and Neuropeptides Pages: 214 - 216

26. Lectin-induced histamine release from various populations of hamster mast cells

    • J. Wyczólkowska
    • A. Prouvost
    • K. Rydzyński

    Mast Cell Heterogeneity and Subtypes Pages: 217 - 220

27. Some studies on the isolation and properties of pulmonary mast cells from the pig

    • K. B. P. Leung
    • A. Marath
    • F. L. Pearce

    Mast Cell Heterogeneity and Subtypes Pages: 221 - 222

28. Cardiac and renal mast cells: Morphology, distribution, fixation and staining properties in the guinea pig and preliminary comparison with human

    • N. S. Ghanem
    • E. S. K. Assem
    • F. L. Pearce

    Mast Cell Heterogeneity and Subtypes Pages: 223 - 226

29. Mast cell subtypes from human lung tissue: Their identification, separation, and functional characteristics

    • F. J. van Overveld
    • L. A. M. J. Houben
    • J. Kreukniet

    Mast Cell Heterogeneity and Subtypes Pages: 227 - 229

30. Histamine release from human adenoidal and mesenteric mast cells induced by bacterial antigens

    • E. Brzezińska-Błaszczyk
    • M. Czuwaj
    • J. Wyczółkowska

    Mast Cell Heterogeneity and Subtypes Pages: 230 - 232

31. Circadian rhythm of histamine metabolism in the rabbit central nervous system (CNS): Analysis of brain and ocular structures

    • J. Z. Nowak
    • R. Socko
    • P. Uznanski

    Histamine and the Nervous System Pages: 233 - 236

32. Histamine dependent cyclic AMP generating system in rabbit CNS: Interaction with neuroregulators and forskolin

    • B. Sek
    • A. Sebastjanska
    • J. Z. Nowak

    Histamine and the Nervous System Pages: 237 - 240

33. Pre- and postjunctional effects of histamine on the guinea pig urinary bladder: Evidence for heterogeneity in the H₁-receptor population?

    • E. Poli
    • G. Coruzzi
    • G. Bertaccini

    Histamine and the Nervous System Pages: 241 - 243

34. Action of histamine on nerve mediated responses of the guinea-pig ileum

    • O. Matušák
    • V. Bauer

    Histamine and The Nervous System Pages: 244 - 246

35. Central effects of histamine H₂-receptor agonists and antagonists on nociception in the rat

    • C. Netti
    • F. Guidobono
    • A. Pecile

    Histamine and The Nervous System Pages: 247 - 249

36. Involvement of central histamine receptors in corticosterone secretion induced by intraventricular administration of morphine

    • B. Cetera
    • J. Bugajski
    • A. Gądek-Michalska

    Histamine and The Nervous System Pages: 250 - 253

37. Naloxone antagonizes a central histaminergic stimulation of corticosterone secretion in rats

    • A. Gądek-Michalska
    • J. Bugajski

    Histamine and The Nervous System Pages: 254 - 256

38. Antihistaminic activity of stobadine in the peripheral and central nervous system

    • Ľ. Lukovič
    • J. Machová

    Histamine and The Nervous System Pages: 257 - 259

39. The actions of histamine in cat and rabbit superior cervical ganglia

    • J. Machová
    • A. Krištofová

    Histamine and The Nervous System Pages: 260 - 262

40. Evidence that high affinity (³H)clonidine binding cooperates with H₂-receptors in the canine coronary smooth muscle membrane

    • J. Dřímal
    • D. Magna
    • R. Sotnikova

    Histamine and the Cardiovascular System Pages: 263 - 265

41. Histamine release in acute coronary occlusion-reperfusion in isolated guinea-pig heart

    • E. Masini
    • E. Giannella
    • P. F. Mannaioni

    Histamine and the Cardiovascular System Pages: 266 - 269

42. Heterogeneity in the response to histamine of isolated dog arteries

    • R. Sotníková
    • P. Gibala
    • J. Dřímal

    Histamine and the Cardiovascular System Pages: 270 - 272

43. Distribution of mast cells in human heart auricles and correlation with tissue histamine

    • K. Rydzyński
    • B. Kolago
    • W. Kuroczyński

    Histamine and the Cardiovascular System Pages: 273 - 275

44. Expression of histamine and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) receptors in immortalized rat fetal intestinal cells

    • S. Emami
    • L. Mir
    • C. Gespach

    Histamine and the Gastrointestinal Tract Pages: 276 - 279

45. Effect of glucagon on gastric acid secretion by the isolated fundus from immature rats

    • G. Coruzzi
    • M. Adami
    • G. Bertaccini

    Histamine and the Gastrointestinal Tract Pages: 280 - 282

46. Gastroprotective effect of pentacaine: Role of mast cells

    • V. Nosálová
    • M. Zaviacic
    • S. Polák

    Histamine and the Gastrointestinal Tract Pages: 283 - 285

47. Action of pentacaine on gastric acid secretion

    • A. Babuľová
    • V. Nosáľová
    • Ľ. Buran

    Histamine and the Gastrointestinal Tract Pages: 286 - 288

48. The effects of nicotine on basal and stimulated gastric secretions in the conscious cat and in isolated guinea pig gastric mucosal cells

    • M. Albinus
    • G. Frisch
    • S. Klein

    Histamine and the Gastrointestinal Tract Pages: 289 - 292

49. Pharmacological control of the histamine H₂ receptor-adenylate cyclase system by famotidine and ranitidine in normal and cancerous human gastric epithelia

    • D. Fagot
    • S. Emami
    • C. Gespach

    Histamine and the Gastrointestinal Tract Pages: 293 - 296

50. Effect of gastric irradiation on gastric secretion and histamine in mice

    • W. K. Man
    • R. H. K. Gompertz
    • J. Spencer

    Histamine and the Gastrointestinal Tract Pages: 297 - 299