1. Nico M. van Gelder, the Inquisitive Neurochemist

   • Anders Hamberger
   • Tomás A. Reader

   Foreword Pages: 1321 - 1324

2. How I Met Nico M. van Gelder: A Commentary

   • George A. Hashim

   Foreword Pages: 1325 - 1326

3. Studies on Amino Acid Metabolism in the Brain Using ¹⁵N-Labeled Precursors

   • P. Jones
   • H. S. Bachelard

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1327 - 1331

4. Taurine and its Trophic Effects in the Retina Lucimey Lima

   • Lucimey Lima

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1333 - 1338

5. Amino Acids as Osmolytes in the Retina

   • H. Pasantes-Morales
   • L. D. Ochoa de la Paz
   • O. Quesada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1339 - 1346

6. Synaptic Membrane Freezing Affects Modulatory Sites in Avian Central Nervous System GABA_A Receptor

   • Mariano S. Viapiano
   • Diego J. Rodríguez Gil
   • Sara Fiszer de Plazas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1347 - 1355

7. The Impact of Genetic Removal of GFAP and/or Vimentin on Glutamine Levels and Transport of Glucose and Ascorbate in Astrocytes

   • Milos Pekny
   • Camilla Eliasson
   • Anders Hamberger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1357 - 1362

8. Biphasic Modulation of GABA_A Receptor Binding by Steroids Suggests Functional Correlates

   • Supriya Srinivasan
   • Douglas W. Sapp
   • Richard W. Olsen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1363 - 1372

9. Effects of Valeriana Officinalis Extracts on [³H]Flunitrazepam Binding, Synaptosomal [³H]GABA Uptake, and Hippocampal [³H]GABA Release

   • José G. Ortiz
   • Jennifer Nieves-Natal
   • Pedro Chavez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1373 - 1378

10. Disturbances of Amino Acids from Temporal Lobe Synaptosomes in Human Complex Partial Epilepsy

    • David M. Labiner
    • C. C. Yan
    • Ryan J. Huxtable

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1379 - 1383

11. Neuroactive Amino Acids in Focally Epileptic Human Brain: A Review

    • Allan L. Sherwin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1385 - 1395

12. Evidence for an Astrocytic Glutamate Transporter Deficit in Hepatic Encephalopathy

    • Helen Chan
    • Roger F. Butterworth

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1397 - 1401

13. In Vivo Fatty Acid Incorporation into Brain Phospholipids in Relation to Signal Transduction and Membrane Remodeling

    • Stanley I. Rapoport

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1403 - 1415

14. Brain Soluble Fractions Which Modulate Na⁺, K⁺-ATPase Activity Likewise Modify Muscarinic Receptor

    • Georgina Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz
    • Patricia Schneider
    • Clara Peña

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1417 - 1422

15. Neurotoxic and Synaptic Effects of Okadaic Acid, an Inhibitor of Protein Phosphatases

    • Ricardo Tapia
    • Fernando Peña
    • Clorinda Arias

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1423 - 1430

16. Prolonged Activation Of Transcription Factor AP-1 During NGF-Mediated Rescue from Apoptotic Cell Death in PC12 Cells

    • Liqi Tong
    • Karin Werrbach-Perez
    • J. Regino Perez-Polo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1431 - 1441

17. Alterations In Serotonin Receptors in the Neostriatum of Weaver Mutant Mice

    • Karen M. Dewar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1449 - 1454

18. Distribution of Dopamine, its Metabolites, and D₁ and D₂ Receptors in Heterozygous And Homozygous Weaver Mutant Mice

    • Tomás A. Reader
    • Ariel R. Ase
    • Fatima Amdiss

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1455 - 1470

19. The Effect of Cotinine on Nicotine- and Cocaine-Induced Dopamine Release in the Nucleus Accumbens

    • I. Sziráki
    • H. Sershen
    • A. Lajtha

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1471 - 1478

20. Stress, Aging, and Brain Oxidative Damage

    • Jiankang Liu
    • Akitane Mori

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1479 - 1497