1. Foreword

   • Anders Lehmann
   • Nico M. van Gelder

   Foreword Pages: 169 - 172

2. A Powerful Brain Stimulant: Anders Hamberger

   • Åke Sellström

   Commentary Pages: 173 - 175

3. Erucamide as a Modulator of Water Balance: New Function of a Fatty Acid Amide

   • Anders Hamberger
   • Gunnar Stenhagen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 185

4. Role of PARP Under Stress Conditions: Cell Death or Protection?

   • Vincenzo Giuseppe Nicoletti
   • Anna Maria Giuffrida Stella

   OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 194

5. Metabolism and Functions of Phosphatidylserine in Mammalian Brain

   • Rita Mozzi
   • Sandra Buratta
   • Gianfrancesco Goracci

   OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 214

6. White Matter Injury Following Systemic Endotoxemia or Asphyxia in the Fetal Sheep

   • Carina Mallard
   • Anna-Karin Welin
   • Ingemar Kjellmer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 223

7. Atrial Natriuretic Peptides Elevate Cyclic GMP Levels in Primary Cultures of Rat Ependymal Cells

   • John Wellard
   • Mirna Rapp
   • Stephan Verleysdonk

   OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 233

8. Effects of Long-Term Antipsychotic Treatment on NMDA Receptor Binding and Gene Expression of Subunits

   • Andrea Schmitt
   • Mathias Zink
   • Fritz A. Henn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 241

9. Astrocytic Amino Acid Metabolism Under Control Conditions and During Oxygen and/or Glucose Deprivation

   • Leif Hertz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 258

10. Homocysteine-Evoked ⁴⁵Ca Release in the Rabbit Hippocampus Is Mediated by Both NMDA and Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors: In Vivo Microdialysis Study

    • Jerzy W. Lazarewicz
    • Apolonia Ziembowicz
    • Elzbieta Zieminska

    OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 269

11. Neuron-Specific Ablation of PDGF-B Is Compatible with Normal Central Nervous System Development and Astroglial Response to Injury

    • Maria Enge
    • Ulrika Wilhelmsson
    • Milos Pekny

    OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 279

12. Searching for Mechanisms of N-Methyl-d-Aspartate-Induced Glutathione Efflux in Organotypic Hippocampal Cultures

    • Camilla Wallin
    • Abdul-Karim Abbas
    • Mats Sandberg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 291

13. Astrocytes and Stroke: Networking for Survival?

    • Michelle F. Anderson
    • Fredrik Blomstrand
    • Michael Nilsson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 305

14. The Induction of the TNFα Death Domain Signaling Pathway in Alzheimer's Disease Brain

    • Ming Zhao
    • David H. Cribbs
    • Carl W. Cotman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 318

15. Discussion of the Role of the Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase-Phospholipase A₂ Pathway in Production of Reactive Oxygen Species in Alzheimer's Disease

    • Jannike M. Andersen
    • Oddvar Myhre
    • Frode Fonnum

    OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 326

16. New Aspects on Primary Aldosteronism

    • Ulla Enberg
    • Cristina Volpe
    • Bertil Hamberger

    OriginalPaper Pages: 327 - 332

17. Novel Mechanisms of Action of Three Antiepileptic Drugs, Vigabatrin, Tiagabine, and Topiramate

    • Mikael Ängehagen
    • Elinor Ben-Menachem
    • Elisabeth Hansson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 333 - 340

18. S100B Protein and 4-Hydroxynonenal in the Spinal Cord of Wobbler Mice

    • Valentina Corvino
    • Rita Businaro
    • Fabrizio Michetti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 345

19. Role of Astrocytes in the Maintenance and Modulation of Glutamatergic and GABAergic Neurotransmission

    • Arne Schousboe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 347 - 352

20. Metabolic Parameters of Epilepsy: Adjuncts to Established Antiepileptic Drug Therapy

    • Nico M. van Gelder
    • Allan L. Sherwin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 353 - 365

21. Target Discovery and Validation in the Post-Genomic Era

    • Steven P. Butcher

    OriginalPaper Pages: 367 - 371

22. Quantitative Analysis of MAP2 Immunoreactivity in Human Neocortex of Three Patients Surviving After Brain Ischemia

    • Victor A. Akulinin
    • Annica Dahlstrom

    OriginalPaper Pages: 373 - 378

23. Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Currents in a Nonstationary Lyotropic Model

    • Leif Matsson
    • Virulh Sa-yakanit
    • Santipong Boribarn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 379 - 386

24. Effects of Repeated Administration of Baclofen to Rats on GABA_B Receptor Binding Sites and Subunit Expression in the Brain

    • Anders Lehmann
    • Jan P. Mattsson
    • A. Jonas Ekstrand

    OriginalPaper Pages: 387 - 393