1. Genetic association of BACE1 gene polymorphism C786G with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease in Chinese

   • Rui Kan
   • Binbin Wang
   • Li Wang

   Original Article Pages: 127 - 131

2. Roles of Ras-Erk in apoptosis of PC12 cells induced by trophic factor withdrawal or oxidative stress

   • Hao Jiang
   • Lijie Zhang
   • Robert A. Levine

   Original Article Pages: 133 - 140

3. Characterization of the signaling pathway downstream p75 neurotrophin receptor involved in β-amyloid peptide-dependent cell death

   • Claudio Costantini
   • Filippo Rossi
   • Vittorina Della-Bianca

   Original Article Pages: 141 - 156

4. Peripheral sensory neurons survive in the absence of α- and γ-synucleins

   • Katerina Papachroni
   • Natalia Ninkina
   • Vladimir L. Buchman

   Original Article Pages: 157 - 164

5. Humanin attenuates apoptosis induced by DRPLA proteins with expanded polyglutamine stretches

   • Shingo Kariya
   • Makito Hirano
   • Satoshi Ueno

   Original Article Pages: 165 - 169

6. Effects of acute amphetamine administration on AMPA-mediated synaptic activity and expression of AMPA receptor subunit 2 of brain neurons

   • Meng-Fen Yu
   • Chung-Liang Chien
   • Hsiang-Shu Yin

   Original Article Pages: 171 - 181

7. Recombinant erythropoietin down-regulates IL-6 and CXCR4 genes in TNF-α-treated primary cultures of human microvascular endothelial cells

   • Jagannadha R. Avasarala
   • Sastry S. Konduru

   Original Article Pages: 183 - 189

8. Trafficking of adenosine A_2A and dopamine D₂ receptors

   • Maria Torvinen
   • Carla Torri
   • Luigi F. Agnati

   Original Article Pages: 191 - 200