1. Changes and developments are natural and creative aspects of all areas of science, not least in scientific publishing. The past year has witnessed both major changes and developments in theEuropean Journal of Physiology/Pflügers Archiv

   • Klaus Thurau
   • Rolf Lange

   Editorial Pages: 301 - 301

2. Acknowledgement to referees

   Legacy Pages: 302 - 304

3. Regulation of Ca channel by intracellular Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺ in frog ventricular cells

   • Kaoru Yamaoka
   • Issei Seyama

   Original Article Pages: 305 - 317

4. Initiation sites for Ca²⁺ signals in endothelial cells

   • L. Missiaen
   • F. X. Lemaire
   • R. Casteels

   Original Article Pages: 318 - 324

5. On the possible origin of “giant or slow-rising” miniature end-plate potentials at the neuromuscular junction

   • L. C. Sellin
   • J. Molgó
   • S. Thesleff

   Original Article Pages: 325 - 334

6. Serotonin and protein kinase C modulation of a rat brain inwardly rectifying K⁺ channel expressed inXenopus oocytes

   • Lisa DiMagno
   • Nathan Dascal
   • Wolfgang Schreibmayer

   Original Article Pages: 335 - 340

7. A single non-L-, non-N-type Ca²⁺ channel in rat insulin-secreting RINm5F cells

   • V. Magnelli
   • A. Avaltroni
   • E. Carbone

   Original Article Pages: 341 - 352

8. Dynamics of the cationic, bioelectrical and secretory responses to formycin A in pancreatic islet cells

   • Philippe Lebrun
   • Marie-Hélène Antoine
   • Willy J. Malaisse

   Original Article Pages: 353 - 362

9. A volume-activated anion conductance in insulin-secreting cells

   • L. Best
   • E. A. Sheader
   • P. D. Brown

   Original Article Pages: 363 - 370

10. Caffeine-induced oscillations of cytosolic Ca²⁺ in GH₃ pituitary cells are not due to Ca²⁺ release from intracellular stores but to enhanced Ca²⁺ influx through voltage-gated Ca²⁺ channels

    • Carlos Villalobos
    • Javier García-Sancho

    Original Article Pages: 371 - 378

11. Inhibition of calmodulin expression prevents low-pH-induced gap junction uncoupling inXenopus oocytes

    • Camillo Peracchia
    • Xiaoguang Wang
    • Lillian L. Peracchia

    Original Article Pages: 379 - 387

12. Thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue with age: Post-receptor activation by forskolin

    • Philip J. Scarpace
    • Michael Matheny
    • P. J. Scarpace

    Original Article Pages: 388 - 394

13. Dose-dependent alteration of rat cardiac sodium current by isoproterenol: Results from direct measurements on multicellular preparations

    • Michael Kirstein
    • Kurt Kochsiek
    • Roland Eickhorn

    Original Article Pages: 395 - 401

14. Modulation of calcium current by ATP in guinea-pig adrenal chromaffin cells

    • Ken-ichi Otstuguro
    • Toshio Ohta
    • Yoshikazu Nakazato

    Original Article Pages: 402 - 407

15. Glycerol permeability of mutant aquaporin 1 and other AQP-MIP proteins: Inhibition studies

    • Laurence Abrami
    • Véronique Berthonaud
    • Peter M. T. Deen

    Original Article Pages: 408 - 414

16. An ammonium pulse inhibits fluid secretion

    • K. R. Lau
    • M. Donohue
    • R. M. Case

    Original Article Pages: 415 - 418

17. The ion conductances of colonic crypts from dexamethasone-treated rats

    • D. Ecke
    • M. Bleich
    • G. Fraser

    Original Article Pages: 419 - 426

18. Crypt base cells show forskolin-induced Cl⁻ secretion but no cation inward conductance

    • D. Ecke
    • M. Bleich
    • R. Greger

    Original Article Pages: 427 - 434

19. Cysteine-modifying reagents alter the gating of the rat cloned potassium channel Kv1.4

    • Gary J. Stephens
    • David G. Owen
    • Brian Robertson

    Original Article Pages: 435 - 442

20. Caffeine enhancement of electrical activity through direct blockade of inward rectifying K⁺ currents in GH₃ rat anterior pituitary cells

    • Francisco Barros
    • Donato del Camino
    • Pilar de la Peña

    Original Article Pages: 443 - 451

21. Nitric oxide mediates the anti-adrenergic effect of adenosine on calcium current in isolated rabbit atrioventricular nodal cells

    • A. E. Martynyuk
    • S. M. Cobbe
    • K. A. Kane

    Original Article Pages: 452 - 457

22. Culturing induced expression of basolateral Na⁺-K⁺-2Cl⁻ cotransporter BSC2 in proximal tubule, aortic endothelium, and vascular smooth muscle

    • N. J. H. Raat
    • C. H. van Os
    • E. Delpire

    Short Communication Pages: 458 - 460

23. Expression and functional characterization of the cardiac L-type calcium channel carrying a skeletal muscle DHP-receptor mutation causing hypokalaemic periodic paralysis

    • N. Klugbauer
    • F. Hofmann
    • W. Melzer

    Short Communication Pages: 461 - 463

24. Calmodulin increases the initial rate of exocytosis in adrenal chromaffin cells

    • A. V. Kibble
    • R. D. Burgoyne

    Short Communication Pages: 464 - 466

25. Activation of the volume-sensitive chloride current in vascular endothelial cells requires a permissive intracellular Ca²⁺ concentration

    • Géza Sziics
    • Stephan Heinke
    • Bernd Nilius

    Short Communication Pages: 467 - 469

26. Evidence for a specific site for modulation of calcium channel activation by external calcium ions

    • Gerald W. Zamponi
    • Terry P. Snutch

    Short Communication Pages: 470 - 472

27. Belgian Society of Fundamental and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology Abstracts of the Autumn Meeting 18 November 1996, Mons, Belgium

    Abstract Pages: R1 - R8