229-236
-Current Perspective-
Role of Cannabinoid Receptor in the Brain as It Relates to Drug Reward
Tsuneyuki Yamamoto and Kohji Takada
237-243
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The Parkinsonian Models: Invertebrates to Mammals
Yoshihisa Kitamura, Shun Shimohama, Akinori Akaike and Takashi Taniguchi
244-251
Effects of Higenamine on Regulation of Ion Transport
in Guinea Pig Distal Colon
Weixin Liu, Yoshihiko Sato, Yoshisuke Hosoda, Koki Hirasawa and Hiroyuki
Hanai
252-258
TAS-301 Blocks Receptor-Operated Calcium Influx
and Inhibits Rat Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation Induced by Basic
Fibroblast Growth Factor and Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
Eiji Sasaki, Yoshihisa Nozawa, Kazuhisa Miyoshi, Atsuhiro Kanda, Yasundo
Yamasaki, Hidekazu Miyake and Naosuke Matsuura
259-265
Behavioral and Pharmacological Studies on Gluten
Exorphin A5, a Newly Isolated Bioactive Food Protein Fragment, in Mice
Masakatsu Takahashi, Hiroko Fukunaga, Hiroshi Kaneto, Shin-ichi Fukudome
and Masaaki Yoshikawa
266-280
Activation of Cerebral Function by CS-932, a
Functionally Selective M1 Partial Agonist: Neurochemical Characterization
and Pharmacological Studies
Nobuyoshi Iwata, Masao Kozuka, Takao Hara, Tsugio Kaneko, Toshiyuki Tonohiro,
Masahiko Sugimoto, Yoichi Niitsu, Yusuke Kondo, Tsuneyuki Yamamoto, Jun-ichi
Sakai and Mitsuo Nagano
281-286
Dexamethasone or Triamcinolone Increases Follicular
Development in Immature Female Rats
Atsushi Tohei, Satoshi Sakamoto and Hiroshi Kogo
287-292
Partial Agonistic Effects of Carteolol on Atypical
b-Adrenoceptors in the Guinea Pig Gastric Fundus
Takahiro Horinouchi and Katsuo Koike
293-300
Effects of Maitake (Grifola frondosa)
Polysaccharide on Collagen-Induced Arthritis in Mice
Kazunori Shigesue, Noriko Kodama and Hiroaki Nanba
301-309
Pharmacological Characteristics of Inhibitory
Action of the Selective a1-Antagonist
JTH-601 on the Positive Inotropic Effect Mediated by a1-Adrenoceptors
in Isolated Rabbit Papillary Muscle
Xiaoying Qiao, Ikuo Norota and Masao Endoh
310-315
Effect of the Selective Adenosine A1-Receptor
Antagonist KW-3902 on Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Reductions in Urine Volume
and Renal Blood Flow in Anesthetized Dogs
Kozo Yao, Yasuhiro Ina, Ken Nagashima, Tetsuji Ohno and Akira Karasawa
316-324
Hypotensive Interaction of Sildenafil and Nicorandil
in Rats Through the cGMP Pathway but Not by KATP Channel Activation
Nobuhiko Ishizuka, Keiji Saito, Michitaka Akima, Shuzo Matsubara and Motoo
Saito
325-333
Correlation Between Adenine Nucleotide-Induced
Cyclic AMP Elevation and Extracellular Adenosine Formation in NG108-15 Cells
Satoko Ohkubo, Junko Kimura and Isao Matsuoka
334-338
Mechanisms of [2,3-Butanedione Bis(Nﾊ4-Dimethylthiosemicarbazone)]zinc
Megumi Kubota, Yasuhiko Iida, Yasuhiro Magata, Youji Kitamura, Hideaki Kawashima
and Hideo Saji
339-346
Cortical Astrocytes Exposed to Tributyltin Undergo
Morphological Changes In Vitro
Satomi Mizuhashi, Yuji Ikegaya, Nobuyoshi Nishiyama and Norio Matsuki
347-350
Effect of the Selective Adenosine A1-Receptor
Antagonist KW-3902 on Tubuloglomerular Feedback in Radiocontrast-Media-Induced
Nephropathy in Rats With Chronic Nitric Oxide Deficiency
Kozo Yao, Nils Heyne and Hartmut Osswald
351-354
Correction of Hyperglycemia and Insulin Sensitivity
by T-1095, an Inhibitor of Renal Na+-Glucose Cotransporters,
in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats
Akira Oku, Kiichiro Ueta, Kenji Arakawa, Tomomi Kano-Ishihara, Takeshi Matsumoto,
Tetsuya Adachi, Koichiro Yasuda, Kinsuke Tsuda, Katsuo Ikezawa and Akira
Saito
355-359
Effect of APGW-Amide on [Ca2+]i
in Rat Pheochromocytoma PC12 Cells
Xiao Yan Han, Yuzuru Ito, Yoshinori Nozawa, Yifa Jiang and Kenichi Matsunami
360-362
Periarterial Electrical Nerve Stimulation-Induced
Adrenergic Vasoconstriction Inhibited by Adrenergic a1B-Receptor
Blockade but Not by a1A-Blockade
Xiao-Ping Yang and Shigetoshi Chiba
363-366
Xanthine Oxidase-Derived Reactive Oxygen Species
Activate Nuclear Factor KappaﾊB During Hepatic Ischemia in Rats
Nobuaki Matsui, Ikuko Satsuki, Yuka Morita, Keiichi Inaizumi, Kazumi Kasajima,
Reiko Kanoh, Nobuyuki Fukuishi and Masaaki Akagi