Full Papers

110-116
Protective Effect of FR183998, a Na⁺/H⁺ Exchange Inhibitor, Against Postischemic Injury After Normothermic and Prolonged Hypothermic Ischemia in Isolated Perfused Rat Hearts
Fumihiro Ohara, Nobuhiro Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Maeda, Toru Ozaki, Jiro Seki and Toshio Goto

117-124
Lowered Susceptibility of Muscarinic Receptor Involved in Salivary Secretion of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats
Masahito Watanabe, Hisako Yamagishi-Wang and Mitsuru Kawaguchi

125-133
Inhibition by Clonidine of the Carbachol-Induced Tension Development and Nonselective Cationic Current in Guinea Pig Ileal Myocytes
SeungSoo Chung, SeongChun Kwon, YunSuk Kim, DuckSun Ahn, YoungHo Lee and TaickSang Nam

134-142
Role of Adenosine in Renal Protection Induced by a Brief Episode of Ischemic Preconditioning in Rats
Haruko Sugino, Hideyo Shimada and Kanji Tsuchimoto

143-150
Effect of b-Hydroxybutyrate, a Cerebral Function Improving Agent, on Cerebral Hypoxia, Anoxia and Ischemia in Mice and Rats
Motohisa Suzuki, Mayumi Suzuki, Kazunori Sato, Sekiko Dohi, Takashi Sato, Akihiro Matsuura and Atsushi Hiraide

151-157
Efficacy of the Inflammatory Cell Infiltration Inhibitor IS-741 on Colitis Induced by Dextran Sulfate Sodium in the Rat
Shuichi Yotsuya, Hiroshi Shikama and Masashi Imamura

158-163
Acidosis Inhibits Gallbladder Contraction Mediated by Protein Kinase C Activation
Yasuro Kataoka, Hidehisa Masui, Nobuo Iwata and Ichiro Wakabayashi

Short Communications

164-166
Beneficial Effect of a-Tocopherol in Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion in Rats
Ernani Luís Rhoden, Luiz Pereira-Lima, Cláudio Telöken, Márcio Luís Lucas, Adriane Belló-Klein and Cláudia Ramos Rhoden

167-170
Effects of Olopatadine Hydrochloride on the Cutaneous Vascular Hyperpermeability and the Scratching Behavior Induced by Poly-L-Arginine in Rats
Ken-ichi Hayashi, Toshihiko Kaise, Kenji Ohmori, Akio Ishii and Akira Karasawa