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Professor Jerzy Maj - the 50th anniversary of his scientific activity. Disciples (p. 1) REVIEW - Effect of liposome molecular composition on its ability to carry drugs. Marek Langner (p. 3) REVIEW - Role of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) in anxiety. Robert Krysiak, Ewa Obuchowicz, Zbigniew S. Herman (p. 15) Five exon 1 variants of µ opioid receptor and vulnerability to alcohol dependence. Nicola Gscheidel, Thomas Sander, Birgit Wendel, Petra Heere, Lutz G. Schmidt, Hans Rommelspacher, Margret R. Hoehe, Jerzy Samochowiec (p. 27) Effects of alpha-escin on histomorphometrical parameters of long bones in rats with experimental post-steroid osteopenia. Urszula Cegieła, Maria Pytlik, Waldemar Janiec (p. 33) Topological potential of zwitterion analogues of cimetidine as H2 receptor antagonists. Vijay K. Agrawal, Shailja Sachan, Padmakar V. Khadikar (p. 39) PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION Synthesis and pharmacological characteristics of novel (Z)-3-arylidene-indolin-2(1H)-ones: preliminary results. Maria J. Mokrosz, Sijka Charakchieva-Minol, Aneta Kozioł, Aleksandra Kłodzińska, Ewa Chojnacka-Wójcik (p. 47) Papers of Fourth Conference on PROGRESS IN ETIOPATHOGENESIS OF SEIZURES (p. 53) Professor Zdzisław Kleinrok - the 50th anniversary of his scientific activity. Marian Wielosz (p. 53) Seizures evoked by mitochondrial toxin, 3-nitropropionic acid: new mechanism of epileptogenesis? Ewa M. Urbańska (p. 55) Effects of estrogens on seizures and neurotoxicity. Władysław Lasoń (p. 59) Pilocarpine-induced seizures in rodents - 17 years on. Waldemar A. Turski (p. 63) Perspectives for the use of excitatory amino acid ionotropic receptor antagonists as antiepileptic drugs. Stanisław J. Czuczwar (p. 67)

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REVIEW - Angiotensin-(1-7). One step forward? Włodzimierz Buczko, Iwona Kucharewicz (p. 75) Effect of repeated treatment with milnacipran on the central dopaminergic system. Zofia Rogóż, Wojciech Margas, Daniel Dlaboga, Marta Góralska, Marta Dziedzicka-Wasylewska, Jerzy Maj (p. 83) Supraspinally mediated analgesic effect of antidepressant drugs. Iwona Korzeniewska-Rybicka, Adam Płaźnik (p. 93) SHORT COMMUNICATION Effect of monoterpene derivative KP-19 on the pressor activity of catecholamines in rats. Tadeusz Librowski, Ryszard Czarnecki, Magdalena Jastrzębska, Jacek Sapa (p. 101) PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATIONS Repeated corticosterone administration increases excitatory effect of 5-HT4 receptor agonist in the rat hippocampus. Agnieszka Zahorodna, Krzysztof Tokarski, Maria Bijak (p. 107) Synergistic effect of amantadine and imipramine in the forced swimming test. Jerzy Maj, Zofia Rogóż (p. 111) Abstracts of the NINTH DAYS of NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY "DECADE of the BRAIN" (p. 123)

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REVIEW - Janusz Supniewski as a researcher of psychotropic drugs (on his 100th birthday). Jerzy Vetulani, Barbara Morawska-Nowak (p. 167) Memantine and ACPC affect conditioned place preference induced by cocaine in rats. Jolanta Kotlińska, Grażyna Biała (p. 179) Influence of opioid receptor antagonists on motor-impairing effects of benzodiazepines. Sylwia Fidecka, Romuald Langwiński (p. 187) Trandolapril attenuates acquisition of conditioned avoidance in rats. Jan J. Braszko, Leszek Pasławski, Wiesława Karwowska-Polecka, Adam Hołownia (p. 195) Lack of effect of repeated treatment with a glycineB receptor partial agonist on the amphetamine-induced hyperactivity in rats. Anna Wesołowska, Jolanta Borycz, Ewa Chojnacka-Wójcik, Edmund Przegaliński (p. 203) Influence of the aliphatic spacer length on the 5-HT1A receptor activity of new arylpiperazines with an indazole system. Maria H. Paluchowska, Beata Duszyńska, Aleksandra Kłodzińska, Ewa Tatarczyńska (p. 209) SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Residual pulmonary neutrophils are involved in vaso- and bronchoconstrictor responses to platelet activating factor in the isolated buffer-perfused rat lung. Stefan Chłopicki, Rafał Olszanecki, Jacek Jawień, Joanna B. Bartuś, Ryszard J. Gryglewski (p. 217) Effect of haloperidol treatment on immunoreactive neuropeptide Y secretion into lateral cerebral ventricle of rats. Ewa Obuchowicz, Zdzisław Stachura (p. 223) PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATIONS Effect of repeated desipramine and fluoxetine administration on post-adjuvant arthritis. Marta Kubera, Wanda Cyrul, Agnieszka Basta-Kaim, Bogusława Budziszewska, Monika Leśkiewicz, Vladimir Holan (p. 229) Plasma levels of interleukin-6, interleukin-10, and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in depression: comparison between the acute state and after remission. Marta Kubera, Gunter Kenis, Eugene Bosmans, Andrzej Zięba, Dominika Dudek, Gabriel Nowak, Michael Maes (p. 237)

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3,5-DHPG influences behavioral effects of baclofen in rats. Halina Car, Agnieszka Nadlewska, Konstanty Wiśniewski (p. 247) Therapeutic drug monitoring in depression. Maria Radziwoń-Zaleska, Halina Matsumoto, Michał Skalski, Wojciech Androsiuk, Anna Dziklińska, Paweł K. Kunicki (p. 255) Anticonvulsant action of chlormethiazole is prevented by subconvulsive amounts of strychnine and aminophylline but not by bicuculline and picrotoxin. Sławomir Pilip, Ewa M. Urbańska, Mariusz Świąder, Dariusz Włodarczyk, Zdzisław Kleinrok, Stanisław J. Czuczwar, Waldemar A. Turski (p. 267) Effect of MK-801 on pilocarpine-evoked seizures in mice exposed to transient incomplete brain ischemia. Robert Rejdak, Konrad Rejdak, Maria Sieklucka-Dziuba (p. 275) Anticonvulsant activity of p-chlorophenyl substituted arylsemicarbazones - the role of primary terminal amino group. Surendra N. Pandeya, Vibha Mishra, Ilangovan Ponnilavarasan, James P. Stables (p. 283) Effect of clofibrate on plasma lipid concentration and liver malic enzyme gene expression in rats with experimental chronic renal failure. Justyna Korczyńska, Ewa Stelmańska, Tomasz Niewęgłowski, Marek Szołkiewicz, Bolesław Rutkowski, Julian Świerczyński (p. 291) Comparison of motor reactivity of the human colon cold-stored in different preservative solutions to carbachol and noradrenaline in vitro. Yuichiro Kamikawa, Asako Shibukawa, Kohsuke Uchida, Shu-ichi Kojima, Atsushi Sakuma, Kei-ichi Kubota, Yasuo Ohno, Hideki Okudaira (p. 299) Trace-level determination of nifedipine in human serum by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography. Mohammed Zaater, Ezeldeen Hasan, Naji Najib (p. 307) PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATIONS Combined treatment with NMDA antagonist, CGP 37849, and sigma receptor agonists, SA4503 or DTG, decreases the neuroleptic-induced catalepsy in rats. Grażyna Skuza (p. 313) Influence of new monoterpene homologues of GABA on the central nervous system activity in mice. Tadeusz Librowski, Ryszard Czarnecki, Anna Mendyk, Magdalena Jastrzębska (p. 317) Experimental peritonitis in anuran amphibians is not suppressed by morphine treatment. Elżbieta Kolaczkowska, Elżbieta Menaszek, Rolf Seljelid, Barbara Plytycz (p. 323)

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Antidepressant drugs attenuate 7-OH-DPAT-induced hypoactivity in rats. Zofia Rogóż, Marta Dziedzicka-Wasylewska (p. 331) Influence of antiepileptics on efficacy of antidepressant drugs in forced swimming test. Grzegorz Szymczyk, Iwona Żebrowska-Łupina (p. 337) Two essential amino acids, L-lysine and L-histidine, in five types of experimental seizures. Kinga K. Borowicz, Mariusz Świąder, Rafał Kamiński, Hubert Kuźniar, Zdzisław Kleinrok, Stanisław J. Czuczwar (p. 345) Possible involvement of mGluR1 together with group II and III mGluRs in ibotenate-stimulated cAMP formation in the rat brain cortical slices. Agnieszka Pałucha, Piotr Brański, Bernadeta Kroczka, Andrzej Pilc (p. 353) Effects of some centrally active drugs on the allopregnanolone synthesis in rat brain. Lucylla Jaworska-Feil, Bogusława Budziszewska, Monika Leśkiewicz, Władysław Lasoń (p. 359) Influence of nitric oxide on the cardiovascular action of secretin in intact rats. Part A. Does nitric oxide influence the effect of secretin on arterial blood pressure? Ewa M. Sitniewska, Róża J. Wiśniewska, Konstanty Wiśniewski (p. 367) Influence of nitric oxide on the cardiovascular action of secretin in intact rats. Part B. Does nitric oxide influence the effect of secretin on isolated heart function? Ewa M. Sitniewska, Róża J. Wiśniewska, Konstanty Wiśniewski (p. 375) Different mechanisms of positive chronotropic actions of isoprenaline and noradrenaline on isolated guinea pig right atria revealed by pretreatment with rilmakalim. Ivan Kocić, Michał Dąbrowski, Jacek Petrusewicz (p. 383) SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Inter- and intra-individual variability of ethanol pharmacokinetics over a long period of time. Wojciech Piekoszewski, Wojciech Gubała (p. 389) An opioid receptor antagonist, naltrexone, does not alter taste and smell responses in humans. Anna Ścińska, Eliza Koroś, Elżbieta Polanowska, Andrzej Kukwa, Anna Bogucka-Bonikowska, Wojciech Kostowski, Bogusław Habrat, Przemysław Bieńkowski (p. 397) PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION Zinc exhibits an antidepressant-like effect in the forced swimming test in mice. Bernadeta Kroczka, Andrzej Zięba, Dominika Dudek, Andrzej Pilc, Gabriel Nowak (p. 403)

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Effects of corticosterone and its synthesis blockade on the cocaine-induced discriminative stimulus effects in rats. Małgorzata Filip, Ewa Nowak, Joanna Siwanowicz, Edmund Przegaliński (p. 411) Influence of adenosine receptor agonists and antagonists on amphetamine-induced stereotypy in rats. Ewa Poleszak, Danuta Malec (p. 423) Influence of D(-)CPP AND (±)CPP upon the protective action of conventional antiepileptic drugs against electroconvulsions in mice. Kinga K. Borowicz, Zdzisław Kleinrok, Stanisław J. Czuczwar (p. 431) Effect of acute and chronic administration of citalopram on glutamate and aspartate release in the rat prefrontal cortex. Krystyna Gołembiowska, Anna Dziubina (p. 441) Distribution interactions between perazine and antidepressant drugs. In vivo studies. Jacek Wójcikowski, Władysława A. Daniel (p. 449) PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATIONS Anxiolytic-like effect of nafadotride and PNU 99194A, dopamine D3 receptor antagonists, in animal models. Zofia Rogóż, Aleksandra Kłodzińska, Jerzy Maj (p. 459) Anxiolytic-like effects of group I metabotropic glutamate antagonist 2-methyl-6-(phenylethynyl)-pyridine (MPEP) in rats. Aleksandra Kłodzińska, Ewa Tatarczyńska, Ewa Chojnacka-Wójcik, Andrzej Pilc (p. 463) Effects of neuropeptides of the secretin/VIP/PACAP family on cyclic AMP formation in the chick hypothalamus and cerebral cortex. Jerzy Z. Nowak, Katarzyna Kuba, Jolanta B. Zawilska (p. 467) Influence of chronic imipramine administration on the CaM-KII activity in postsynaptic densities and synaptosomal plasma membrane fraction isolated from the rat frontal cortex and hippocampus. Piotr Brański, Agnieszka Pałucha, Joanna Wierońska, Bernadeta Kroczka, Barbara Kownacka, Andrzej Pilc (p. 473) Kynurenic acid does not protect against nicotine-induced seizures in mice. Jacek Kiś, Mirosław Czuczwar, Elżbieta Zielińska, Iwona Bojar, Stanisław J. Czuczwar, Waldemar A. Turski (p. 477) Suppressive effect of TRH and imipramine on human interferon-gamma and interleukin-10 production in vitro. Marta Kubera, Gunter Kenis, Eugene Bosmans, Lucylla Jaworska-Feil, Władysław Lasoń, Simone Scharpe, Michael Maes (p. 481)