PJPHARMACOLOGY1`2004_a.vp:CorelVentura 7.0

POLISH JOURNAL of PHARMACOLOGY
VOL. 56 / 2004 / NUMBER 1
CONTENTS
OBITUARY – Professor Konstanty Wiœniewski, MD, PhD (1935–2003). W³odzimierz Buczko . . . 1
REVIEW – Adrenomedullin – what do we know 10 years since its discovery? Jerzy Be³towski,
Anna Jamroz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
REVIEW – Calcium modulation in epilepsy. Wojciech Ku³ak, Wojciech Sobaniec,
Katarzyna Wojtal, Stanis³aw J. Czuczwar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
REVIEW – g-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and its chemical modifications: A review of the
GHBergic system. Anna Waszkielewicz, Jacek Bojarski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Are glycine* sites involved in the development of morphine tolerance? Jolanta Kotliñska . . . . . 51
Competitive NMDA receptor antagonists and agonist: Effects on spontaneous alternation in
mice exposed to cerebral oligemia. Lucyna JóŸwiak, Krzysztof £ukawski, Stanis³aw J. Czuczwar,
Maria Sieklucka-Dziuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Allopurinol does not affect the anticonvulsant activity of carbamazepine and valproate in
maximal electroshock-induced convulsions in mice. Jolanta Parada-Turska, Miros³aw Czuczwar,
Jacek Kiœ, Piotr Czuczwar, Anna Cioczek, Jarogniew £uszczki, Stanis³aw J. Czuczwar . . . . . . . . . 67
Is anorexia in thioacetamide-induced cirrhosis related to an altered brain serotonin
concentration? Saida Haider, Sadia Saleem, Saima Shameem, Shahida P. Ahmed, Tahira Parveen,
Darakhshan J. Haleem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Monosodium glutamate affects the temporal characteristics of biochemical variables in Wistar
rats. Thamilarasan Manivasagam, Perumal Subramanian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Attenuation of oxidative stress-induced changes in thalassemic erythrocytes by vitamin E.
Nandita Das, Tapasi Das Chowdhury, Aindrila Chattopadhyay, Asoke G. Datta . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Antithrombotic effect of captopril and enalapril in young rats. W³odzimierz Buczko,
Andrzej Kubik, Iwona Kucharewicz, Ewa Chabielska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Influence of a new propranolol analogue on the rabbit myocardium in vitro. Edyta Olakowska,
Marek Olakowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
In vitro induction of cytochrome P450 enzymes in hepatocytes isolated from the regenerating
rat liver. Viola Tamási, Zsuzsanna Riedl, Ottó Dobozy, András Falus, László Vereczkey, Katalin
Monostory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Glycine prevents hepatic fibrosis by preventing the accumulation of collagen in rats with
alcoholic liver injury. Rajagopal Senthilkumar, Namasivayam Nalini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Immunophilin ligands decrease release of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1b, TNF-a and
IL-2) in rat astrocyte cultures exposed to simulated ischemia in vitro. Bo¿ena Gabryel,
Krzysztof £abuzek, Andrzej Ma³ecki, Zbigniew S. Herman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Intestinal absorption of digoxin and interaction with nimodipine in rats. Fatma S. Kilic,
Özlem Batu, Baºar Sirmagul, Engin Yildirim, Kevser Erol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Abstracts of Eighth Conference on PROGRESS IN ETIOPATHOGENESIS OF SEIZURES . . 145
Note to contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
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