Table of Contents

Hajime Mushiake, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Naohiro Saito, Toshiro Inui, Kazuyuki Aihara, Jun Tanji: Involvement of the prefrontal cortex in dynamical representations in problem solving situations
Robert Nisticò, Sheila L Dargan, Stephen M Fitzjohn, Graham L Collingridge and Zuner A Bortolotto:
GLUK1 receptor antagonists and hippocampal mossy fibre function
Ichiro Sora, Yoshiyuki Kasahara, Kazutaka Ikeda, F. Scott Hall, George R. Uhl: Monoamine transporter as a target molecule for psychostimulants
Daniele Piomelli and Giuseppe Astarita: Targeted lipidomics as a tool to investigate endocannabinoid function
Silvana Gaetani, Pasqua Dipasquale, Adele Romano, Laura Righetti, Tommaso Cassano, Daniele Piomelli and Vincenzo Cuomo: The endocannabinoid system as a target for novel anxiolytic and antidepressant drugs
Giovanni Biggio: GABAA Receptor Function and Gene Expression during Pregnancy and Post Partum
Machiko Matsumoto, Mitsuhiro Yoshioka, Hiroko Togashi: Early postnatal stress and neural circuits underlying emotional regulation
Naoko Takino, Eiko Sakurai, Kazuhiko Yanai: Roles of histaminergic neurotransmission on methamphetamine-induced locomotor sensitization
Patrizia Campolongo, Viviana Trezza, Vincenzo Cuomo: Developmental exposure to cannabinoids causes subtle and enduring neurofunctional alterations
Masabumi Minami: Neuronal mechanisms for pain-induced aversion: Behavioral studies using a conditioned place aversion test
Lucia Negri, Elisa Giannini, Roberta Lattanzi, and Pietro Melchiorri:
Bv8/Prokineticins and their receptors: A new pronociceptive system
Kazuhide Inoue, Schuichi Koizumi, Ayako Kataoka, Hidetoshi Tozaki-Saitoh, Makoto Tsuda: P2Y6-evoked microglial phagocytosis
Takehiko Maeda, Shiroh Kishioka: PPAR and pain
Norikazu Kiguchi, Takehiko Maeda, Yuka Kobayashi, Fumihiro Saika, Shiroh Kishioka: Involvement of inflammatory mediators in neuropathic pain caused by vincristine
Koichi Tan-No, Hiroaki Takahashi, Osamu Nakagawasai, Fukie Niijima, Shinobu Sakurada, Georgy Bakalkin, Lars Terenius, Takeshi Tadano: Intrathecal N-ethylmaleimide, a cysteine protease inhibitor, produces nociceptive behavior through inhibition of dynorphin degradation
Takaaki Komatsu, Sou Katsuyama, Kengo Sanai, Shinobu Sakurada, Tsukasa Sakurada: Mechanism of allodynia in mice evoked by intrathecal morphine-3-glucuronide
Tsukasa Sakurada, Hikari Kuwahata, Takaaki Komatsu, Soh Katsuyama, Giacinto Bagetta, Luigi A. Morrone, Maria T. Corasaniti, Shinobu Sakurada: Intraplantar injection of bergamot essential oil and linalool into the mouse hindpaw: Effects on capsaicin-induced nociceptive response in mice
Hirokazu Mizoguchi, Chizuko Watanabe, Akihiko Yonezawa, Shinobu Sakurada: Aspect for gene-based therapy against neuropathic pain
Julie Marchaland, Corrado Cali, Paola Spagnuolo and Paola Bezzi: Regulated exocytosis from astrocytes: physiological and pathological aspects
Marco Milanese, Simona Zappettini, Tiziana Bonifacino, Francesca Parodi, Cesare Usai, Giambattista Bonanno: Glutamate release from astrocytic gliosomes under physiological and pathological conditions
Jin-ichi Inokuchi: Neurotrophic and neuroprotective actions of an enhancer of ganglioside biosynthesis
Elisa Landucci, Francesca Boscia, Rolando Berlinguer Palmini, Lucio Annunziato, Guido Mannaioni, Flavio Moroni & Domenico E. Pellegrini-Giampietro: Involvement of endocannabinoid signalling in the neuroprotective effects of mGlu1 receptor antagonists in models of cerebral ischemia
Ilenia Sarnico, Annamaria Lanzillotta, Marina Benarese, Manuela Alghisi, Pierfranco Spano and Marina Pizzi: NF-kappaB factors in the regulation of neuronal vulnerability
Norifumi Shioda, Feng Han, Kohji Fukunaga: Role of Akt and ERK signaling in the neurogenesis following brain ischemia
Rossella Russo, Luigi A Morrone, Carlo Nucci, Cristina Tassorelli, Domenicantonio Rotiroti, M. Tiziana Corasaniti and Giacinto Bagetta: Identification of novel pharmacological targets to minimize excitotoxic retinal damage
Flavio Moroni: Differential role of PARP1 and PARP2 in post-ischemic brain damage.
Diana Amantea, M.C. Marrone, Robert G. Nisticò, Mauro Federici, Giacinto Bagetta, Giorgio Bernardi and Nicola B. Mercuri: Oxidative stress in stroke pathophysiology: validation of hydrogen peroxide metabolism as a pharmacological target to afford neuroprotection

About the Author

Giacinto Bagetta is Professsor of Pharmacology and works in the Department of Pharmacy, Health Science and Nutrition
at University of Calabria, Arcavata di Rende, Italy.