Hundredth anniversary of the ``synapse'': I. A short history of the milestones in synapse research P. Anglade and S. Tsuji 533
Hundredth anniversary of the ``synapse'': II. Study of the cholinergic synapse S. Tsuji and P. Anglade 539
Physiology
An improved photoelectric method for recording motile responses of individual leucophores R. Fujii, T. Yamada, T. Fujita and N. Oshima 549
Endothelins disperse light-scattering organelles in leucophores of the medaka, Oryzias latipes T. Fujita and R. Fujii 559
Cholinergic inhibitory innervation of the cardioarterial valves in the isopod Bathynomus doederleini J. Okada, K. Kuwasawa, A. Kihara, Y.F. Tsukamoto and T. Yazawa 571
Uric acid as a nitrogen resource for the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens: Studies with synthetic diets and aposymbiotic insects Y. Hongoh and H. Ishikawa 581
Behavior Biology
Diversity of motor responses initiated by a wind stimulus in the freely moving cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus Y. Baba and T. Shimozawa 587
Cell Biology Cell Biology Cell Biology
Distribution of actin and tubulin in C6 glioma cells during arborization induced by cytochalasin D T. Kobayashi 595
Melatonin binding sites in the goldfish retina M. Ligo, R. Ohtani-Kaneko, M. Hara, K. Hirata and K. Aida 601
Molecular Biology
Nucleotide sequence of cDNA and the gene expression of testisspecific protein Y in the Japanese monkey H.-S. Kim, T. Kageyama, S. Nakamura and O. Takenaka 609
Biochemistry
Bombyxin F1 gene: Structure and expression of a new bombyxin family gene that forms a pair with bombyxin B10 gene I. Yoshida, S. Tsuzuki, S.E. Abdel Salam, M. Ino, A.M. Korayem, S. Sakurai and M. Iwami 615
Effect of micropylar morphology and size on rapid sperm entry into the eggs of the medaka T. Iwamatsu, K. Onitake, K. Matsuyama, M. Satoh, S. Yukawa 623
Does light-induced relief of cytochrome c oxidase from CO-induced inhibition result in photoreactivation of CO-inhibited respiration in sperm of sea urchin, oyster and fish? E. Tazawa, A. Fujiwara, Y. Kamata, K. Konishi, H. Ohta, H. Shimma and I. Yasumasu 629
The testis development in - to -instar nymphs of the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus A.C. Suzuki and K. Nishimura 637
Reproductive Biology
Cryopreservation of medaka spermatozoa K. Aoki, M. Okamoto, K. Tatsumi and Y. Ishikawa 641
Endocrinology
The study of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP)-like immunoreactivity in the brain of a teleost, stargazer, Uranoscopus japonicus K. Matsuda, S. Shioda, A. Arimura and M. Uchiyama 645
Hormonal alteration of synaptic input to Mauthner cells of the adult male red-bellied newts A. Matsumoto, F. Toyoda, T. Kouki and S. Kikuyama 651
Disturbed cell arrangement, increased cell membrane permeability and apoptotic cell death occur in adenomyotic uterine tissues in mice M. Yamashita and T. Mori 659
Structures immunoreactive with procine NPY in the caudal neurosecretory system of several fishes and cyclostomes S. Oka, A. Chiba and Y. Honma 665
Taxonomy
Radfordia (Microtimyobia) (Acari, Myobiidae) associated with arvicoline voles (Rodentia, Muridae) in Japan K. Uchikawa, K. Nakata and K. Takahashi 671
Tunic cuticular protrusions in ascidians (Chordata, Tuniata): A perspective of their character-state distribution E. Hirose, G. Lambert, T. Kusakabe and T. Nishikawa 683
A new species of Balaenophilus (Copepoda: Harpacticoida), an ectoparasite of a sea turtle in Japan K. Ogawa, K. Matsuzaki and H. Misaki 691
Animal Diversity and Evolution
groE-homologous operon of Wolbachia, an intracellular symbiont of arthropods: A new approach for their phylogeny S. Masui, T. Sasaki and H. Ishikawa 701
