Endocrine regulation of reproductive behaviorin the newt Cynops pyrrhogaster Toyoda, F., Kikuyama, K. 561
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Neurobiology
Microglial response factor (MRF)-1:Constitutive expression in ramified microglia and upregulation uponneurinal death induced by ischemia or glutamate exposure Tanaka, S., Kato, H., Koike, T. 571
Physiology
Sodium-sulfate symport by Aplysiacalifornica gut Gerencser, A. G., Levin, R. 579
Changes in the oscillatory electric potentialon the olfactory epithelium and in reproductive hormone levels duringthe breeding season in the toad (Bufo japonicus) Nakazawa, H., Ishii, S. 585
Spontaneous firing in the isolated anucleate axonalsegment of an identified crayfish motoneuron Muramoto, A. 593
Glycerinated catchapparatus of sea urchin spines: the effects of cations on its mechanicalproperties and ultrastructure Ogawa, C., Motokawa, T., Ishida, H., Matsuno, A. 603
Cell Biology
Nucleation ofastral-shaped microtubules from latex beads conjugated with MTOGproteins Sakai, H., Maruno, A., Sugawara, N., Takahashi, K., Hoshi, C., Nakamura,A., Nakamura, R., Shinozaki, N., Sato, M., Osumi, M. 609
Orientation ofsmooth muscle-derived A10 cells in culture by cyclic stretching:Relationship between stress fiber rearrangement and cellreorientaion Hayakawa, K., Hosokawa, A., Yabusaki, K., Obinata, T. 617
Immunology
Opsonin-independent and -dependent phagocytosis in the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi: galactose-specific lectin and complementC3 function as target-dependent opsonins Azumi, K., Ishimoto, R., Fujita, T., Nonaka, M., Yokosawa, H. 625
Developmental Biology
Both humoral mesenchymal factors and the closeassociation between the hepatic endoderm and mesenchyme can be involvedin liver formation of mouse embryos Abe, M., Shiojiri, N. 633
Reproductive Biology
Cloning and expression ofgenomic and complementary DNAs encoding an estrogen receptor in themedaka fish, Oryzias latipes Kawahara, T., Okada, H., Yamashita, I. 643
Molecular characterization of a cDNA encodingvitellogenin and its expression in the hepatopancreas and ovary duringvitellogenesis in the kuruma prawn, Penaeus japonicus Tsutsui, N., Kawazoe, I., Ohira, T., Jasmani, S., Yang, W.-J., Wilder,M. N., Aida, K. 651
Endocrinology
Epidermal growth factor stimulatesproliferation of mouse uterine epithelial cells in primary culture Shiraga, M., Komatsu, N., Teshigawara, K., Okada, A., Takeuchi, S.,Fukamachi, H., Takahashi, S. 661
Ecology
Possible removal of rival sperm by the elongated genitaliaof the earwig Euborellia plebeja Kamimura, Y. 667
Phytogeny
Intrageneric diversity of thecytochrome b gene and phylogeny of eurasian species of thegenus Mustela (Musteledae,Carnivora) Kurose, N., Abramov, A., Masuda, R. 673
Taxonomy
A new species of the genus Scopelocheirus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea) from OnagawaBay, Northeastern Japan Takekawa, A., Ishimaru, S.-I. 681
Phylogenetic relationships in thecoral family acroporidae, reassessed by inference from mitochondrialgenes Fukami, H., Omori, M., Hatta, M. 689
