Professor Sławomir S. Rump, M.D., D.Sc. Physician, pharmacologist, toxicologist, scientific advisor (1929–2009) Marek Kowalczyk EditorialNotes 30 December 2009 Pages: 593 - 594
Role of NF-κB in the pathogenesis of diabetes and its associated complications Sandip PatelDev Santani Review 30 December 2009 Pages: 595 - 603
Serum cortisol concentration in patients with major depression after treatment with clomipramine Jadwiga PiwowarskaMałgorzata WrzosekJan Pachecka OriginalPaper 30 December 2009 Pages: 604 - 611
Prenatal stress decreases glycogen synthase kinase-3 phosphorylation in the rat frontal cortex Magdalena SzymańskaAnna SuskaWładysław Lasoń OriginalPaper 30 December 2009 Pages: 612 - 620
2-Methyl-6-phenylethynyl-pyridine (MPEP), a non-competitive mGluR5 antagonist, differentially affects the anticonvulsant activity of four conventional antiepileptic drugs against amygdala-kindled seizures in rats Kinga K. BorowiczJarogniew J. ŁuszczkiStanisław J. Czuczwar OriginalPaper 30 December 2009 Pages: 621 - 630
Bradykinin receptor antagonists and cyclooxygenase inhibitors in vincristine- and streptozotocin-induced hyperalgesia Magdalena BujalskaHelena Makulska-Nowak OriginalPaper 30 December 2009 Pages: 631 - 640
Optimization of lidocaine application in tumescent local anesthesia Krystyna GłowackaKrystyna Orzechowska-JuzwenkoMagdalena Hurkacz OriginalPaper 30 December 2009 Pages: 641 - 653
Effect of HMG-CoA (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA) reductase inhibitors on the concentration of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in hypercholesterolemic patients Janusz SzkodzińskiWojciech RomanowskiBarbara Zubelewicz-Szkodzińska OriginalPaper 30 December 2009 Pages: 654 - 664
Beneficial effects of L-arginine against diabetes-induced oxidative stress in gastrointestinal tissues in rats Nitin I. KocharSudhir N. Umathe OriginalPaper 30 December 2009 Pages: 665 - 672
Accelerated thrombus lysis in the blood of plasminogen activator inhibitor deficient mice is inhibited by PAI-1 with a very long half-life Jerzy JankunAnsari M. AleemEwa Skrzypczak-Jankun OriginalPaper 30 December 2009 Pages: 673 - 680
Effects of taurine on contractions of the porcine coronary artery Yu LiuLonggang NiuMingsheng Zhang OriginalPaper 30 December 2009 Pages: 681 - 689
Association of the MDR1 (ABCB1) gene 3435C>T polymorphism with male infertility Marek DroździkJoanna StefankiewiczMateusz Kurzawski OriginalPaper 30 December 2009 Pages: 690 - 696
Effects of escin on acute inflammation and the immune system in mice Tian WangFenghua FuXiumei Zhang OriginalPaper 30 December 2009 Pages: 697 - 704
Endogenous steroids are responsible for lactoferrin-induced myelopoiesis in mice Michał ZimeckiJolanta ArtymMaja Kocięba OriginalPaper 30 December 2009 Pages: 705 - 710
Fluoroquinolones lower constitutive H2AX and ATM phosphorylation in TK6 lymphoblastoid cells via modulation of the intracellular redox status H. Dorota HalickaDaniel J. SmartZbigniew Darzynkiewicz OriginalPaper 30 December 2009 Pages: 711 - 718
Circadian time-dependent chemopreventive potential of withaferin-A in 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced oral carcinogenesis Shanmugam ManoharanKuppusamy PanjamurthyLakshmanan Vellaichamy OriginalPaper 30 December 2009 Pages: 719 - 726
Synthesis and pharmacological properties of a new fluorescent opioid peptide analog Monika LukowiakPiotr KossonAndrzej W. Lipkowski Short communication 30 December 2009 Pages: 727 - 731
Influence of orphenadrine upon the protective activity of various antiepileptics in the maximal electroshock-induced convulsions in mice Mirosław CzuczwarJacek CięszczykWaldemar A. Turski Short communication 30 December 2009 Pages: 732 - 736
Characterization of acute adverse-effect profiles of selected antiepileptic drugs in the grip-strength test in mice Anna ZadrożniakEwa WojdaJarogniew J. Łuszczki Short communication 30 December 2009 Pages: 737 - 742
Neuroprotective effect of N-acetylcysteine in neurons exposed to arachidonic acid during simulated ischemia in vitro Natalia PawlasAndrzej Małecki Short communication 30 December 2009 Pages: 743 - 750
Kynurenic acid protects against the homocysteine-induced impairment of endothelial cells Katarzyna WejkszaWojciech RzeskiWaldemar A. Turski Short communication 30 December 2009 Pages: 751 - 756