Volume 51, Number 1,2
CONTENTS
February2004

Reviews

β1-integrins and glomerular injury 1
Shoji Kagami, Shuji Kondo
Clinical utility of FDG PET 14
Hideki Otsuka, Michael Graham, Akiko Kubo, Hiromu Nishitani
Identification of possible protein machinery involved in the thermogenic function of brown adipose tissue 20
Kazuaki Kajimoto, Naoshi Yamazaki, Masatoshi Kataoka, Hiroshi Terada, Yasuo Shinohara
Originals

Effects of cardiotrophin-1 on hemodynamics and cardiomyocyte apoptosis in rats with acute myocardial infarction 29
Yin Ruixing, Yang Dezhai, Li Jiaquan
Less contribution of the nicotinic cholinergic and α2-adrenergic action of high acetaldehyde concentration on the inhibition of intestinal ethanol absorption 38
Hiroshi Kinoshita, Iwao Ijiri, Setsuko Ameno, Shigeru Hishida, Kiyoshi Ameno
Role of unbalanced growth of Gram-negative bacteria in ileal ulcer formation in rats treated with a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug 43
Mari Hagiwara, Keiko Kataoka, Hideki Arimochi, Tomomi Kuwahara, Yoshinari Ohnishi
Single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis of the FMR1 gene in autistic and mentally retarded children in Japan 52
Kumi Shinahara, Takahiko Saijo, Kenji Mori, Yasuhiro Kuroda
Difference of signal change by a language task on autistic patients using functional MRI 59
Mayumi Takeuchi, Masafumi Harada, Kenji Matsuzaki, Hiromu Nishitani, Kenji Mori
Inhibitory effect of FK506 and Cyclosporine A on the growth and invasion of human liver cancer cells 63
Manabu Sakai, Hidenori Miyake, Seiki Tashiro, Yuushi Okumura, Hiroshi Kido
Changes of lymphatic flow in case of pancreatic duct obstruction in the pig -as a model of pancreatic cancer- 70
Miho Kurahashi, Hidenori Miyake, Toshihide Takagi, Seiki Tashiro
Protective effect of FK506 and Thromboxane synthase inhibitor on ischemia-reperfusion injury in non-heart-beating donor in rat orthotopic liver transplantation 76
Katsuya Sasaki, Hidenori Miyake, Takafumi Kinoshita, Shizuo Ikeyama, Seiki Tashiro
Experimental study of the evaluation of liver function on the opposite side during portacaval anastomosis and ligation of the left portal branch 84
Kazuo Matsuyama, Yoh Fukuda, Hidenori Miyake, Shiro Yogita, Seiki Tashiro
Effects of unilateral sciatic neurectomy on growing rat femur as assessed by peripheral quantitative computed tomography, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and bending test 96
Hiroshi Yonezu, Shinjiro Takata, Akira Shibata
Experimental model for irradiating a restricted region of the rat brain using heavy-ion beams 103
Xue-Zhi Sun, Sentaro Takahashi, Yoshihisa Kubota, Rui Zhang, Chun Cui, Kumie Nojima, Yoshihiro Fukui
Case reports

Real-time measurement of frozen gait in patient with parkinsonism using a sensor-controlled walker 108
Tetsuya Tanioka, Yoshihiro Kai, Takuya Matsuda, Yoshio Inoue, Kenichi Sugawara, Yoichiro Takasaka, Akio Tsubahara, Yasuko Matsushita, IsaoNagamine, Toshiko Tada, Fumiko Hashimoto
A walking support/evaluation machine for patients with parkinsonism 117
Yoshihiro Kai, Tetsuya Tanioka, Yoshio Inoue, Takuya Matsuda, Kenichi Sugawara, Youichiro Takasaka, Isao Nagamine
Investigation of QOL of hospice patients by using EORTC-QLQ-C30questionnaire 125
Toshiko Tada, Fumiko Hashimoto, Yasuko Matsushita, Yoshiyasu Terashima, Tetsuya Tanioka, Isao Nagamine, Hiroko Fujioka, Nahoko Akiyama

AdobeR Acrobat ReaderR is software that lets you view and print PDF files. It may be downloaded for free by clicking the image below.