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A History of Neurophysiology in the 19th Century by Mary A. B. Brazier.
Psychopharmacology: The Third Generation of Progress edited by H. Y. Meltzer.
Molecular Genetics of Neurological and Neuromuscular Disease (Advances in Neurology, Volume 48) edited by Stefano DiDonato, Salvatore DiMauro, Angelo Mamoli, and Lewis P. Rowland.
Molecular Neurobiology in Neurology and Psychiatry (Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease [ARNMD], Research Publications, Volume 65) edited by Eric R. Kandel.
Central Nervous System Disorders of Aging: Clinical Intervention and Research (Aging, Volume 33) edited by Randy Strong, W. Gibson Wood, and William J. Burk.
Animal Models of Dementia: A Synaptic Neurochemical Perspective (Neurology and Neurobiology, Vol. 33) edited by Joseph T. Coyle.     

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Excitotoxins edited by K. Fuxe, P. Roberts, and R. Schwarcz.
Physiology of Cell Aging edited by V. V. Frolkis.
Microscopy Handbooks 06: Lipid Histochemistry by Olga Bayliss High.     

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Ethics and Aging: The Right to Live, the Right to Die, edited by James E. Thornton and Earl R. Winkler
Medical Ethics, edited by Robert M. Veatch
A Casebook in Medical Ethics, by Terence F. Ackerman and Carson R. Strong     

BOOK REVIEW

Books reviewed in this article: A review of Orthodontics in an Aging Society, edited by David S. Carlson     

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Book reviews in this article:
Electrophysiological Techniques (Current Methods in Cellular Neurobiology, Vol. 3) edited by J. L. Barker and J. F. McKelvy.
Measurement of Neurotransmitter Release In Vivo edited by C. A. Marsden.
Effects of Aging on Regulation of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (Monographs in Neural Sciences, Vol. 11) edited by C. Fieschi, G. L. Lenzi, and C. W. Loeb.
Glutamine, Glutamate, and GABA in the Central Nervous System (Neurology and Neurobiology, Vol. 7) edited by L. Hertz, E. Kvamme, E. G. McGeer, and A. Schousboe (General Editors: V. Chan-Palay and S. L. Palay).
Cyclic Necleotide Phosphodiesterases (Advances in Cyclic Nucleotide and Protein Phosphorylation Research, Vol. 16) edited by S. J. Strada and W. J. Thompson (General Editors: P. Greengard and G. A. Robison).     

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Book Reviews in this Article:
Accountability of Bioethics Committees and Consultants by Sigrid Fry Revere.
Research Ethics in Practice : The Animal Ethics Committees in Sweden,
The Beginning of Human Life edited by Fritz K. Beller and Robert F. Weir. Dordecht
Dementia und Aging: Ethics, Values, ad Policy Choices , edited by Robert H. Binstock, Stephen G. Post and Peter J. White-house.
Least Worst Death — Essays in Bioethics on the End of Life by Margaret Pabst Battin.
All God's Mistakes — Genetic Counseling in a Pediatric Hospital by Charles L. Bosk.
Informed Consent: Patient Autonomy and Physician Beneficence within Clinical Medicine by Stephen Wear.     

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Senile Dementia: Outlook for the Future (Modern Aging Research, Vol. 5) edited by J. Wertheimer and M. Marois. Alan R. Liss
Nucleic Acid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology by W. I. P. Mainwaring, J. H. Parish, J. D. Pickering, and N. H. Mann.
Modulation of Sensorimotor Activity During Alterations in Behavioural States edited by R. Bandler. Alan R. Liss
Monoamine Innervation of Cerebral Cortex (Neurology and Neurobiolgy, Vol. 10) edited by L. Descarries, T. R. Reader, and H. H. Jasper, Alan R. Liss
Neurocommunications: An Introduction by I. C. Whitfield
Ionic Channels of Excitable Membranes by B. Hille
Metabolic Probes of Central Nervous System Activity in Experimental Animals and Man (Magnes Lecture Series, Vol. 1) by Louis Sokoloff
Neurobiology (The Clinical Neurosciences, Vol. V) edited by R. N. Rosenberg, R. G. Grossman, S. S. Schochet Jr., E. R. Heinz, W. D. Willis Jr.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Individual in Darwin's World, by S. J. Gould.
The Units of Evolution. Essays on the Nature of Species, edited by M; Ereshefsky.
Evolutionary Biology of Aging, by M. R. Rose
Genetic and Ecological Diversity, by L. M. Cook.
Evolutionary Genetics and Environmental Stress, by A. A. Hoffmann and P. A. Parsons.
Sodium Hunger, by J. Schulkin.
Practical Taxonomic Computing, by R. J. Pankhurst.     

Mitochondria and Aging

Cover illustration: Mitochondria and Aging, a special issue edited by Professor Heinz D. Osiewacz (Frankfurt, Germany), devoted to aging research and the involvement of mitochondria “from models to humans”. Depicted are a 3D section of a human cell with mitochondria shown in red (© NIH, see http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/illustrations/cellmitochondria) and from top to bottom: micrograph of mitochondria from the model organism Podospora anserina (© C. Scheckhuber, see p. 781), hand with pill (© Photodisc Inc.) and the worm Caenorhabditis elegans with typical senescent morphology (© B. Braeckman, see p. 803).     

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Books review in this article:
Glial Cell Receptors edited by H. K. Kimelberg
Pineal Research Reviews, Volume 6 , edited by Russel J. Reiter
Neural Darwinism: The Theory of Neuronal Group Selection by G. M. Edelman
Receptor Biochemistry and Methodology , edited by J. C. Venter and L. C. Harrison
Volume 8: Dopamine Receptors , edited by I. Creese and C. M. Fraser
Volume 9: Structure and Physiology of the Slow Inward Calcium Channel , edited by J. C. Venter and D. Triggle
The Alpha-1 Adrenergic Receptors edited by R. R. Ruffolo     

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Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with Reference to some Pacific and Western Atlantic Species, Volume 3, edited by Isabella A. Abbott
Conservation of Medicinal Plants edited by Olayiwola Akerele, Vernon Heywood & Hugh Synge
Introduction to Floriculture, 2nd Ed., edited by R. A. Larson
Plant Membranes: A Biophysical Approach to Structure, Development and Senescence by Ya'acov Y. Leshem
The Ecology o/Fynbos, edited by R. Cowling
A Dictionary of Plant Pathology, by P. Holliday
7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration 13 April to 31 July 1992. Catalogue by James J. White & Autumn M. Farole
Plant Growth: interactions with nutrition and environment, edited by J. R. Porter & D. W. Lawlor
Response of Plants to Multiple Stresses, edited by H. A. Mooney, W. E. Winner & E. J. Pell
Pollen and Spores: Patterns of Diversification, edited by S. Blackmore and S. H. Barnes
International Checklist for Hyacinths and Miscellaneous Bulbs, edited by J. van Scheepen
Atlas Florae Europaeae, 9 (Paeoniaceae to Capparaceae), edited by Jaakko Jalas & Juha Suominen
Nitrogen fixation, edited by M. Polsinelli, R. Materassi & M. Vincenzini
Crucifers of Great Britain and Ireland, by T.C.G. Rich
Micropropagation: Technology and Application, edited by P. C. Debergh & R. H. Zimmerman
Phytochemical Induction by Herbivores, edited by D. W. Tallamy & M. J. Raupp
Pattern Formation in Plant Tissues, by T. Sachs
Introduction to the Principles of Plant Taxonomy, 2nd ed, by V. V. Sivarajan (edited by N. K. B. Robson)
Signal Perception and Transduction in Higher Plants, edited by R. Ranjeva & A. M. Boudet
Plant Growth Substances 1988, edited by R. P. Pharis & S. B. Rood
Gibberellins, edited by N. Takahashi, B.O. Phinney & J. MacMillan     

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Serotonin Receptor Subtypes: Pharmacological Significance and Clinical Implications (International Academy for Biomedical and Drug Research, Vol.1) edited by S. Z. Langer, N. Brunello, G. Racagni, and J. Mendlewicz.
Protocols for Neural Cell Culture edited by S. Fedoroff and A. Richardson.
Molecular Genetic Approaches to Neuropsychiatric Disease edited by J. Brosius and R. T. Fremeau.
Insulin: Molecular Biology to Pathology edited by F. M. Ashcroft and S. J. H. Ashcroft.
Adenosine in the Nervous System edited by T. W. Stone.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Hypothalamic pituitary-Adrenal Axis: physiol-ogy, pathophysiology, and Psychiatric Implications edited by Alan F Schatzberg and Charles B Nemeroff.
Peptides (Neuromethods, Vol. 6) edited by A. A. Boul-ton, G. B. Baker, and Q. G. Pittman.
Trace Amines: Comparative and Clinical Neurobiology edited by A. A. Boulton, A. V. Juorio, and R. G. H. Downer.
Neurodegenerative Disorders: The Role Played by Endotoxins and Xenobiotics edited by G. Nappi, O. Hor-nykiewicz, R. G. Fariello, A. Agnoli, and H. Klawans.
The Neural and Behavioral Organization of Goal-Directed Movements by M. Jeannerod.
Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology (Vol. 10.) edited by L. Martini and W. F. Ganong.
Voltammetry in the Neurosciences edited by J. B. Justice, Jr.     

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Abstract: Book reviewed in this article:
Nutrition and the Brain , Vol. 8 by R. J. Wurtman and J. J. Wurtman.
Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology by D. M. Glick.
Antiepileptic Drugs (Third Edition) edited by R. H. Levy, F. E. Dreifuss, R. H. Mattson, B. S. Meldrum, and J. K. Penry.
Developmental Neurobiology (Nestlé Nutrition Workshop Series, Vol. 12) edited by P. Evrard and A. Minkowski.
Allosteric Modulation of Amino Acid Receptors: Therapeutic Implications (Fidia Research Foundation Symposium Series, Vol. 1) by E. A. Barnard and E. Costa.
Neurochemical Pharmacology—A Tribute to B. B. Brodie (Fidia Research Foundation Symposium Series, Vol. 2) edited by E. Costa.
Neuromethods Vol. 11: Carbohydrate and Energy Metabolism edited by A. A. Boulton, G. B. Baker, and R. F. Butterworth.
Adenosine and Adenosine Receptors edited by M. Williams.
Laughing Death: The Untold Story of Kuru by V. Zigas.
Psychoactive Drugs: Tolerance and Sensitization edited by A. J. Goudie and M. W. Emmett-Oglesby.
The NMDA Receptor edited by J. C. Watkins and G. L. Collingridge.
Basic and Clinical Aspects of Neuroscience (Vol. 3): The Role of Brain Dopamine edited by E. Flückiger, E. E. Müller, and M. O. Thorner.
Glycine Neurotransmission edited by O. P. Otterson and J. Storm-Mathisen.
The Neuropeptide Cholecystokinin (CCK): Anatomy and Biochemistry, Receptors, Pharmacology and Physiology edited by J. Hughes, G. Dockray, and G. Woodruff.     

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Ecology, Community and Lifestyle: Outline of an Ecosophy , by Arne Naess (translated and edited by David Rothenberg).
Restoration Ecology: A Synthetic Approach to Ecological Research , edited by W. R. Jordan, M. E. Gilpin and J. D. Aber.
Plankton Ecology: Succession in Plankton Communities , edited by Ulrich Sommer.
Biological Control of Pests, Pathogens and Weeds: Development and Prospects , edited by R. K. S. Wood and M.J. Way.
Large Scale Cell Culture Technology , edited by Bjorn K. Lydersen.
The Story of Silk , by J. Feltwell.
Ecological Experiments: Purpose, Design and Execution , by N. G. Hairston.N 0 5
Molecular Genetics and Comparative Evolution , by J. Langridge.     

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Book Review in This Article:
Electrophysiology , edited by D. I. Wallis.
Methods in Neurosciences, Vol. 13: Neuropeptide Analogs, Conjugates, and Fragments , edited by P. M. Conn.
Advances in Second Messenger and Phosphoprotein Research, Vol. 27: Model Systems in Signal Transduction , edited by S. Shenolikar and A. C. Nairn.     

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Advances in Neuroblastoma Research (Progress in Clinical and Biological Research , Vol. 175) edited by A. E. Evans, G. J. D'Angio, and R. C. Seeger. Alan R. Liss
Neurochemical Techniques in Insect Research edited by H. Breer and T. A. Miller.
Cell Culture in the Neurosciences edited by J. E. Bottenstein and G. Sato.
The Developing Brain and Its Disorders edited by M. Arima, Y. Suzuki, and H. Yabuuchi.
Neurobiology: Current Comparative Approaches edited by R. Gilles and J. Balthazart.     

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Ecophysiology of the Camelidae and Desert Ruminants, by Richard T. Wilson
Paleontology of Vertebrates, by Jean Chaline
The Tettigoniidae: Biology, Systematics and Evolution, edited by W. T. Bailey and D. C. F. Rentz
Behaviour of Pinnipeds, edited by D. Renouf
Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 5, edited by D. W. Macdonald, D. Muller-Schwarze and S. E. Natynczuk
The Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae), edited by A. Maitland Emmet & the late John Heath
Heterotypical Behaviour in Man and Animals, edited by M. Haug, P. F. Brain and C. Aron
Insect Life Cycles, Genetics, Evolution and Co-ordination, edited by F. Gilbert.
Grasshoppers and Allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland, by J. A. Marshall and E. C. M. Haes     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Seaweed Resources in Europe, Uses and Potential, edited by MN.D.Guiry & G. Blunden
The Waterlilies: a monograph of the genus Nymphaea, by Henry S. Conard with an introduction by Philip Swindells
Plant Cell and Tissue Culture, edited by J.W.Pollard & J.M.Walker
Mechanism of Fertilization: Plants to Humans, edited by Brian Dale     

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Book Review in This Aricle:
Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism Measurement edited by A. Hartmann and S. Hoyer.
Clinical Neurochemistry edited by H. S. Bachelard, G. G. Lunt, and C. D. Marsden.
The Rat Nervous System, Volume 2: Hindbrain and Spinal Cord edited by G. Paxinos.