journal of BASIC & CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY

VOLUME 12, NO. 1, 2001

contents

Prostaglandylinositol Cyclic Phosphate Synthase Activity in the Liver of Insulin-Resistant Rhesus Monkeys Before and After a Euglycemic Hyperinsulinemic Clamp

P.N. Shashkin, T. Meckmongkol, H.K. Wasmer, B.C. Hansen and H.K. Ortmeyel, USA, Germany...........1

Changes in Heart Rate Variability Following Acclimation to Heat

A. Frank, M. Belokopytov, D. Moran, Y. Shapiro, Y. Epstein, Israel ........19

Increased Cardiac Alpha-1-Adrenoceptor Density in Rats Following Treatment with Amiodarone

C.E. Budu, N. Balas, H. Nawrath, J.W. Wegener, A. Shainberg, Israel, Germany............33

Responses to Animated Contours of Neurons in Visual Cortex Area 18 of the Cat

T. Bregman and U. Yinon, Israel...........49

Lipid Peroxidation and Changes of Glutathione Peroxidase
Activity in Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation: Prognostic Value of Malondialdehyde

ü. Şahin, M. ünlü, F. Özgüner, R. Sütçü, A. Akkaya, N. Delibaş, Turkey ........59

Sperm Parameters Changes Induced by Azadirachta indica in Albino Rats

R.H. Aladakatti, R. Nazeer Ahamed, Mukhtar Ahmed, M.G. Ghosesawar, India.........69

L-Arginine Induced Changes in the Characteristics of Endothelial Relaxation

G. Öner and I. Bilgen, Turkey...........77