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Department on Biometrics
and Statistics was established at the Neuroendocrinology Letters on
April 15, 2005. Professor Miroslav Mikulecky M.D., DrSc. was
appointed to chair this department.
Editorial
Office in New York- 21-Sep-2004
Today, an additional Editorial Office of the Neuroendocrinology Letters
was opened in
New York, with the following address: Neuroendocrinology Letters Neurosciences Research Institute
SUNY Old Westbury
223 Store Hill Road
Old Westbury, NY 115 68, USA
APPOINTMENT
Professor George
B. Stefano, Ph.D.,
State University of New York, Director,
Old Westbury Neuroscience Institute, New York, USA, who currently serves
as a Member of the Board of Associate Editors, has kindly accepted my
invitation to the position of the
Deputy Chief Editorof the Neuroendocrinology Letters.
- 20-Sep-2004
APPOINTMENT
Professor Cyril
Höschl, M.D., DrSc., MRCPsych,
Director, Prague Psychiatric Center,
3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles Universtiy, Prague, Czech Republic,
who currently serves
as a Member of the Board of Editors, has kindly accepted my invitation
to the position of the
Honorary Editorof the Neuroendocrinology Letters.
- 19-Nov-2004
APPOINTMENT
Prof. Ernest
Adeghate MD, MFM, PhD, Department of Anatomy,
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University,
Al Ain,
United Arab Emirates, has kindly accepted my invitation to the position
of the
Member of the Board of Editors of the Neuroendocrinology Letters.
- 5-Jan-2005
APPOINTMENT
Assoc. Prof. Daniela
Jeová, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology,
Centre of Excellence EU, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak
Republic,
has kindly accepted my invitation to the position of the
Member of the Board of Editors of the Neuroendocrinology Letters.
- 21-Jan-2005
ANNOUNCEMENT
Neuroendocrinology Letters, as you know, has been steadily growing as
noted by an increase in both its readership and impact factor. This
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In order to maintain this upward growth in Neuroendocrinology Letters
we will be instituting a policy of Editorial Board membership rotation
that will bring us even newer strategies for advancement.
Dr. Peter G Fedor-Freybergh Editor-in-Chief: Neuroendocrinology Letters
Dr. George B. Stefano Deputy-Editor-in Chief: Neuroendocrinology Letters - 15-Oct-2004
APPOINTMENTS
Professor Vladimir
Krcmery, M.D., PhD., DrSc.,
was appointed as Honorary Editorof the Neuroendocrinology
Letters. This nomination is valid as from today.
- 15-Oct-2004
Following colleagues
were appointed as Members of the Board of Editors of the Neuroendocrinology
Letters:
Dr. Geert Baggerman,
K.U.Leuven, Belgium
Dr. Enrica Bianchi,
Università di Siena, Siena, Italy
Dr. Thomas V.
Bilfinger, University Hospital at Stony Brook, Stony
Brook, NY, USA
Dr. Patrick Cadet,
Neuroscience Research Institute, SUNY Old Westbury, NY, USA
Dr. Tobias Esch,
Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
Dr. Gregory Fricchione,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Dr. Wei Zhu,
Neuroscience Research Institute, SUNY Old Westbury, NY, USA
These nominations are valid as from today.
- 15-Oct-2004
APPOINTMENT
We welcome most cordially Ivana
Drtilková,
MD, PhD., Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at
the Medical Faculty, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republicas
Member of the Board of Associate Editors of the Neuroendocrinology Letters
- 1-Sep-2004
Impact
Factor
for Neuroendocrinology Letters as released by ISI in June, 2004 is 1.59.
1-Jul-2004
APPOINTMENT
It is with pleasure that I can inform you about appointment of Professor
Wadie T. Abed,
B Sc(Pharm), Ph.D., Faculty of Pharmacy & Medical Sciences,
Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Jordan as Member of the Board
of Editors of the Neuroendocrinology Letters
- 3-Aug-2004
ZDENEK
KLEIN AWARD
For the year 2003 the Zdenek Klein Award was granted to Professor
Olga Quadens, the Netherlands, for her Review paper entitled
Order
and Disorder in the brain function published
in the NEL 2003, Vol. 24, Nos. 3/4, pp.151160.
Recipients 2001: JAMES V. KOHL, MICHAELA ATZMÜLLER,
BERNHARD FINK & KARL GRAMMER, for their paper: "Human
Pheromones: Integrating Neuroendocrinology and Ethology" which
was published in the Neuroendocrinology Letters including Psychoneuroimmunology,
Neuropsychopharmacology, Reproductive Medicine, Chronobiology and Human
Ethology, Volume 22 No. 5, October 2001, where also more details about
this award were given by the Editor-in-Chief.
Familial
occurrence of myoclonic epilepsy syndrome and acute intermittent porphyria Key words:
myoclonic epilepsy syndrome,progressive myoclonic epilepsy, "Baltic
myoclonus", antiepileptic drugs, acute intermittent porphyria
Pavel Varsik 1, Darina Buranová 1, Branislav Kollár
1, Pavel Traubner 1, Peter Boek 2,
Miroslav Mikulecký 3
1 1st Department of Neurology Medical School, Comenius University, Bratislava,
Slovak Republic
2 Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Haematology, Hospital of Ministry
of Interior, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
3 1st Department of Internal Medicine Medical School, Comenius University,
Bratislava,
Slovak Republic
Case
Report Riedel's
Thyroiditis in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis
Pirkko Kotilainen,
Laura Airas, Tiina Kojo, Timo Kurki, Kaisa Kataja,
Heikki Minn & Pirjo Nuutila
Departments of 1 Medicine, 2 Neurology and 3Neuroradiology, Turku University
Central Hospital, Turku, Finland, and 4Turku PET Centre, University of
Turku, Turku, FINLAND
Opioids
are responsible for neurochemical feminization of the brain in prenatally
stressed male rats Key words:
prenatal stress, sexual brain differentiation, testosterone metabolism,
catecholamines, opioids, naltrexone
Alexander G. Reznikov, Nadezhda D. Nosenko, Larisa V. Tarasenko
Department of Endocrinology of Reproduction and Adaptation,
Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kiev, UKRAINE
Effects
of prolactin on hypothalamic supraoptic neurones: evidence for modulation
of STAT5 expression and electrical activity.
Running Title: Prolactin effects on supraoptic neurones Key words:
prolactin, supraoptic nucleus, STST5, electrical activity, oxytocin neurones,
vasopressin neurones
Julie Townsend, Belinda Cave, Michael R. Norman,
A. Flynn, James B. Uney,
Domingo J. Tortonese and Jon B. Wakerley
1 Dept. of Anatomy, University of Bristol, Pre-clinical Veterinary School,
Southwell St, Bristol,
2 Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology,
University of Bristol, Dorothy Hodgkin Building, NY, UNITED KINGDOM
Treatment
of autoimmune ovarian damage in adolescent girls Key words:
autoimmune ovarian damage, antiovarian autoantibodies, adolescent, menstrual
cycle disorder, hormonal replacement therapy
Hana Mlcochová 1, Jan Horeji 1, Jindrich Martínek
2, Radka Veteniková-Koubová 1,
Tomá Kucera 2
1. Dept. of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 2nd Medical Faculty,
2. Institution of Histology and Embryology, 1st Medical Faculty
Charles University Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
Urinary
6-Sulfatoxymelatonin Excretion in Humans during Domestic Exposure to 50
Hertz Electromagnetic Fields
Running headline: 6-OHMS excretion and 50-Hertz EMF exposure
Pierluigi Cocco, Maria Elisabetta Cocco, Loredana Paghi,
Giuseppe Avataneo, Alessio Salis, Michele Meloni, Sergio
Atzeri, Giorgio Broccia 1, Maria Grazia Ennas 2,
Thomas C. Erren 3 and Russel J. Reiter 4
Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Section, University of
Cagliari; ITALY
1 Department of Haematology, Oncology Hospital A. Businco,
Local Health Unit 8, Cagliari, ITALY;
2 Department of Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari, ITALY;
3 Institute and Policlinic for Occupational and Social Medicine, School
of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, GERMANY
4 Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, The University of Texas
Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
Inhibitory
effects of adrenomedullary hormone on the induction and growth of fibrosarcoma
by methylcholanthrene
Running head: Adrenal medulla and tumor growth Key words: methylchoranthrene-induced
fibrosarcoma; adrenomedullectomy; adrenomedullary autotransplantation;
epinephrine; adrenergic ß2-receptor; antitumor mechanism
Michiro Yanagisawa 1 and Takashi Kachi 2
Department of Anatomy, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Zaifucho
5, Hirosaki, JAPAN.
Investigation
of Serum Leptin Levels in Professional Male Football Players and Healthy
Sedentary Males
Short Title: Serum Leptin in Professional Male Football
Players Key
Words:
Leptin, exercise, Max VO2, BMI, lactate
Mehmet Unal 1, Durisehvar Ozer Unal 2, Abdulkerim Kasim
Baltaci 3, Rasim Mogulkoc 3,
Abidin Kayserilioglu 1
1 Istanbul University Istanbul School of Medicine, Department of Sport
Medicine, Istanbul-TURKEY
2 Bogazici University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Istanbul-TURKEY
3 Selcuk University, Meram School of Medicine, Department of Physiology,
Konya-TURKEY
Letter Association
of G-Protein Beta-3 Subunit Gene (GNB3) T825 Allele with type II diabetesby
Jawad Kiani, Mohammad Saeed, S. Hasan Parvez and
Philippe M. Frossard
1 Medical College and
2 Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, The Aga Khan University,
Karachi, PAKISTAN
3 Neuroendocrinology and Neuropharmacology Unit, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette,
FRANCE
Review
Article Adrenal
cortex the next biological clock? Marek
Pawlikowski
Department of Experimental Endocrinology and Hormone Diagnostics, Chair
of Endocrinology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, POLAND.
Editorial
Love and Stress Key
words:
love; stress; morphine; evolution; cognition; nitric oxide George
B. Stefano and Tobias Esch
1 Neuroscience Research Institute, State University of New York, College
at Old Westbury,
Old Westbury, NY 11568, USA.
2 Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Institute for General
Practice and Family Medicine,
Schumannstrasse 20/21, 10117 Berlin, GERMANY.
Review Article The
Neurobiology of Love
Tobias Esch
1, 2 & George B. Stefano 2
1,2 Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Institute for General
Practice and Family Medicine,
Schumannstrasse 20/21, 10117 Berlin, GERMANY.
2 Neuroscience Research Institute, State University of New York, College
at Old Westbury, Old Westbury, NY 11568, USA.
Essay Love
Promotes Health
Tobias Esch1,2 and George B. Stefano2
1 Charité University Medicine Berlin, Institute for
General Practice and Family Medicine,
Schumannstrasse 20/21, 10117 Berlin, GERMANY
2 Neuroscience Research Institute, State University of New York, College
at Old Westbury, Old Westbury, NY 11568, USA
First
cases in the Czech Republic of the
Hallervorden-Spatz Disease resulting from mutation in the Pantothenate
Kinase 2 Gene Key words: differential diagnosis; Hallervorden-Spatz
disease; pantothenate kinase gene; PANK2
Alena Zumrová 1, 3, Anna Krepelová 1, Martin
Kynèl 2, Tatána Maøíková
1, Milue Proková 3,
Renáta Cíbochová 3, Vìra Sebroòová
3 & Vladimír Komárek 1, 3
1 Neurogenetic Centre, 2nd Faculty of Medicine of Charles University
and Faculty Hospital Motol;
2 Department of Neuroimaging Methods, 2nd Faculty of Medicine of Charles
University and Faculty
Hospital Motol;
3 Department of Child Neurology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine of Charles
University and Faculty Hospital Motol, CZECH REPUBLIC
DNA
double-helix binds regulatory peptides similarly to transcription factors
Vladimir Khavinson1, Larisa Shataeva 2 & Anna Chernova
3
1. St.Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology, North-Western
Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Science, 3, Dynamo Prospect,
St-Petersburg, 197110, Russia.
2. Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences,
31, Bolshoy Pr., St.Petersburg, 199004, RUSSIA.
3. Centre for Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Institute, University
of Oxford, 24-29 St Giles', Oxford 0X1 3LB, UNITED KINGDOM
Survivin
expression in pituitary adenomas Key words:
survivin, pituitary, adenomas
Ryszard Wasko, Anna Jankowska, Joanna Waligorska-Stachura,
Miroslaw Andrusiewicz, Magdalena Jaskula and Jerzy Sowinski
1 University of Medical Sciences in Poznan; Department of Endocrinology,
Metabolism and Internal Diseases
2 University of Medical Sciences in Poznan; Department of Radiobiology
and Cell Biology, POLAND
Case
Report Precocious Puberty
with Congenital Hypothyroidism
1 Abdelrahman M Radaideh. 2*Mohamad Nusier, 3 Zeyad
El-Akawi, 4 Duried Jaradat
1 Internist, Endocrinologist. Department of Internal Medicine. Princess
Basma Teaching Hospital Ministry of Health. Irbid. JORDAN.
2*Associate Professor and Chairman,
3 Assistant Professor. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Jordan University of Science and Technology School of Medicine. Irbid,
JORDAN.
4 Radiologist. Department of Radiology. Princess Basma Teaching Hospital
Ministry of Health. Irbid. JORDAN
Martynska
L, Wolinska-Witort E, Chmielowska M, Bik W, Baranowska B. The physiological role of orexins.
Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2005 Aug 30;26(4)
PMID: 16135995
Treatment
of Bipolar Disorders with Second Generation Antipsychotic Medications.
Supplement 1, 2005
Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2005 Aug 30;26(4)
PMID: 16135996