Camp. Biochem. Ph_vsiol. Vol. 76B, No. 2, pp. i-ii Pergamon Press Ltd. 1983. Printed in Great Britain

COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY

G. A. Kerkut

Review

John G. Connolly and G. A. Kerkut

Minireview

G. W. ELzen

General Papers

Jonathan Copeland and Alan Gelperin R. Pierantoni, B. Varriale, C. Simeoli, L. Di Matteo, M. Milone, R. K. Rastogi and G. Chieffi G. A. Buhenik, A. B. Bubenik, D. &hams and J. F. Leatherland

J. R. DeLoach

Thomas N. Ljungman and William A. Dunson Y. S. Park, J. M. Goldinger, D. Samhor and S. K. Hong Richard Palayinskas, Klaus Kriesten and Hans-Rolf Schulten P. R. Laming

Jennifer J. Bedford

Jennifer J. Bedford

G. Biissler, R. Hilhig and H. Rahmann

M. Durliat and R. Vranckx

M. Durliat and R. Vranckx

Gricelda Ruiz, Mario Rosenmann and Alherto Veloso James P. Davis and Stanley D. Hillyard Amora A. B. Lima, Lucia P. S. Airoldi, Nilce C. Meirelles and A. Focesi, Jr. Edward M. Goolish and Ira R. Adelman Akihiko Hara, Kazunori Takano and Hidematsu Hirai R. C. Peters and F. Mast

Camille F. Nassar and Mary E. Haddad

J. Ivanovic, M. JankoviC-Hladni and M. Milanovif R. F. Burton

Sylvia S. Campiglia and Roger Lavallard Dejan Z&evic and Mira Pa%

Contents of Volume %A Number 1 1983

L Editorial Comment

I Ion regulation and membrane potential in Tetrahymena and Paramecium

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Feeding and a serotonergic interneuron activate an identified autoactive salivary neuron in Limax muximus Fat body and autumn recrudescence of the ovary in Rana escuienfu

31 Circadian and circannual rhythms of LH, FSH, testosterone (T), prolactin, cortisol, T, and T., in plasma of mature, male white-tailed deer

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Sonication of reconstituted freeze-dried bovine and porcine blood: effect on fecundity and pupal weights of the tsetse fly Integumentary water and sodium permeability of the yellow ana- conda, Eunectes notaeus Effect of temperature on the pH dependence of renal microsomal ATPase in the rabbit, rat and hamster Concentrations of electrolytes and trace metals in amniotic fluid and body tissues of rabbits during the last two weeks of gestation Ventilatory rate in the butterfish (Pholis gunnellus) as a con- sequence of temperature and previous emersion The composition of the fluid compartments of two chon- drichthyans, Callorhyncus millii and Squalus acanthias The effect of reduced salinity on tissue and plasma composition of the dogfish, Squalus acanthias Influence of electrical stimulation and deprivation on the electric organ discharge behaviour and metabolism of neuronal ganglio- sides of the tapir-fish (Gnathonemuspetersi, Mormyridae, Teleostei) Analysis of clotting defects in diseased lobsters-I. Alterations in blood parameters Analysis of clotting defects in diseased lobsters-II. Immu- nochemical study of blood proteins Respiratorv and hematological adaptations to high altitude in Teltktobi& frogs from the-Chilean -Andes Seasonal variation in Na + -K + -ATPase in tissues of field accli- matized woodrats, Neoroma repida Separation and functional characterization of Leptodactylus laby- rinthicus hemoglobin components

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Effects of fish growth rate, acclimation temperature and incubation temperature on in vitro glycine uptake by fish scales lmmunochemical identification of female-specific serum protein, vitellogenin, in the medaka, Oryzins latipes (Teleosts) Information transmission by ampullary receptors: parallel con- vergent inputs Enzymatic inhibition of lysine transport across rat and turtle small intestine Seasonal changes in glycogen and trehalose concentration during larval development of worker honey bees (&is mellifera) Cell composition as assessed from osmolality and concentrations of sodium, potassium and chloride: total contributions of other substances to osmolality and charge balance Extracellular space and nephridial function in Peripafus acacioi, Marcus and Marcus (Onychophora) Temperature compensation of the threshold potential for excitation of the snail bursting neuron

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C. Wicker

David E. Davis and Richard H. Swade

V. deVlaming, D. Baltz, S. Anderson, R. Fitzgerald, G. Delahunty and M. Barkley Thomas H. Champney, George C. Brainard, Bruce A. Richardson and Russel J. Reiter

177 Differential vitamin and choline requirements of symbiotic and aposyrnbiotic S. oryzae (Coleoptera: Curcuculionidae)

183 Circannual rhythm of torpor and molt in the ground squirrel, Spermophilus beecheyi

189 Aspects of embryo nutrition and excretion among viviparous embiotocid teleosts: potential endocrine involvements

199 Experimentally-induced diabetes reduces nocturnal pineal mel- atonin content in the Syrian hamster