Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
Volume 52 - Number 1 Jan - 2008

Obituary
Editorial
Review Articles
Orignial Articles
Letter to Editor
News and Announcement


Obituary

Arthur Kornberg ( 1918- 2007) : ....1

Joshua Ledenberg ( 1925- 2008) : ... 3

Editorial

Is 'Hypothesis ' Hypertelic in Science? : ...7

Review Article

Nitric Oxide- Medicated Pathogenesis during Nicotine and Alcohol Consumption : R. G. Cooper  and T. Magwere ... 11

Original Articles

Effect of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) on Expression of Vascular   Endothelial Growth Factor A (VEGF-A) in Human Mid Secretory Endometrial Cells in Three -Dimensional Primary Culture : Satyaki Sengupta, Jayasree Sengupta , Suneeta Mittal , Sunesh Kumar and Debabrata Ghosh ...19

Study on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Left Atrial Enlargement by Resting Electrocardiography and its Echocardiographic Correlation : Archana Mishra ,Chandrakanta Mishra, Rama Raman Mohanty and Mrutyunjay Behera ... 31

Relationship Between Plasma Leptin and Plasma Insulin Levels in Type-2 Diabetic Patients before and after Treatment with Glibenclamide and Glimepiride : S. K. Bhattacharya , M. Madan , P. Mahajan , K. R. Paudel , G.P. Rauniar, B.P. Das and R.K. Roy ... 43

Assessment of Differential Doses of Buprenorphine for Long Term Pharmacotherapy among Opiate Dependent Subjects : Shantanu De , Raka Jain , Rajat Ray, Anju Dhawan and Sunny T. Varghese ... 53

Circadian Rhythm of Peak Expiratory Flow Rate in Healthy North Indian Men : M. Goyal , A. Goel , P. Kumar , M. Bajpai, N. S. Verma , S. Kant and S. Tiwari ... 64

Effect of ' 61- Points Relaxtion Technique'  on Stress Parameters in Premenstrual Syndrome : Jyoti Dvivedi , Sanjay Dvivedi , K. K. Mahajan, Sunita Mittal and Anil Singhal  ...69

Oculohypotensive Effects of Foeniculum Vulgare in Experimental Models of Glaucoma : Renu Agarwal, Suresh Kumar Gupta, Shyam Sunder Agarwal, Sushma Srivastava and Rohit Saxena...77

Arsenic Induced Toxicity on Testicular Tissue of Mice : Sanghamitra Sarkar, Hazra J. , Upadhyay S. N. , Singh R. K.  and Amal Roy Chowdhury ...84

Modulation of Pain Perception by Ramipril and Losartan in Human Volunteers : Juhi Kalra, Aditi Chaturvedi, Sudhanshu Kalra, Harish Chaturvedi , and  D. C . Dhasmana  ...91

Letter to Editor

Chloroquine Should be Used with Care in Mental health Disorders :  R. G. Cooper  ...97

Chloroquine's Patho - Toxicological Effect on the Retina - A Nitric Oxide and CAMP Medicated Mechanism : R. G. Cooper   ...99

News and Announcement

News and announcement .... 101