Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
Volume 43 - Number 1 January- 1999

Guest Editorials
Review Articles
Orignial Articles
Letter to Editor


Guest Editorials

Bioethics : A Challenge for Scientists and for Public Policy : Darryl Macer ...1

Review Article

Human Indispensable Amino Acid Requirements : New Paradigms of Measurement and the Implication for Protein Quality : Anuura V. Kurpad and Vernon R. Young ...5

Methods and Considerations for Experimental Evaluation of Antiepileptic Drugs : Y. K Gupta, Jatinder Malhotra, B. George and S. K Kulkarni ...25

Original Articles

Effects of Verapamil on Dopamine Dependent Behaviours in Rats : A. R. Malekar, J. J. Balsara and R. K Gaonkar ...44

Forced Swimming Stress-induced Changes in the Physiological and Biochemical Parameters in Albino Rats : H. S. Nagaraja and P. S. Jeganathan ...53

Cyclophosphamide Treatment Alters the Contractility of Isolated Rat Vas Deferens : A. Gopala Reddy and V. Raviprakash ...60

Noradrenergic Mechanisms in the Proconvulsant Effects of Buspirone : Divya Vohora and K. K Pillai ...63

Role of Ascorbic Acid on Transaminase Activities in some Metabolically Active Tissues of Aspirin Treated Rats : Kusal K Das, Soma Choudhuri and Narendra M. Biswas ...70

A Comparison of Different Methods of Measuring Fat Mass in Healthy Indians with a Wide BMI Range : Chaitanya Prabhu, Reejis Stephen, Rebecca Kuriyan and Anura V. Kurpad ...73

Electrodermal Responding in Hyperthyroid Patients : Nazan Dolu, Cigdem Ozesmi, Cem Suer and Fahrettin Kelestimur ...79

Action of Chemically Different Prostaglandin Blockers on the Adrenal Hormones in Pigeons during Stress : Sanjukta Sarkar, Subho Ghosh, Santasri Sengupta, Sharmila Dasadhikari and Asok Ghosh ...84

Post-task Event-related-Potential (ERP) Correlates of Psychometric Intelligence : Sabyasachi S. Sircar, Om P. Tandon and Anshuman Chaturvedi ...89

Short-Term Effect of Captopril on Intraocular Pressure : Avtar Lal, A. P. S. Neki and P. Chandra ...94

Blood Cholinesterase Activities after Malathion Poisoning in Liver Injury : N. Nikoukar, E. P. Kumar, B. Suresh, S. M. Sulaiman and B. V. Venkataraman ...99

Effect of Nikethamide and Diazepam on the Levels of Biogenic Amines in the Different Parts of Range Poultry Brain at Three Age Groups : V. K Guru, H. S. Singh, I. J. Sharma and M. A. Quadri ...104

A Study on the Haemodynamic Interactions Between Activated Charcoal and PropranoloVAtenolol in Normal Human Subjects : B. R. Sood, A. Bhan and A. Chakrabarti ...109

Red Cell Membrane Lipid Composition in Iron Deficiency Anemia : D. C. Sharma and Neelima Hemkar ...114

Effect of Iron Supplement on Hb Synthesis by Iron Deficient Reticulocytes - An In Vitro Study : D. C. Sharma, Alpana Goyal and Dinesh Mathur ...117

The Effect of Biomass Fuel Combustion on Pulmonary Function Tests in the Adult Population of Sivas Province : Ugur T. Truaclar, Haldun Sumer and Orhan Akyurek ...121

Clinical Efficacy of Biodegradable Dental Implants of Trinidazole in Periodontitis : R. Nagaraju, N. Udupa, Jacob Mathew and B. R. R. Varma ...125

Effect of 5-HT3 Antagonist Ondansetron on Wrap-Restraint and Conditioned Emotional Stress Induced Defecation : Rajesh S. Karan, Lekha Saha, S. S. Handu and Vinod Bhargava ...129

Effect of Trikatu, An Ayurvedic Prescription on the Pharmacokinetic Profile of Carbamazepine in Rabbits : R. S. Karan, V. K Bhargava and S. K Garg ...133

Letter to Editor

Effect of Ocimum Sanctum Linn on Changes in Leucocytes of Albino Rats Induced by Acute Noise Stress : K Sembulingam, Prema Sembulingam and A. Namasivayam ...137

Prevalence of Blood Group ABO and Rh in Scheduled Tribes (ST) of South Bihar Region : Amrapaly Sinha, C. K Singh and H. P. Singh ...141

Analgesic and Sedative Effect of Thioureido Derivatives of Acetophenone Semicarbazones : Vibha Mishra, S. N. Pandeya, P. N. Singh and D. C. Rupainwar ...143