Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
Volume 50 - Number 2 April - 2006

Guest Editorial
Review Articles
Orignial Articles
Short Communications
Letter to Editor
News and Announcement
Guidelines for contributors

A Comment on Polemics about the Commencement of Individual Human Life : Rajesh Kumar Sharma ... 121

Cardiovascular Sensory Receptors and their Regulatory Mechanisms : Mohammad Fahim ... 124

mRNA Expression Pattern of Multiple Members of Connexin Gene Family in Normal and Abnormal Fetal Gonads in Mouse : Subhash C. Juneja ... 147

Electrophysiologic Evaluation of Sudarshan Kriya : An EEG, BAER, P300 Study : M. Bhatia, A. Kumar, N. Kumar, R. M. Pandey and V. Kochupillai ... 157

Correlation of Autonomic Indices with Thyroid Status : Sujata Gautam, O. P. Tandon, R. Awasthi, T. Sekhri and S. S. Sircar ... 164

Impact of Asymptomatic Hypertension on Left Ventricular Functions : Janardan V. Bhatt ... 171

Long Latency Auditory Evoked Responses in Ovulatory and Anovulatory Menstrual Cycle : Asha Yadav, O. P. Tandon and Neelam Vaney ... 179

Serum Nitrate Levels as an Index of Endothelial Function in Pre-Eclamsia and Normal Pregnancy : Rani Gupta, K. N. Maruthy, Arun M. Mhaskar and Laxmi Devi Padmanabhan ... 185

Changes in Glutathione, Glutathione-Linked Enzymes and Hexose Monophosphate Shunt Enzymes in Senile Cataract : Sabu George, Jyothi M. Betzy Mathew and S. Shashidhar ... 191

Antioxidant Enzymes and Peroxidation in Galactogenic Cataract : M. Jyothi, R. Sanil, R. Sreekumar and S. Shashidhar ... 197

Effect of Yoga on Cardiovascular System in Subjects Above 40 Years : Jyotsana R. Bharshankar, Rajay N. Bharshankar, Vijaykumar N. Deshpande Shoba B. Kaore and Geeta B. Gosavi ... 202

Free Radical Changes in Methanol Toxicity : Esther M. Paula, D. C. Mathangi and A. Namasivayam ... 207

Simplified Calculation of Mean QRS Vector (Mean Electrical Axis of Heart) of Electrocardiogram : P. N. Singh and M. Sajjad Athar ... 212

Electromygram as a Function of Facial Nerve : Roopakala M. S., Harmeet Singh, Ravi Kanaka, Rajeev Sharma and Savitha Ravindra ... 217

Effect of Early Luteal Phase Administration of a Single Dose Mifepristone on Immunohistochemical Distribution of Interleukin 1 Alpha (IL–1a) and Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1 (TGF–b1)in Mid-luteal Phase Ovary of the Rhesus Monkey : Shaon Sengupta and D. Ghosh ... 221

Appraisal of Abstracts Published in Volume 45–No. 5 Supplement-2001 of Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology : M. V. Bhutkar ... 225

Effect of Pranayam of Visual and Auditory Reaction Time : A. S. Borkar and J. R. Pednekar ... 229

Effect of Inhibitors on Glutathione Metabolizing Enzymes :Malbika Pandit ... 231

Influence of Familial Hypertension on Blood Pressure, Serum Cholesterol, High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol during Second and Third Decade of Life in Punjabi Population : Usha Monga, O. P. Mahajan, Sarbjit Singh, K. S. Sodhi and Shikha Nagpal ... 233

A Noble Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the Year 2002 : Ashok Kumar Jaryal ... 236

Announcement ... 238