185-186
Editorial
Research in anesthesia and the future of our specialty
Takashi Nishino
187-193
Original articles
Effects of fentanyl on cardiovascular and plasma catecholamine responses in surgical patients
Kouichirou Hori and Hiroshi Nagasaka
194-197
Usefulness of oral hypnotic premedication for volatile induction of anesthesia in adults
Michiaki Yamakage, Shigeo Tsuchiya, Naomi Ohtsuka, Sohshi Iwasaki and Akiyoshi Namiki
198-202
Recovery of postural stability following conscious sedation with midazolam in the elderly
Toshiaki Fujisawa, Shinobu Suzuki, Keisuke Tanaka, Nobuhito Kamekura and Kazuaki Fukushima, et al.
203-206
Comparative effect of 6% hydroxyethyl starch (containing 1% dextrose) and lactated Ringer's solution for cesarean section under spinal anesthesia
Tomoko Yorozu, Hiroshi Morisaki, Masahiro Kondoh, Misako Zenfuku and Toshiyuki Shigematsu
207-210
Prevention and treatment of malignant hyperthermia in certified training hospitals in Japan: a questionnaire
Hidemichi Suyama, Masashi Kawamoto and Osafumi Yuge
211-215
Suppressive effect of spinal dorsal-horn neuronal activity by local spinal-cord cooling is reversed by naloxone in cats
Min Dai, Toshinobu Sumida, Megumi Tagami, Yasuo Ide and Masaki Nagase, et al.
216-221
Review articles
Effects of pain and arousal on the control of breathing
Denham S. Ward and Suzanne Karan
222-228
Recent advances in epiduroscopy
Luke M. Kitahata
229-237
Cerebral resuscitation: role of osmotherapy
Izumi Harukuni, Jeffrey R. Kirsch and Anish Bhardwaj
238-241
Special article
A life of passion and serendipity
Joseph Milic-Emili
242-244
Clinical reports
A case of sepsis that developed during transurethral resection of the prostate
Hiroki Yamamoto, Keiichi Omote, Hajime Sonoda and Akiyoshi Namiki
245-247
Pain patterns originating from the sacroiliac joints
Sei Fukui and Shuichi Nosaka
248-250
Beneficial effects of electroconvulsive therapy on clinical features and thalamic blood flows in a CRPS type 1 patient
Sei Fukui, Shino Shigemori and Shuichi Nosaka
251-254
Carboxyhemoglobin and postsurgical hyperbilirubinemia in patients undergoing esophagectomy
Ryohei Serita, Hiroshi Morisaki, Tomoyuki Satoh, Yasushi Innami and Shizuko Kosugi, et al.
255-257
Central pain associated with low thalamic blood flow treated by electroconvulsive therapy
Sei Fukui, Shino Shigemori and Shuichi Nosaka
258-260
Discrepancy between SpO2 and SaO2 in a patient with severe anemia
Osamu Shibata, Keisuke Kawata, Kosuke Miura, Singo Shibata and Yoshiaki Terao, et al.
261-264
Short communications
The incidence and severity of cognitive decline after major noncardiac surgery: a comparison with that after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Nobuko Sugiyama, Masahiko Kawaguchi, Kenji Yoshitani, Masatoshi Sugiyama and Satoki Inoue, et al.
265-267
An antagonistic effect of esmolol on beta-3 adrenoceptor in brown adipose tissue in rats
Kohei Murao, Makiko Yamada, Koh Yamada, Ryouko Uda and Shin-ichi Nakao, et al.
268-269
Rubber fragments in 100-ml mepivacaine vials: a caution
Kazuhisa Shiroyama, Hiromichi Izumi and Takashi Kubo