Table of Contenst

BAM 5 (4), 1995

Hot section: Skeletal and cardiac abnormalities in chronic heart failure
PA Poole-Wilson, Guest Editor


Editorial
:           316        PA Poole-Wilson: Skeletal and cardiac abnormalities in chronic heart failure

Articles
:            317        Proteins of the contractile and relaxing systems in the nonfailing and failing heart
                                        M Wankerl, A Ribadeau Dumas and K Schwartz


                          331        Beta adrenoreceptor desensitization in chronic heart failure
                                        G Vescovo, SE Harding, GB Ambrosio, PA Poole-Wilson

                         
339        Interstitial collagen remodeling in chronic heart failure
                                        JS Janicki, GL Brower and JR Henegar

                         
349        Changes in lower limb skeletal muscle and mechanisms of fatigue in chronic heart failure
                                        AL Clark and AJS Coats

                         
359        Morphological analysis of skeletal muscle in patients with chronic heart failure
                                        R Scelsi and L Scelsi

                         
365        A new electrophoretic micromethod for assessing myosin heavy chain composition
                                       
of skeletal muscle in chronic heart failure
                                        G Vescovo, F Serafini, L Facchin, P Tenderini, L Dalla Libera, C Leprotti, C Catani and GB Ambrosio

PERSPECTIVES
     371        U Carraro: Apoptotic death of dystrophic muscle fibers after exercise: a new hypothesis
                                        
on the early events of muscle damage

                          375
          MV DodsonAt the funding crossroads: a call for international collaboration in basic and applied myology


ARTICLES             377          
The effects of age and thyroid hormone status on the expression of type IIX myosin heavy chain
                                         in Tibialis Anterior Muscle of the mouse
                                         DM Zardini and DJ Parry
                          385    Effect of anabolic-androgenic steroids on performance, body composition and skeletal muscle characteristics
                                         L Konc and I Erzen
MYOLOGY
NEW  391    Next Issue; Books; Calendar of Events
                          397
        Content of Volume 5, 1995
                          401
       Author Index ofVolume 5, 1995
                          402
    Subject Index of Volume 5, 1995

                          404
        Acknowledgements