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. Possible role of intramembrane receptor-receptor interactions in memory and learning via formation of long-lived heteromeric complexes: focus on motor learning in the basal ganglia (L.F. Agnati, O. Franzen, S. Ferré, G. Leo, R. Franco, K. Fuxe) .Self-tolerance in the immune privileged CNS: lessons from the entorhinal cortex lesion model (E. Kwidzinski, L. K. Mutlu, A. D. Kovac, J. Bunse, J. Goldmann, J. Mahlo, O. Aktas, F. Zipp, T. Kamradt, R. Nitsch, I. Bechmann) .Progressive neurodegeneration in Drosophila: a model system (J.-A. Tschäpe, A. Bettencourt da Cruz, D. Kretzschmar) .Effect of advanced glycation endproducts on cell cycle and their relevance for Alzheimers disease (G. Münch, J. Gasic-Milenkovic, T. Arendt) .What have we learnt from cDNA microarray gene expression studies about the role of iron in MPTP induced neurodegeneration and Parkinsons disease? (M. B. H. Youdim) .Animal models of Parkinsons disease in rodents induced by toxins: an update (E. C. Hirsch, G. Höglinger, E. Rousselet, T. Breidert, K. Parain, J. Feger, M. Ruberg, A. Prigent, C. Cohen-Salmon, J.-M. Launay) .General aspects of neurodegeneration (K. A. Jellinger) .The neuromelanin of human substantia nigra: structure, synthesis and molecular behaviour (L. Zecca, F. A. Zucca, P. Costi, D. Tampellini, A. Gatti, M. Gerlach, P. Riederer, R. G. Fariello, S. Ito, M. Gallorini, D. Sulzer) .New concepts and tools in imaging for the study of neurodegenerative disease (A. J. Stoessl, C. S. Lee, R. de la Fuente-Fernandez) .Arguments for the use of dopamine receptor agonists in clinical and preclinical Parkinsons disease (M. Gerlach, K. Double, H. Reichmann, P. Riederer) .The role of acetylcholine and dopamine in dementia and psychosis in Parkinsons disease (J. L. W. Bosboom, D. Stoffers, E. Ch. Wolters) .Growth/differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15), a novel member of the TGF-ß superfamily, promotes survival of lesionedmesencephalic dopaminergic neurons in vitro and in vivo and is induced in neurons following cortical lesioning (J. Strelau, A. Schober, A. Sullivan, L. Schilling, K. Unsicker) .Gene therapy for Parkinsons disease (H. Mochizuki, Y. Mizuno) .Stereotaxic intrastriatal implantation of human retinal pigment epithelial (hRPE) cells attached to gelatin microcarriers: a potential new cell therapy for Parkinson`s disease (R. L. Watts, C. D. Raiser, N. P. Stover, M. L. Cornfeldt, A. W. Schweikert, R. C. Allen, T. Subramaniam, D. Doudet, C. R. Honey, R. A. E. Bakay)