CONTENTS 



Introduction by D. Nachmansohn, A^'^a^ Yor/^ Cz^y i 



PART I. MUSCLE 



A challenge to biochemists by A. V. Hill, London 4 



Muskelproteine von H. H. Weber, Tubingen 12 



Modifications dans la structure physico-chimique de I'edifice contractile au cours 



du cycle de la concentration musculaire par M. Dubuisson, Liege 25 



Actomyosin and muscular contraction by A. Szent-Gyorgyi, Bethesda 38 



Myosin and adenosinetriphosphate in relation to muscle contraction by D. M. 



Needham, Cambridge 42 



A consideration of experimental facts pertaining to the primary reactions in 



muscular activity by W. F. H. M. Mommaerts, Durham, N.C 50 



Some factors influencing the contractility of a non-conducting fiber preparation by 



S. KoREY, New York City 58 



PART II. NERVE 



Morphology in muscle and nerve physiology by F. O. Schmitt, Cambridge, Mass. . 68 

 Studies on permeability in relation to nerve function I. Axonal conduction and 



synaptic transmission by D. Nachmansohn, A^^z^; Yo^^ Cz7y 78 



Studies on permeability in relation to nerve function II. Ionic movements across 



axonal membranes by M. A. Rothenberg, New York City 96 



Nerve conduction without increased oxygen consumption; the action of azide and 



fiuoroacetate by R. W. Gerard and R. W. Doty, CAicago, /^/ 115 



Some evidence on the functional oiganization of the brain by H. E. Himwich, x\rmy 



Chemical Center, Maryland 118 



The development of muscle-chemistry, a lesson in neurophysiology by A. von 



MuRALT, Bern 126 



PART III. DRUG ACTION 



Substrate specificity of amino-acid decarboxylases by H. Blaschko, Oxford . . . 130 



Glycolysis in pharmacology by C. L. Gemmill, Charlottesville, Va 138 



Zur Charakterisierung der Spezifitat pharmakologischer Wirkungen und des sie 

 bedingenden Rezeptorsystems des Substrates von R. Meier und H. J. Bein, Basel 144 



