■Foreword

Society of Electron Microscopy and then Society of Microscopy

Terumasa Komuro

■Feature Articles: Advances in Somatosensory Research

Advances in Somatosensory Research

Toshiyuki Kaidoh

Purinergic Signaling in Terminal Schwann Cells Associated with Sensory Endings

Hiromi Takahashi-Iwanaga

TRP Channels and Sensing Function―Focusing on Thermosensation―

Makoto Tominaga

Morphological Basis on Sensory Receptors in the Periodontal Ligament with Special Reference to the Ruffini Endings

Takeyasu Maeda

Itch in Atopic Dermatitis-the Role of Skin as Sensory Receptor

Atsuko Kamo, Mitsutoshi Tominaga and Kenji Takamori

■Reviews

Scanning Electron Microscopic Observation of the Media of Blood Vessels Revealed after Removal of Connective Tissue Components

Takashi Fujiwara

Evolution and Prospects of High Resolution Electron Microscopy

Yoshizo Takai

■Lectures

Reliable Method for Obtaining Serial Ultrathin Sections Using New Small Tools

Shigeo Kita

Observation of Microstructures by Diffraction Contrast Technique

Kazuto Arakawa

■Researches Today

Air Protection System for Structural Analysis of High Active Materials

Takahiro Sato, Akinari Morikawa, Yuya Suzuki and Toshiyuki Iwahori

Reconstruction of a Three Dimensional (3D) Atomic Image using Internal-Detector Electron Holography

Akio Uesaka, Kouichi Hayashi, Tomohiro Matsushita and Shigetoshi Arai

Applications Using Ion-Beam Serial Milling and Reconstruction Technique in Life Science

Shoji Sadayama, Kaoru Murata and Naohisa Suzuki

■Special Article: Round-Table Talk

Fukuoka, America, and Japan, at the Dawn of Electron Microscopy for Medical Science and Biology in Japan

■Conference Reports

Report on Microscopy and Microanalysis 2011

Yoshifumi Oshima

Report of the 8^th International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) Meeting

Toshiko Yamamoto

Event Report on Microscopy Conference MC 2011

Hiroshi Jinnai

■Staff Commentary

Kazunori Toida