[Effect of lithium carbonate on the lymphocytes of epileptics].

Using acridine orange fluorochrome staining of fixed smears of peripheral blood the authors have investigated the lymphocyte functional activity in epileptic patients receiving the conventional anticonvulsive therapy including lithium carbonate. It has been established that the dynamics of the functional activity of lymphocytes in epileptic patients show no direct relationship with the therapeutic effect. Cytochemical parameters of the lymphocyte functional activity change in parallel with the clinical picture of the disease under the impact of treatment, i.

[Disadaptation of students with borderline mental disorders].

A clinico-epidemiological study was devoted to psychopathies and neuroses in students. Students from different institutes showed significantly different borderline psychotic disorders. Initial disturbances, as well as the underlying causes of neuroses and psychopathy were analyzed.

[Use of lithium carbonate and vitamin E in the complex treatment of epileptics].

Using clinico-biochemical and EEG examinations, the authors have studied over time 30 epileptic patients who along with anticonvulsants received lithium carbonate orally and vitamin E in injections. Before the administration of the above drugs epileptic patients with a progressive course of the disease showed intensified lipid peroxidation, low levels of total and free cholesterol of erythrocyte membranes, elevated concentrations of vitamin E and a decreased activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in the blood. The use of lithium carbonate and vitamin E leads to a considerable decrease in lipid peroxidation, an elevation in the content of total and free cholesterol of red cell membranes and an increased SOD activity in the blood.