[Trabeculae and the intertrabelcular tissue during the contraction of the frog atrium at decreased temperatures and sodium ion concentrations in solution].

Data characterizing the kinetics of the contraction of trabeculae and the intertrabelcular tissue have been obtained. It has been concluded that trabeculae can act as conductors/transmitters of contraction across the myocardium and play a leading role in this process, while the functional role of the intertrabelcular tissue is secondary and more passive, and consists in the optimization and support of the contractile process.

[Diagnostics of genital herpesvirus infection in women with tubal-peritoneal infertility].

Aim: Optimization of diagnostics of genital herpesvirus infection (herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2, cytomegalovirus [CMV]) in women with tubal-peritoneal infertility on the basis of detection of viral material in various parts of genital system using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and revealing pathogenetically significant systemic abnormalitites of cytokine- and nitroxidergic regulation.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-three women with tubal-peritoneal infertility were included in the study. Immunoenzyme assay, PCR, and modified Griess method were used.

[Microflora of reproductive system in women with tubal-peritoneal sterility].

Aim: To study the composition of microflora of lower and upper parts of reproductive system in women with tubal-peritoneal sterility.

Materials And Methods: One hundred and forty-five women with tubal-peritoneal sterilitywere examined. Laparoscopy with biopsy of ovaries and endometrium with evaluation of specimens by histology and PCR was performed in all patients.

[Blood erythropoietin level in female reproductive age (can the reproductive tissue be the source of erythropoietin in blood?)].

Blood erythropoietin level was investigated in females of reproductive age, who had normal peripheral red blood findings. It was determined that blood erythropoietin level was 1.5-2 times higher (20.