Structural, functional, and lectin histochemical characteristics of rat ovaries and endometrium in experimental hyper- and hypothyroidism.

Twenty lectins with different carbohydrate affinities, including five new lectins purified from fungi,were used for histochemical examination of carbohydrate determinants in rat ovaries and endometrium under experimental hyper- and hypothyroidism. In the ovaries of control rats, lectin binding was detected predominantly in the zona pellucida and corona radiata of growing follicles, luteocytes, and leucocytes. Within the endometrium,lectins reacted strongly with the luminal surface, epitheliocytes and secretions of the uterine glands,pre-decidual cells, leucocytes, and collagen fibers.

[The use of a robot-assisted Gait Trainer GT1 in patients in the acute period of cerebral stroke: a pilot study].

An aim of the study was to evaluate efficacy of using Gait Trainer GT1, a robot-assisted gait trainer with a system of body-weight support, for the rehabilitation of gait in patients in the acute period of cerebral stroke. A main group included 30 patients in the acute period of ischemic and hemorrhage stroke and a control group--20 age- and sex matched patients. Patients of both groups had daily kinesitherapy sessions with a rehabilitator.