[The unusual pain killing action of a widely used substance (gamma-butyrolactone)].

An analgesic activity of gamma-butyrolactone was observed and described referring to a facilitated pain killing of certain diseases.

The effect of bilateral adrenalectomy on the nucleus arcuatus-hypophysis and the circumventricular organs of Balb mice.

Three days following bilateral adrenalectomy the following findings were revealed in the hypothalamus-hypophysis and circum-ventricular organs of Balb mice: considerable enlargement of neuronal perikarya and nuclei in the nucleus arcuatus of the hypothalamus. Amitotic divisions were frequent in neurons and glial cells. Mitoses were also sporadically encountered.

The influence of dehydration on the changes in activity of neurocytes of the subfornical organ in the brain of Rana temporaria L. in annual cycle.

The changes in volume of neurocyte nuclei of the subfornical organ (SFO) of Rana temporaria L. under the influence of dehydration were analyzed in the annual cycle. Dehydration conspicuously influenced the activity of the neurocytes of the SFO during the year, depending on the stage of active life on land.

Seasonal changes in the number of neurocytes containing lipofuscin pigment in selected areas of the brain of Rana temporaria L.

The number of neurocytes containing lipofuscin pigment (LEP) was determined in the nucleus infundibularis dorsalis (NID), the subfornical organ (SFO) and the medulla oblongata (MO) of the brain of sexually mature females and males of Rana temporaria L. approximately identical in length and age. The frogs were captured in their natural habitat in seven periods of the annual cycle.