[Consolidation, reactivation and reconsolidation of memory].

In this review the data on consolidation and reconsolidation of memory by its reactivation (reminding) by a conditional stimulus or context are presented. A special attention is paid to "time windows" when amnesic and other interventions during memory reconsolidation become effective. The similarities and differences between consolidation of original learning and repeated consolidation (reconsolidation) during reactivation of memory by a conditional stimulus or context are considered.

[Molecular and cellular mechanisms of depression. Role of glucocorticoids, cytokines, neurotransmitters, and trophic factors in genesis of depressive disorders].

Here we review modern data on appearance and maintenance of depression at different levels of the body. We discuss a role of impairments of emotional and motivation mechanisms of adaptive behavior in genesis of depression. We demonstate an interaction of stress response and neuroinflammatory processes in pathogenesis of depression and analyze the effects of these molecular cascades on neurotrophic support of the central mechanisms of memory and neurogenesis.

[Aggressive behavior in animal models].

A review. Current models of aggressive behavior in animals are described. They include aggression due to social isolation; territorial aggression in pair "intruder-resident"; aggression elicited by direct electrical stimulation of the brain; maternal aggression; learned aggression and genetic models.

[Serotonin and impulsivity (experiments on animals)].

In the current paper a role of the serotinergic system in organization of impulsive behaviour in animals was considered. The results of influence of antagonists and agonists of the different types and subtypes of 5-HT receptors (1A, B; 2A, B, C; 7) and the effects of the dorsal raphe nuclei lesions on characteristics of impulsivity related with a motor control, mechanisms of attention, reinforcement and decision making were summarized. The data on knock-out animals and the experiments with microdialysis have been also considered.

[Study of extracellular concentration of dopamine and its metabolites in mice striatum by a microdialysis technique at intraperitoneal administration of MPTP].

In this paper a structure of a microdialytic cannula inserted into brain areas just before a microdialysis is described. The cannula used allowed to find out a correspondence of behavioral and biochemical changes in C57BL/6 mice at various time intervals after a single dose administration (20 mg/kg) of the neurotoxin, 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine, without any additional pharmacological actions enhancing an extracellular striatal dopamine concentration. Immediately after 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1.