[Effect of perfluorane on the time course of changes in endogenous intoxication in victims with severe thermal injury].

The investigation was undertaken to study the effects of perfluorane on the degree of endogenous intoxication in the severely burnt. Sixty-five victims aged 20 to 55 years who had burns of the skin, involving more than 30% of the body surface area, without comorbidity (less than 9 SAPS scores), were examined. All the examinees were divided into 2 groups.

[Evaluation of morbidity with temporary work disability in a metal treatment enterprise].

The authors present materials about influence of occupational factors on transitory disablement morbidity, exemplified by metal treatment enterprise.

[The molecular aspects of the functional heterogeneity of the GABA receptors].

It is generally accepted that gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is one of the main inhibitory transmitter in the mammalian brain. There are three types of GABA receptors in the vertebrata central nervous system: the GABAA, GABAB and GABAC receptors. The GABAA receptor is a GABA-gated Cl- channel and is the tetramer ore the pentamer made of some classes of subunit (alpha, beta, gamma, delta).

[The role of the endogenous opioid system in the mechanisms of the development of early postradiation autonomic and behavioral disorders].

In the experiments with rats and dogs it was shown that irradiation within the dose range of 50-100 Gy is accompanied by the increasing of enkephaline content in various brain structures and beta-endorphine level in blood plasma. The blocking of the opiate receptors naloxone promotes the decrease of post-radiation vomiting in dogs, gastrostasis and hypokinesia in rats. That supports the participation of endogenous opioid system in the primary clinical reaction response to irradiation.