[The efficacy of calcium channel blockers in the treatment of affective disorders and pathologic drive for alcohol in patients with alcoholism in the remission period].

Forty three patients with chronic alcoholism of stage II with secondary affective disorders (anxiety, subdepression) and actualization of pathological drive for alcohol in remission period were divided into 3 groups: patients were treated with nimodipine (90 mg/day during 10 days), patients were treated with nifedipine (45 mg/day during 10 days) and patients of control group (they received a placebo for 10 days). The study was double blind. The results revealed that both calcium channels antagonists reduced a level of depression measured with the Hamilton scale and Zung test.

[Hygienic aspects of the use of food additives].

The state of usage of food supplements was studies in Kiev and some Ukrainian regions. Remains of widely using food supplements were determined. The attempt to determine food supplements load on the person.

[Medico-biological evaluation of sodium salt of nitrofurylacrylic acid as a food additive].

Nitrofurylacrylic acid sodium salt is a substance of moderate toxicity. Its LD50 for male rats after oral administration comprises 1220 mg/kg, for female rats--1400 mg/kg. The minimal toxic dose, in case of long-term administration comprises 14 mg/kg.

[Cerebral blood flow function during altered cholinergic mediation].

The study of cerebral blood flow was performed with the aid of hydrogen clearance technique and the cinema-television method in alteration of cholinergic transmission by means of phosphorus-organic inhibitors of cholinesterase and a cholinolytic agent in unanesthetized rats. The enzyme inhibition by 60-70% sharply increased the velocity of blood flow in the microvessels of cerebral cortex and in the sagittal sinus. A considerable vasodilation of pial vessels occurred.