[An electron microscopic study of the intermediolateral nucleus of the cat spinal cord].

The intermedio-lateral nucleus in the 1--2 lumbar segments of spinal cord was studied in adult cats. Many large presynaptic terminals contained both the filaments and the light synaptic vesicles which were in contact either with neuronal body or with initial portions of dendrites. There were no spines on the dendrites.

[Problems of treatment of contusions and dislocations of the brain].

The clinical course and prognosis in the event of a severe cerebrocrainial trauma depend, above all, on the extent of the contusion and smashing of the brain sustained. The pathogenetic factor of prime importance determining the severity of the contusion is the development of the local and general cerebral edema. Rapidly accuring edema and turgescence of the brain, rising intracranial pressure lead to the dislocation of the brain attended by a clinical picture of a grave secondary lesion of the brain stem.

[Polysynaptic components of the early somato-sympathetic reflex response in the lumbar white rami communicantes].

The second and third components of early somatosympathetic relfex discharge were studied in anesthetized cats. Polysynaptic components of the early somatosympathetic and propriospinal somatosomatic discharges were compared. Evidence was found that these reflexes have both common and specialized interneurons in their central polysynaptic chains.