Contribution of the gasotransmitter nitric oxide to the structural and functional organization of erythrocytes under conditions of hypoxia/reoxygenation.

Hypoxia is accompanied by changes in metabolism and cell functioning. Erythrocyte hemoglobin can be involved in adaptation to hypoxia by acting as an oxygen sensor, providing a link between oxygen content and blood circulation. The mechanisms providing this function have not been completely established.

Bifurcation in the angular velocity of a circular disk propelled by symmetrically distributed camphor pills.

We studied rotation of a disk propelled by a number of camphor pills symmetrically distributed at its edge. The disk was put on a water surface so that it could rotate around a vertical axis located at the disk center. In such a system, the driving torque originates from surface tension difference resulting from inhomogeneous surface concentration of camphor molecules released from the pills.

[The fatty acids and fatty aldehydes of blood as a biochemical of multiple organ failure].

The article presents the results of analysis of fatty acids and fatty aldehydes of plasma and blood erythrocytes in patients with the syndrome of multiple organ failure. The increase of relative level of mono-unsaturated fatty acids and decrease of poly-saturated fatty acids and saturated stearic acid in blood plasma is demonstrated. The reliable alterations in erythrocytes concerning the content of saturated palmitic and poly-saturated linoleic fatty acids are detected.

[Nitrogen monoxide and nociceptive processes].

Experiments on conscious rats studied the effects of systemic or central application of a nitric oxide (NO) donor or NO-synthase inhibitor on the pain sensitivity threshold. Injection of SNAP in doses of 0.2, 2.