Morphofunctional study of the therapeutic efficacy of human mesenchymal and neural stem cells in rats with diffuse brain injury.

We studied the effect of transplantation of human stem cells from various tissues on reparative processes in the brain of rats with closed craniocerebral injury. Combined treatment with standard drugs and systemic administration of xenogeneic stem cells had a neuroprotective effect. The morphology of neurons rapidly returned to normal after administration of fetal neural stem cells.

Ultrastructure of the rat duodenal endocrine cells after prolonged irradiation.

We propose classification of duodenal endocrine cells of intact rats based on ultrastructural signs of secretory granules and subdivided these cells into 10 basic types. The effect of long-term irradiation in a total dose of 2.5 Gy on ultrastructural organization of duodenal apudocytes was studied.

[Allelopathic activity of volatile secretions in irradiated animals].

In the period of the most expressed postirradiation (4 Gy) injury, the rats secreted volatile components capable of lowering the blood cells count in intact rats. This ability of the irradiated animals is not strictly specific for species since the depression effect on rats is exerted also by volatile components of irradiated mice. We suggest marking this phenomenon as postirradiation allelopathy.

[Electrostimulation of laryngeal muscles with fluctuating currents in the treatment of patients with unilateral laryngeal paralysis].

Intralaryngeal electrostimulation of the laryngeal muscles with fluctuating currents with simultaneous mobilization of the arytenoid cartilage and paralysed vocal cord were used in 42 patients with unilateral laryngeal paralysis. The treatment was combined with phonopedic lessons. The control group consisted of 32 patients receiving standard electrostimulation with diadynamic currents.

Tau-protein expression in human blood lymphocytes: a promising marker and suitable sample for life-time diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.

OBJECTIVES: Taking into account the hypothesis that Alzheimer's disease (AD) might be a systemic disease that affects several tissues in the body, the aim of this study was to try to detect the expression of tau-protein in human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) in patients with AD. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Blood samples were obtained from patients with AD (n=16, age 67-98) and from volunteers without psychoneurological pathology (n=10, age 65-78). PBL were isolated on Ficoll-Paque gradient centrifugation.