THE EXPANDING CLINICAL SPECTRUM OF CHOROIDAL EXCAVATION IN MACULAR DYSTROPHIES.

Purpose: To assess the prevalence and the clinical course of focal choroidal excavation (FCE) in patients affected by macular dystrophies.

Methods: Prospective case series. All the patients underwent a complete ophthalmologic examination, including best-corrected visual acuity and spectral domain optical coherence tomography.

[Sedative effect of lavender during physical loads].

There was investigated the dynamics of the functional state of the cardiovascular system of students after bicycle exercise load, followed by cold inhalation of lavender oil. Examinations were performed in the first half of the day at the same time, three times: 1) before exercise load (the state ofphysiological norm); 2) immediately after the load for 15minutes on the bike training apparatus «Proteus Pec 3320» in the third position, followed by aromatherapy; 3) at the 15 minute of the post-exercise load recovery period. Aromacorrection was executed by the method of cold inhalation.

[Effect of stevia on the picture of peripheral blood under exposure to vibration].

There were investigated changes in the peripheral blood of rabbits under prolonged exposure to vibration (5, 10, 20, 30 days). In a separate series of experiments, the nature of changes in the peripheral blood was investigated under the combined action of vibration and stevia leaves. Contained in stevia biologically active substances were found to accelerate metabolism in bone marrow stem cells, promote the compensatory ability of the organism, thereby providing the resistance of the body to the vibration factor.

Effect of licorice root on peripheral blood indexes upon vibration exposure.

We studied the effect of continuous vibration and treatment with licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra L.) on peripheral blood red cells in rabbits. Active substances of licorice root accelerated metabolism in cells of the bone marrow erythroid stem, enhanced compensatory reserve of the organism, and increased animal's resistance to stress.

Responses of hypothalamic neurons to stimulation of the vestibular nerve and lateral vestibular nucleus in the rabbit.

Acute experiments were performed on rabbits to study the responses of neurons in the anterior, ventromedial, and posterior nuclei of the hypothalamus to single, paired, and rhythmic stimulation of the vestibular nerve and lateral vestibular nucleus of Deiters. The data obtained showed that neurons of the posterior nucleus of the hypothalamus were the most sensitive. Three types of response were seen from hypothalamic neurons, with short, long, and intermediate latent periods.