[The effect of calcitrin and corticotropin on pulmonary surfactant and engorgement in rats during activation of the lateral hypothalamic area].

The level of phospholipids, cholesterol, lipase activity in bronchoalveolar washes and lungs' blood capacity were studied in rats. An action exerted upon the hypothalamus led to a decrease in the surfactant lipids and the blood capacity of lungs. Possible peptidergic mechanisms of this are discussed.

[The effect of the lateral hypothalamic area on the pulmonary surfactant system].

The level of lipids, lipase activity and lungs' blood capacity were studied on 62 rats. Dispersal cobalt was infused into the hypothalamic lateral area of rats with adrenalectomy or injected with droperidol, obsidan, reserpine. Their effect upon the hypothalamus involved a decrease in surfactant phospholipids and lung's blood capacity.

[The pulmonary surfactant system in actions on the cerebral cortex in the rat].

The content of lipids and the lipase activity were studied in broncho-alveolar wash-off under extirpation or stimulation of medial surface of the rat brain hemispheres, insular-temporal pole and posterior cerebellar surface.