[Inhibitors of neuronal and inducible NO-syntases enhance the effect of short-term adaptation to hypoxia in rats of Krushinsky-Molodkina strain].

We found that selective inhibitors of neuronal and inducible NOS (7-nitroindazole and aminoguanidine) significantly enhance the protective effect of short-term adaptation to hypoxia on the development of stress lesions in rats Krushinsky-Molodkina.

[The influence of inhibitors of neuronal and inducible NO-synthases on experimental hemorrhagic stroke].

Objectives. To study the effect of inhibitors of neuronal and inducible NO-synthase on the development of hemorrhagic stroke in rats Krushinsky-Molodkina (KM) without adaptation to hypoxia and with short-term adaptation to hypobaric hypoxia. Material and methods.

[Neurotransmitter mechanisms of context-dependent behavior].

The influence of context on behavioral choice is well known. Context can refer to behavioral state of an animal and to external factors such as season, presence of other individuals or food availability. How external and internal factors influencing decision-making are translated at the cellular level? I review the recent neuroethological data that strongly suggest that context reflects in content of neuroactive substances (neurotransmitters, modulators, hormones) that present in the extraneuronal milieu, while heterochemical neuronal microenvironment in its turn impacts motor program selection.

[Participation of receptors of the NMDA type in regulation by glutamate of alimentary motor program of the freshwater mollusc lymnaea stagnalis].

A possible participation of receptors of the NMDA type in regulation by glutamate of the Lymnaea stagnalis feeding program was studied in electrophysiological experiments. The specific antagonist of receptors of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) type MK-801 has been shown to turn off the endogenous generation of the standard three-phase rhythm or the two-phase rhythm. Stimulation of receptors of this type by their specific agonist, NMDA, on the contrary, increased frequency of the alimentary rhythm and transformed it into the two-phase one.

[Behavioral functions of serotonin and octopamine: some paradoxes of comparative physiology].

Evaluation of recent data on monoaminergic control of invertebrate behavior suggests that behavioral functions of serotonin in molluscs and octopamine in insects are remarkably similar. Specifically, in the respective taxa, these monoamines are responsible for activation of food searching and intense locomotion, increase in food consumption and general activity, enhancement of cardial and respiratory rhythms, facilitation of learning, sensitization of sensory circuits. At the same time, in insects, behavioral effects of serotonin are opposite to those of octopamine.