[Morpho-functional changes in the frog urinary bladder receptors under the influence of barbiturates].

The effect of hexenal and nembutal on the tissue bushy receptors was studied the living isolated frog urinary bladder using methylene blue staining. These drugs were shown to induce the changes in the receptor pulse activity which included three phases: an initial sharp increase, an abrupt decline and a low protracted plateau. Reactions to hexenal and nembutal, while possessing some common features, had their own peculiarities.

Indicators of neuritis growth and retraction in tissue culture and histological specimens.

The dynamics of structural processes in cultured neurons was studied by time-lapse video recording and compared with the diversity of morphological structures in fixed preparations. Ellipsoid terminal structures indicate not the growth, but growth arrest of neurites and the start of their retraction (retraction bulbs). Only growth cones can be the indicators of neuritis growth and development.

Metal concentrations in Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea (Russia) following the spring snowmelt.

Elevated concentrations of dissolved and particulate Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn have been determined in the waters of Kandalaksha Bay (White Sea, Russia), following the ice melt in the spring of 2000. Dissolved metal maxima in the surface waters were observed at some stations and concentrations generally decreased with depth. The suspended particulate matter (SPM) comprised a non-lithogenic fraction in the range 12-83%, and had elevated metal concentrations that showed no trend with depth or salinity and was compositionally distinct from the sediments.

[Changes of functional-diagnostic indices during occlusive contacts reestablishment in the process of orthodontic treatment of patients with incisal disocclusion].

During orthodontic treatment of 42 patients with incisal disocclusions of different severity stages it was determined that during the period of occlusal contacts reestablishment a considerable increase of regional blood flow, a decrease of jaw bone density and an increase of masticatory muscles functional activity occurred. These changes were more pronounced in cases of deep incisal disocclusion than in cases with other types of incisal disocclusion.

Computerized morphometric analysis of the dendrites of Dogiel type II neurons.

Silver nitrate impregnation by the Bil'shovskii-Gros method was used to study the dendrites of Dogiel type II cells in the cat large intestine (local receptors) by computerized morphometric analysis. The following parameters were measured: the areas of the receptive field of the dendrite, the total area of all receptor elements, the total length of all branches of the receptor. There was significant individual variation in all these measures: the ratios of maximum to minimum values were 41, 29, and 45 respectively.