[Urgent changes in the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) in the neocortex of rats with different tolerance to acute hypoxia underwent focal ischemic stroke prefrontal cortex].

Using immunohistochemical method, it was demonstrated that neurons of the cerebral cortex have the capacity to express hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) in normoxia. Intensity of this process is different for rats having unequal tolerance to hypoxia. Basal HIF-1α expression in neurons of rats with low-resistance (LR) to hypoxia is higher compared to rats with high-resistance (HR).

[Expression of BDNF neurotrophin in the hippocampus and neocortex of rats during the development of post-stress anxiety and its correction by hypoxic postconditioning].

Using quantitative immunohistochemistry, changes in the expression of the BDNF (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) were studied in the hippocampus and neocortex of 24 male Wistar rats during the development of post-stress-related anxiety state in the experimental model of posttraumatic stress disorder, and its correction by hypoxic postconditioning (PC). For the induction of anxiety state, combined severe psychoemotional stress was applied (immobilization, forced swimming, ether stress followed 7 days later by repeated immobilization - restress). Correction of the anxiety state was achieved by application of hypoxic PC, which included three sessions of mild hypobaric hypoxia (360 mm Hg, 2 h, daily).