Comparative Analysis of Stress-Protective Activity and Prevention of Fatigue during Physical Load of Standardized Humic Acids from Peat and Officinal Preparations of Succinic Acid in Experiment.

The effect of humic acids and substances with similar action - derivatives of succinic acid (ethylmethylhydroxypyridine succinate) and combined agent consisting of succinic acid, nicotinamide, riboflavin, and riboxin on the performance and stress resistance of experimental rats was studied. Performance was assessed in the test of exhaustive forced swimming with a load, stress resistance was evaluated by the serum level of corticosterone and open field behavior, and the state of anaerobic metabolism was estimated by the serum level of lactate after swimming test. Humic acids from peat showed anti-stress activity comparable to that of the officinal preparation and preventive effect on fatigue during physical exercise.

[Speciality of restoring the psychophysiological parameters of laboratory rats with the help of balneological procedures during the periods of equinox].

Unlabelled: Currently methods development for restoring physiological functions and increasing the adaptive capabilities of the body after prolonged stress exposure of various genesis is an urgent problem in the field of balneology and physiotherapy. It is known that the adaptive potential of the organism is not the same in different seasons of the year. In this regard, it becomes necessary to take into account the seasonality factor when carrying out recreational activities.

[Comparison of neurotropic and antioxidant activity of Cytoflavin and etilmetilgydroxypiridine succinat in patients with chronic brain ischemia].

Objective: Determination of the total antioxidant activity of blood serum (AOA) of patients with chronic cerebral ischemia (CCI) I-II st. against the background of treatment with Cytoflavin or ethylmethylhydroxypyridine succinate (EMGPS) and evaluation of the effect of drugs on the state of cognitive functions and emotional sphere of patients.

Material And Methods: The main group consisted of 12 women with CCI I-II st.

[Experimental study of the features of post-stress recovery of psychophysiological functions using balneological treatments during the solstice].

Unlabelled: The development of new programs and methods of rehabilitation after the action of various stress factors on the body continues to be an actual problem. There are post-stress recovery programs include both standard pharmacotherapy and physical therapies. However, when prescribing certain types of physiotherapy procedures, the season of the year is not taken into account.

[An effect of mexidol on the level of corsticosteron in the blood serum and beam zone cells in rats with light desynhronizes and physical loads].

Objective: In order to develop methods and means of maintaining normal human functioning under conditions of desynchronizes, the effect of mexidol on the level of corticosterone in the blood serum and the state of the cells of the beam zone of the adrenal cortex of rats after light or dark deprivation and physical activity to a state of fatigue.

Materials And Methods: The experiments were performed on 7 groups of rats (10 animals each) in the spring. The model of physical activity is the method of forced swimming of rats until exhaustion in its own modification.

[Effectiveness and safety of mexidol forte 250 in the sequential therapy in patients with chronic ischemia].

Objective: To study of efficacy and safety of mexidol used as intravenous infusion for 14 days, followed by per os treatment with mexidol FORTE 250 for 60 days in patients with chronic brain ischemia (CHM) complicated with arterial hypertension and atherosclerosis.

Material And Methods: The mexidol group included 27 patients (24 women and 3 men) with CHM I-II gr and the combination of arterial hypertension and atherosclerosis who received intravenous infusions of mexidol (500 mg once daily) within 14 days, with the subsequent per os treatment with mexidol FORTE 250 in a daily dose of 750 mg (1 tablet 3 times a day) for 60 days. The comparison group consisted of 30 patients (22 women and 8 men) with CHM I-II gr, comparable in age, nature of risk factors and expression of neurological manifestations.

Effect of Humic Acids from Lowland Peat on Endurance of Rats in Forced Swim Test in Relation to Serum Lactate and Corticosterone.

The study substantiated the possibility of using peat humic acids for improving endurance during extreme physical exertion. The mature outbred Wistar rats weighing 200-250 g (n=40) were subjected to forced swim test until complete exhaustion. The humic acids (1%) were administered intragastrically (0.

[Effect of mexidol on physical working capacity and level of lactate in the blood of rats in conditions of light deprivation].

Aim: To study an effect of mexidol on the performance of rats after light or dark deprivations in the swimming test with a load and to evaluate the state of glycolytic processes under these conditions.

Material And Methods: The experiment was carried out in the spring on 70 Wistar male rats. Three groups (30 animals) were in natural light conditions.

[SEASONAL FEATURES OF SEROTONIN IN BLOOD SERUM OF RATS AFTER PHYSICAL OVERWORK UNDER DESYNCHRONOSIS].

The content of serotonin in the blood serum of rats with light desynchronizes and physical fatigue in different seasons was investigated ву enzyme immunoassay. It was found that long-term light deprivation and exercise to complete depletion lowered levels of serotonin in the blood serum of rats in the winter and increased that of the spring season. At the same time, a dark deprivation and physical activity had no effect on this indicator.

[CHRONOBIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF AQUEOUS EXTRACTS OF THE ABOVE-GROUND PART OF AGRIMONIA PILOSA L. IN RATS.].

It is established that lithium is accumulated in the above-ground part of agrimony (Agrimoniapilosa L.), the aqueous extract of which exhibits lithium-specific chronobiological activity in rats. The chronobiological study was carried out during the winter solstice on 40 adult male rats divided into three groups: control (intact animals treated with purified water and the extract purified from lithium) and two test groups.

[Reactivity of the central nervous system influences the sensitivity of secretory cells of the stomach to carbacholine and glycyl-proline (Gly-Pro)].

In experiments using cluster analysis of the behavioral activity of rats in the "open field" test, the animals were divided into three groups with different types of behavior and response to the first presentation of the test: (i) active-search (all the studied reactions are expressed), (ii) intermediate, and (iii) passive-defensive (lowest level of activity). Differences in the indices of carbacholine-stimulated gastric secretion in rats of different groups were manifested by greater secretion of the stomach and lower digestive capacity of gastric juice observed in rats with active-search and intermediate types of behavior in the "open field" test in contrast to rats with passive-defensive type. Combined administration of cholinomimetic and glycyl-proline (Gly-Pro) lead to decreased proteolytic activity of gastric juice in rats with active-search behavior in the "open field" test, decreased volume of gastric secretion in rats with an intermediate type of behavior, and increased volume of juice and its decreased digestive ability in rats with passive-defensive behavior.

Mechanisms of psychopharmacological effects of alkaloid Z77 under conditions of brain ischemia.

We studied the psychopharmacological effects of atisine-type diterpene alkaloid Z77 in a rat model of brain ischemia in the morning and at night. The type of developing locomotor disorders in animals was shown to depend on circadian rhythms. Administration of Z77 substantially corrected manifestations of psychoneurological symptoms.

[The chronobiological peculiarities of the hepatobiliary system function in chronic cholecystitis with dysfunction of the gallbladder].

Study of biological cycles in chronic cholecystitis with dysfunction of gallbladder has a great practical importance. The results of chronoanalysis testify a dominance of 24-hours cycle in structure of cycles of functional activity of organs of hepatobiliary system. The comparative analysis of trust intervals reveals the intensification of internal connections, expressed intensification of synchronization of cycles of functional activity of system and a breach of synchronism of central regulation and self-regulation, testifying overstrain of proper adaptive possibilities and unconcordance in system of regulation.

[Influence of simulated hypomagnetic environment in a far space flight on the rhythmic structure of rat's behavior].

Behavior of a group of rats was observed visually and tape recorded continuously from day 19 till the end of 25-d hypomagnetic experiments. Results were statistically processed with the help of Statistica 6.0, time series spectral analysis, and cosinor analysis.

[The rhythm-modulant effect of lithium hydroxybutyrate on the background of electrolytic lesion of the right suprachiasmatic nucleus of hypothalamus].

Experimental lesion of the right suprachiasmatic nucleus of hypothalamus in rats facilitates manifestations of the free-running locomotor rhythm in winter solstice, but decreases the entrainment of the light cycle of this rhythm in the period of summer solstice. The administration of lithium hydroxybutyrate in both illumination regimes compensates the influence of lesion of the right suprachiasmatic nucleus. Features of the observed effect depend on the circadian phase of drug administration.

[Effect of lithium hydroxybutyrate on the circadian dynamics of the urinary excretion of Li(+), Na(+), K(+), and Ca(2+) in rats depending on the circadian phase of the drug administration].

In winter solstice, the urinary excretion of Li+ and Na+ in intact rats has a uniform circadian profile, while K+ and Ca2+ exhibit a 23-h and 24-h rhythm, respectively. The administration of lithium hydroxybutyrate (10 mg/kg, 6 days) at 8 a.m.

[Lithium oxybutyrate and the rhythmic structure of the actively exploratory behavior and body temperature in rats under constant illumination conditions].

Under constant illumination (LL 24) conditions, lithium hydroxybutyrate (LHB, daily dose 10 mg/kg, 10 days) facilitated the formation of synchronized 24-h rhythms in the active-search (open-field) behavior and body temperature variation in rats, independently of the objective drug administration time. In the dark (DD 24), LHB increased the free-running rhythms and facilitated synchronization of the internal harmonics, especially upon the drug administration in the objective p.m.

[Efficacy of the lithium compound with prolonged action during "reserpine depression"].

A single administration of the new lithium compound with prolonged action formed on the basis of lithium oxyburate produces an antiblepharoptosis effect in rats with reserpine depression for 24 to 48 h. It optimally prevents the development of "reserpine-desynchronization" in rats when prescribed in the morning at intervals of 48 h.

[Contribution of the midbrain raphe nuclei and locus ceruleus to realization of lithium hydrobutyrate rhythm modulating properties].

Electrolytic destruction of the median raphe nuclei or locus ceruleus (I = 1.5-2.0 V, 20 sec with a change of polarity) in the period of winter solstice weakens the manifestation of free flowing rhythms of the active-search component of behavior.

[The effect of damage to the locus coeruleus or the raphe nuclei on circadian rhythms in rats in open-field testing].

The electrolytic lesions of raphe or locus coeruleus (I = 1-1.5 mA, 20 sec, with a change in polarity) produce a destabilization in the circadian rhythms of the active searching behaviour (tested in the "open field") in rats kept under conditions of natural illumination in the period of the winter or summer solstice. The daily or circadian components are substituted, respectively, for the ultra- or infradian rhythms.

[The effect of lithium chloride on the desynchronization of "reserpine-induced depression"].

Lithium chloride (5 mg/kg i.m. for 10 days in the morning but not in the evening) prevented effectively desynchronization of "reserpine depression" in mice and rats: the spectra and structure of the rhythms of behavioral parameters (open field), body temperature, content of serotonin and its metabolites in the brain and that of glucocorticoids in blood plasma were almost the same as those in intact animals; the circadian harmony of all parameters were correlated in the best manner and their mean circadian values were restored.

[The effect of lithium oxybutyrate on aggressive animal behavior].

The aim of the study was to examine the aggressive behavior of rats after lithium hydroxybutyrate injections (10 mg/kg once a day, at 9 a.m or 7 p.m.