[Effect of nootropic agents on impulse activity of cerebral cortex neurons].

The effect of nootropes (semax, mexidol, and GVS-111) on the activity of individual neurons in various cerebral cortex regions was studied by microelectrode and microionophoresis techniques in cats immobilized by myorelaxants. It was established that the inhibiting effect of mexidol upon neurons in more than half of cases is prevented or significantly decreased by the GABA antagonists bicuculline and picrotoxin. The inhibiting effect of semax and GVS-111 upon neurons in more than half of cases is related to stimulation of the M-choline and NMDA receptors, respectively.

[Ultrastructural changes in the pancreas of rats with acute pancreatitis after semax administration].

Semax favorably affects ultrastructural changes in the pancreas of rats with acute pancreatitis (AP): a single introduction of semax (0.1 mg/kg) into the pancreatic duct of rats with AP model prevents increased necrosis of the acinar tissues and inhibits purulent inflammation of the necrotised lobules by inducing their sclerosis and atrophy, thus retaining large areas of the pancreas intact.

[The effect of semax and mexidol on the course of acute pancreatitis in rats].

The effect of semax and mexidol on the course of acute pancreatitis in rats was studied in comparison with the action of contrical, fluorouracil, and dibunol. It was established that a single intraductal or intraperitoneal administration of semax or mexidol markedly reduces the loss of experimental animals (to 10-13%), decreases hyperfermentemia, lipid peroxidation activation, and vascular permeability, improves microcirculation, and accelerates healing of the damaged pancreatic zones by substitutional repair of pancreatic acini not accompanied by coarse fibrous changes in the parenchyma. Upon the intraductal administration, semax and mexidol were more effective than contrical, fluorouracil, and dibunol.