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N S Popova

Publications and source records attributed to N S Popova.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed2003

[Mechanism of nootropic digam action in hypofunction of brain dopaminergic system].

Using microchemical methods for detection of dopamine (DA), noradrenaline (NA), serotonin (S) and its metabolite--5'-hydroxyindolilacetic acid (5'-HIAA) as well as the activity of neuromediator-utilising enzymes--MAO A and B and enzymes of acetylcholine metabolism--cholinacetyltranspherase (ChAT) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE), we revealed that synthetic GABA-derivative compound diagram (250 mg/kg during 10 days) normalized functioning of dopaminergic and acetylcholinergic systems in sensormotor cortex and caudate nucleus of Wistar rats with haloperidol-induced (0.5 mg/kg during 30 days) bradykinesia. Measured by quantitative interpherometric method, a specific response of functionally different sensomotor cortex (layers III and V) neurons and caudate nucleus by such characteristics as cytoplasm and nuclei sizes, protein content and concentration was found. Control for rat's behavior in open field revealed that diagram restored emotional activity disturbed by haloperidol injections and improved the indices of the animals searching activity.

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PubMed1995

[The pathogenesis of a broncho-obstructive syndrome in patients with chronic bronchitis].

Lipid peroxidation (LPO) and antioxidant system (AOS) were investigated in 40 patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis (COB) in relation to clinical features of the disease. Bronchial tree inflammation was associated with reduced AOS function and intensification of LPO which reached a new high level. LPO activity, tocopherol concentration in red cell membranes and the severity of respiratory obstructive syndrome were correlated. It is suggested that high LPO activity may underlie the disease chronicity and development of progressive irreversible bronchial obstruction. Antioxidant drugs are believed necessary for COB patients not only in acute, but also in regression and remission phases of the disease.

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PubMed1993

[The mechanism of the pathogenesis of drug-induced parkinsonism (experimental biochemical and bioelectrical research on the action of haloperidol)].

Haloperidol was administered to rabbits in a dose 500 micrograms/kg during 60 min or 30 days. Its effects were studied in enzymes controlling neurotransmitters utilization--monoamine oxidase (MAO) A and B, acetylcholine esterase (ACE) in synaptosomes subfractions and mitochondria of the cells--and on the content of biogenic amines in the sensomotor cortex and caudate nucleus tissues. It was found that this neuroleptic induces reciprocal changes in MAO specific activity (a decrease in MAO B activity and an increase in MAO A), a fall in the levels of dopamine and noradrenaline in unchanged levels of 5'-HT and 5'-HYAA.

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PubMed1992

[Prolonged action of tuftsin in penicillin epilepsy].

The free behaviour experiments on rats showed during the first day the tuftsin-induced (0.3 mg/kg i. p.) increment of epileptic discharge in all the structures simultaneously. Open field behaviour depended on the sequence of penicillin and tuftsin injections. The rats with tuftsin used after the epileptiformic activity has been developed showed the behaviour analogical to the penicillin-injected animals. The preventive injections of tuftsin resulted in restoration of all behavioural indications by the third day. The optimal corrective effect has been obtained with tuftsin used preventively.

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PubMed1989

[Functional and biochemical reorganization in hyperfunction of the dopaminergic system].

In dogs, cats, rabbits, the effects of unique and chronic administration of L-DOPA (20-50 mg/kg daily) on central dopamine processes, behaviour, interrelations of sensory and motor regimens of the structures and on the transmitter metabolism, were studied. The interrelations of sensory and motor regimens became competitive, reciprocal changes occurred in dopaminergic and other transmitter (serotoninergic and acetylcholinergic) systems. The findings seem to be related to development of psychomotor excitation.

Acetylcholinesterase↗
PubMed1989

[Effects of delta sleep-inducing peptide on the intercentral integration during experimental epilepsy].

In free behavior experiments on cats it has been shown, that the intraperitoneal injection of delta-sleep-inducing peptide (100 mg/kg) may change organization of the pathology integration-epileptic discharges did not spread all the structures simultaneously. The slow-waves were registered in central medium of the thalamus and nucl. caudati. The epileptic discharges were registered first in visual and auditory cortex, hippocampus. After that they were observed in the motor cortex, nucl. caudati and centrum medianum of the thalamus.

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PubMed1987

[Systemic, cellular and molecular adjustments induced by administration of peptides having different opioid activities].

Comparative study of effects of the peptides with different opiate activity on metabolism and neurophysiological processes in brain structures (cortical-subcortical, brainstem) revealed resemblance and specifics of delta-sleep inducing peptide (DSIP) and tetrapeptideamide (TPA) effects on subcellular (metabolism of neurotransmitters), cellular (bioelectrical activity) and systemic (behaviour) levels. Both peptides activated serotoninergic system and suppressed responses of brain structures to visual and acoustic stimuli. These peptides also reconstructed multi-sensory peculiarities of brain structures, changing the sensory supply of adaptive behaviour. As opposed to the DSIP, systemic effect of TPA included motor function and resulted in changes of cholinergic system activity levels. DSIP can be useful in studies of informational neuroses in clinics.

Acetylcholinesterase↗
PubMed1986

Systemic analysis of anticipating reactions.

A capacity for anticipating reactions realizes itself in the course of systemic activity formation, events. There is no doubt that probability of prediction proves to be possible on the basis of formation in brain structures of certain systems of anticipating excitations. Dynamics of EP analogues is an objective criterion of evaluation of the anticipating reaction central mechanisms. The term "EP analogue" conveys the phenomenon of reproduction of the EP configurations in intersignal spans. On the basis of analysis of EP analogue dynamics, we succeeded in following the process of brain structure organization into the anticipating intercentral integrations and also in elucidating the role that different afferentation redistributions play in this process by their functional significance.

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