[Survival and recovery from alimentary dystrophy and psycho-emotional stress in Leningrad blockade].
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Serotonin antibodies (SAb) were found in the blood sera of middle-aged and elderly parkinsonian patients. The incidence of Sab in young and middle-aged healthy subjects was less, but increasing with age. Injected into the rabbit caudate nuclei, Sab suppressed the main pathogenetic mechanism of parkinsonian syndrome, the generator of pathologically enhanced excitation (GPEE) and parkinsonian symptoms induced by the MPP injection into substantia nigra. The intracaudate injection of serotonin enhanced GPEE activity and parkinsonian syndrome. The role of serotoninergic system and Sab in parkinsonism is discussed.
Dopamine antibodies (DAb) were found in the blood serum of parkinsonian patients, middle-aged and elderly, but not young. There was a correlation between the DAb incidence and dominant symptom in the middle-aged and elderly patients and between DAb and anginal parkinsonism in the elderly patients. DAb-binding serum gamma-globulins of parkinsonian patients injected into rat caudate nuclei induced the pathogenetic mechanism of Parkinson's syndrome (the generator of pathologically enhanced excitation-GPEE) in this brain part and evoked main parkinsonian symptoms (oligokinesia, rigidity and tremor). This effect was more expressed in the elderly rats compared with the young animals. The DAb role in the Parkinson's syndrome pathogenesis and in L-DOPA therapeutic tolerance formation is discussed.
Injected into the rat caudate nuclei (CN) serotonin promotes the generator of pathologically enhanced excitation (GPEE) in CN and parkinsonian symptoms, induced by MPP+ injection into substantia nigra. Serotonin antibody injected in CN decreases the GPEE activity and partly suppresses the parkinsonian symptoms. The role of serotoninergic system in parkinsonism is discussed.
L-DOPA and dopamine (DA) binding antibodies were found in the blood serum of Parkinsonian patients and middle-aged and elderly normal persons. DA-binding serum gamma-globulins of parkinsonian patients injected into rat caudate nuclei induced the pathogenetic mechanism of Parkinson's syndrome (generator of pathologically enhanced excitation) in these brain part and evoked main parkinsonian symptoms (oligokinesia, rigidity, tremor). The serum gamma-globulins of Parkinsonian patients without Da-antibodies caused less pronounced EEG disturbances. Parkinsonian symptoms developed rarely and were shorter and less pronounced compared with the DA-antibody effect. The DA binding antibodies role in Parkinson's syndrome pathogenesis and is L-DOPA therapeutic tolerance formation was discussed.
Intracaudate bilateral injection of the dopamine antibodies caused the formation of the generator of pathologically enhanced excitation in caudate nuclei. All the rats exhibited the oligokinesia, rigidity and head tremor were observed in most animals. These abnormalities could be observed during 24 hours. The possible role of dopamine antibodies in parkinsonism pathogenesis is discussed.
Immobilization stress in rats can provoke damages of the brain parenchymal vessels, which are most pronounced in the reticular formation of the midbrain. In this case the blood plasma and cells enter the brain and the blood elements of brain tissue enter the circulation. Some experimental animals exhibit the serum complement-fixing brain antibodies and specific reactions of basophils to brain antigens 14 days after exposure to stress. Most of the rats reveal immune reactions and neurosensitivity a month later. Some of them exhibit the autoantibodies to norepinephrine and serotonin. It is suggested that stress-induced brain vascular damages may play an important role in the mechanisms of immune reaction induction.
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Experimental hippocampal pathology caused by the local electrolytic lesion of the dorsal hippocampal area was shown to induce synthesis of antibodies to neurotransmitters (epinephrine and serotonin) and to hippocampal, heart and lung tissue antigens.
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Experiments on rabbits demonstrated that local electrocoagulation of the dorsal hyppocampus portions by means of the implanted electrodes caused reduction of the complementary and lysozyme activity of the blood serum, inhibited the development of Arthus' skin allergic-reaction, decreased the intensity of systemic anaphylaxis to the blood serum antigens, this being accompanied by a relative fall of the precipitating antibodies titres and a reduction of the vagus response of the heart to adrenaline.
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Complex immunological, pathologicoanatomic and histopathological examination of intact rabbits revealed a correlation between the appearance of complement fixation antibodies and delayed hypersensitivity to tissue antigens on the one hand and the development of spontaneous pathology of the corresponding organs on the other. Meningoencephalitis was diagnosed in all sick animals by means of immunological tests. Tests for antibodies and delayed hypersensitivity to tissue antigens revealed intracapillary glomerulonephritis, coccidiosis of the liver, and pneumonia. The authors recommend conduction of immunological tests for detecting latent spontaneous pathology in laboratory animals.
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