Association of TPH1 and TPH2 Gene Polymorphisms with the Risk of Developing Psychoneurological Disorders

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology - The question of the involvement of impairments to the metabolism of melatonin and its precursors (tryptophan and serotonin) in the development of...     

Changes in liver structure in experimental CCl₄-induced hepatitis during different phases of circumannual cycle

Changes in liver structure in experimental CCl₄-induced hepatitis depend on the phase of the circumannual cycle. Pronounced disorders in the liver with a model of toxic hepatitis were observed in winter and fall and minor changes were recorded in summer. In spring, the liver was characterized by higher adaptation and compensatory potential, its structural status spontaneously returned to normal on day 4 after the last injection of CCl₄.     

The morphological criteria of thromboangiitis and arteriosclerosis obliterans of the vessels of the lower extremities

The differences in pathology of the leg and foot arteries are described in patients with thromboangiitis obliterans (60 cases) and atherosclerosis (30 cases). Based on the operative and biopsy material it has been shown that thromboangiitis obliterans is associated with immune inflammation of the arteries, manifesting itself by productive or, more rarely, by necrotic arteritis. In the latter condition, the wall of the impaired vessels contains immune complexes. In patients with atherosclerosis, the muscular type arteries of the legs and feet show dystrophic and fibroblastic lesions seen primarily in the intima and manifesting themselves by the enlargement of its connective tissue. No immune complexes were discovered in the wall of such arteries.