Antigenic homogeneity among the adenovirus hexon types of subgenus C

Summary Antigenic relationships of hexons of human adenovirus (Ad h) types 1, 2, 5 and 6 of subgenus C were studied with 61 monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) raised against human Ad h1, Ad h35 and bovine adenovirus 2. The reactivity pattern (RP) and the titers of the MAbs were determined in indirect ELISA. In previous experiments with hexons of different subgenera 49 MAbs displayed numerous different intertype specificities besides genus specific and type specific ones. With the four hexon types of subgenus C all MAbs gave identical RPs except the type specific ones. Data reveal the existence of a remarkable homogeneity in the antigenic structure among the hexon types of subgenus C defined by the presence of identical or closely related intertype specific epitopes on the surface of the hexons. The possible significance of the results in the experimental gene therapy is discussed.     

Changes in amphetamine stereotypy in cats after electrical stimulation of the caudate nucleus

Two types of behavioral changes arise in cats after repetitive low-frequency stimulation of the head of the caudate nucleus in cats. Behavioral inhibition is more frequently triggered from the dorsomedial zone of the head, whereas activation phenomena precede depression during stimulation of the ventrolateral zone. The assortment and pattern of stereotyped movements following injection of the minimal effective dose of amphetamine vary in different ways against the background of these changes. After stimulation of the dorsomedial zones of the nucleus stereotypy is first disorganized and then weakened, whereas caudate activation is associated with strengthening of stereotypy.Department of Pharmacology, Chita Medical Institute. (Presented by Academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR V. V. Zakusov.) Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 87, No. 6, pp. 518–521, June, 1979.     

Acetals of lactams and amides of acids. Communication 79. A new approach to synthesis of isoquinoline and pyrido[4,3-c]carbazole derivatives

4-Cyano-7-(,-butylenedioxy)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroisoquinolin-3-one, 4-cyano-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroisoquinolin-3, 7-dione, 3-oxo-4-cyano-2,3,5,6-tetrahydropyrido[4.3-c]carbazole have been synthesized. The structure of the resultant compounds has been evidenced by¹H-NMR and mass spectroscopy.For Communication 78, see [1].     

Effect of the superior colliculus on function of the contralateral lateral geniculate body in cats

Laboratory of Neurophysiology of Brain Integrative Activity and Section Brain and Behavior,, A. I. Karaev Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR, Baku. (Presented by Academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR O. S. Adrianov.) Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 111, No. 3, pp. 227–229, March, 1991.