Spermatogenesis and the testosterone level in young male silver foxes in their reproductive period

15.7% of spermatozoa were found to be abnormal in silver fox males during their first reproductive season. The total number of spermatozoa and the abnormal spermatogenesis remained unchanged during mating season. Sexual stimulation increased the testosterone level only at the beginning of the mating season.     

The direct activating effect of a nonapeptide neurohormone (vasotocin) on the thyroid and interrenal glands of sturgeons in in-vitro experiments

An in-vitro effect of nonapeptide neurohormone vasotocin on thyroid and interrenal glands was studied in hybrid of Siberian and Lena sturgeons [correction of salmons] at light microscopy level using morphometric method. At a concentration of 0.1 and 1 nmol/l vasotocin was shown to exert undirectional stimulating effect on the thyroid and interrenal gland functions. In the presence of vasotocin at a concentration of 1 nmol/l in culture media the activity of glands is even more pronounced than under the influence of adenohypophyseal hormones, adrenocorticotropic (8 x 10 ng/ml) and thyrotropic (5 ng/ml).     

The structural organization of the nucleus thoracicus in the feline spinal cord after destruction of the amygdaloid body in the brain

A total of 280 children and adolescents with congenital and acquired mandibular defects and deformations were treated. The main principle in the treatment of such children is to begin treatment as early as possible. Stages of rehabilitation and scope of therapeutic measures for each stage are determined. The best results were attained in patients administered multiple-modality treatment by surgical, orthodontic, physiotherapeutic methods and therapeutic exercises at an early age immediately after the defect was diagnosed.