[An increase in the brain homocarnosine level during alcohol intoxication]. / Uvelichenie soderzhaniia gomokarnozina mozga pri alkogol'noi intoksikatsii.

It is shown that the content of neurospecific dipeptide of homocarnosine in the brain and blood of rats increases considerably after intraperitoneal administration of ethanol. The exogenous leu-enkephalin exerts an effects on the development of the alcoholic organism response.

[Ammonia content of the brain, liver and blood of rats in radiation injury]. / Soderzhanie ammiaka v golovnom mozge, pecheni i krovi krys pri luchevom porazhenii.

The neuroparalytic syndrome induced by ammonia was compared with the X-radiation-induced cerebral syndrome. It is suggested that the accumulation of ammonia in the brain and liver of rats is one of the reasons for the similarity of the studied syndromes. The fact that ammonia is bound by glutamic acid indicates that the latter is involved in the mechanisms of ammonia utilization and in the radioprotective properties manifestation.