[Characteristics of higher nervous activity in young children, cholesterol metabolism and state of the adrenal cortex]. / Osobennosti vysshei nervnoi deiatel'nosti u detei rannego vozrasta, obmen kholesterina i sostoianiia kory nadpochechnikov.

The relationship was established between cholesterol metabolism, adrenocortical function and the typological features of the higher nervous activity in children. Cholesterol metabolism was found to correlate with the type of the higher nervous activity. The children with deficient force and mobility of the nervous processes showed a decrease of glucocorticoid function of the adrenal cortex, proneness to an elevation of the cholesterol level in blood serum and delay of its excretion with feces. This dictates the necessity of developing special diets for the group of children under consideration.

[Changes in the higher fatty acid composition of plasma phospholipids and erythrocyte membranes in children with severe traumatic brain damage]. / Izmenenie sostava vysshikh zhirnykh kislot fosfolipidov plazmy krovi i membran éritrotsitov u detei s tiazheloi travmaticheskoi bolezn'iu mozga.

The levels of higher fatty acids in the blood plasma and erythrocyte membranes were assessed in 25 children aged 3 to 15 years with severe traumatic lesions of the brain. The study was conducted with the purpose of deriving criteria indicative of the depth and severity of traumatic damage to the brain. The most informative parameters having diagnostic significance were established. The results of the studies performed suggest that it is advisable to include drugs containing essential fatty acids into the complex of therapeutic measures.