2017, volume 13

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of mechanically modified turmeric extract on the parameters of orienting-exploratory behavior in mice with chronic ethanol consumption. Material and methods. Mice behavior was assessed in the "open field" test. In the both control groups the animals received water or 10% ethanol solution; in the test group — turmeric extract in 10% ethanol solution. Amount of blood mononuclear cells, thymocytes, and splenocytes were estimated. Results. Analysis of the behavioral parameters in animals after chronic exposure to ethanol showed suppression of motor and exploratory components of the behavior. In mice that received both ethanol and turmeric extract recorded behavior parameters were significantly higher than in the group of animals who received ethanol only. It was shown that the turmeric extract enhances the amount of blood immune cells. Conclusion. Mechanically modified turmeric extract possesses protective properties against ethanol-induced behavioral disorders.

Aim: analysis of the current status and evaluation of the effectiveness of rehabilitation measures for patients with impaired motor function in the early recovery period of cerebral stroke in the conditions of a specialized inpatient department. Material and methods. The data of the state of patients with motor deficit after a cerebral stroke were analyzed in the rehabilitation department from November 2016 to March 2017. Results. During the study period, the effectiveness of the rehabilitation department for patients in the early recovery period of cerebral stroke was assessed. Improvements in cognitive functions were detected in these patients, and these patients also have a high potential for self-esteem of the social significance of the disease and the condition (anxiety and depression) at the time of being in the inpatient rehabilitation department. Conclusion. The presented data testify to the need to take into account the characteristics of patients in the early recovery period of cerebral stroke in the development of rehabilitation activities within the inpatient department.

Konstantin Tretiakov is one of the founders of Neurological science schools in Sao Paulo (Brazil) and in Saratov. Carrying out the analysis of the materials of the State archive of Saratov, the Russian State Library, the Russian National Library, the library of Saratov Medical University, Internet resources. The information about the K.N. Tretiakov's life, career and scientific work Tretiakov is presented.

The article presents biographical data of academician D. K. Zabolotny and his scientific and practical contribution to the fight against plague and cholera, to the research of germ and pathogenesis of syphilis and to the management of preventative disinfection department in Russia.

The aim of the article is to present to the scientific community the data on the collection of fundamental craniological Museum of Human Anatomy Department of Saratov State Medical University.

The article is devoted to the 80th anniversary of professor Irina Alexandrovna Zaitseva — the honored worker of science, honored doctor of the Russian Federation

This article summarizes the main aspects of educational process on the clinical course "Medical rehabilitation". The role of this course in the full health restoration of a patient is noted in the work. The algorithm of training and methodological support is also discussed in the article.

The problems concerning the study at clinical departments, ethics and deontology in communication between students and patients are discussed in the article. Special attention is paid to uprising of the cultural level of students.

The aim of the work is to analyze the attitude of employers to health preserving practices among agricultural workers with occupational diseases. Material and methods. Applying qualitative research strategy — focus-group interview (research period: 2015-2016). The basis of the study is opinion of peasant farm enterprise employers from Saratov region (n=8). Results. The article reveals formal character of health preserving actions aimed at agricultural workers with occupational diseases who are involved in work associated with occupational hazards at peasant farm enterprises. Breach of employment requirements and norms, conditions of work, sanitary and medical protection on the part of employers has also been stated. Failure of working career alternative adequate to somatic state of employees and absence of formed value system among agricultural workers aimed at health preserving practices have been detected as well. Conclusion. On the basis of employers opinion it is possible to state weakening of responsibility on the part of an employer as an active agent of health preserving process and its transfer to employees.

In modern neurorehabilitation practice there is a trend of common approach to the content of rehabilitation of patients with various etiopathogenic features of brain damage. The urgency of the problem of medical and social rehabilitation of patients with brain injury is associated with a high prevalence of this pathology and medical and social uncertainty of the prognosis. The authors of the publications cited in the survey have considered the rehabilitation prognosis and predictors of disability in patients with traumatic brain injury. According to most authors' opinions, the effects of traumatic brain injury even of mild degree can be shown for the first time some years later, while at the same time it is not always adequate to the severity of the acute period of craniocerebral trauma and often having a progradi-ent course. The review presents the results of studies showing that significant progress in the recovery of patients with traumatic brain injury is possible by using an integrated approach, a coordinated multidisciplinary action aimed at the patient and his family, as well as the rehabilitation period of the sequence, starting with early intensive and ending late recovery period. Medical and Social Rehabilitation of patients after traumatic brain injury, in the current context — a multidisciplinary challenge, the effectiveness of regulation is determined by the coordination and solution of medical, social, psychological and organizational tasks.