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Abstract
The effect of intermittent normobaric hypoxia on the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) and glucocorticoid receptors in the brain of male Wistar rats was studied in the context of developing neuroprotective methods of hypoxytherapy. Hypoxia in three modes of different effectiveness was modeled by three cycles of 5-min inhalation of a hypoxic mixture (9, 12, or 16% O2) with 15-min intervals of normoxia (21% O2) over 3 days. Immunopositive staining for glucocorticoid receptors and HIF-1α in rat brain increased, which correlated with the protective effectiveness of the regimen. The protective mode (9% O2) increased the expression of these proteins in all regions, the medium mode (12% O2) stimulated expression of glucocorticoid receptors only in layer V of the neocortex and HIF-1α only in the CA1 field. The least effective mode (16% O2) did not affect these parameters. Thus, neuroprotective normobaric hypoxia activates the same adaptive mechanisms as hypobaric hypoxia.
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Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine presents original peer reviewed research papers and brief reports on priority new research results in physiology, biochemistry, biophysics, pharmacology, immunology, microbiology, genetics, oncology, etc. Novel trends in science are covered in new sections of the journal - Biogerontology and Human Ecology - that first appeared in 2005.
World scientific interest in stem cells prompted inclusion into Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine a quarterly scientific journal Cell Technologies in Biology and Medicine (a new Russian Academy of Medical Sciences publication since 2005). It publishes only original papers from the leading research institutions on molecular biology of stem and progenitor cells, stem cell as the basis of gene therapy, molecular language of cell-to-cell communication, cytokines, chemokines, growth and other factors, pilot projects on clinical use of stem and progenitor cells.
The Russian Volume Year is published in English from April.