Kuzik V

The main directions in the work are morphological and functional studies of the preoptic-pituitary complex of neuroendocrine regulation in fish. Participation of various neurohormones and monoamines are in providing adaptive reactions of the organism in poikilothermic animals. Methods and techniques: morphological and immunohistochemical methods, light microscopy. Valery Vladimirovich takes part in teaching and advisory works.

Smolensky I

Scientific interests: stress, anxious and depressive disorders, neuroendocrinology, synaptic neurotransmission, molecular endocrinology Methods: 1. Experimental models of neurological and psychiatric disorders: immobilization stress, forced swimming stress, social isolation, learned helpness, lithium-pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy, pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures. 2. Experimental tests for estimation of neurological and behavioral disturbances in models of disorders: maximal electroshock threshold, […]