[Autonomic disorders in patients with initial signs of cerebro- vascular disorders in hypertension and arteriosclerosis and their non-pharmacological correction]. / Vegetativnye narusheniia u bol'nykh s nachal'nymi priznakami nedostatochnosti krovosnabzheniia mozga pri gipertonicheskoi bolezni, ateroskleroze i ikh nemedikamentoznaia korrektsiia.

Altogether 110 patients with initial signs of brain blood supply failure associated with essential hypertension and atherosclerosis were examined for vegetative responses (background, direction, reactivity, activity maintenance). Non-pharmacological correction (acupuncture, physiotherapy and dietetic management) was performed. The results obtained were statistically processed with the use of a correlation analysis. Undue sympathetic direction, especially in essential hypertension patients, was disclosed. Acupuncture turned out to be an effective method for the treatment of the initial signs of brain blood supply failure associated with essential hypertension. In atherosclerosis, that pathology was more amenable by correction with multimodality treatment.

Metamagnetic transitions in electron-doped single crystals of manganites Ca(1-x)(Ln)(x)MnO3, (Ln = La, Ce; x ≤ 0.12).

The magnetization curves of Ca(1-x)(Ln)(x)MnO(3) single crystals, where Ln denotes La or Ce, x ≤ 0.12, have been measured in pulsed magnetic fields up to 350 kOe. The metamagnetic transitions for compositions with x = 0.10 and 0.12 have been observed in the temperature range 77-240 K. The hysteresis around the transition for the sweep-up and sweep-down branches of the magnetization curve is wide for x(Ce) = 0.10 and 0.12, and relatively narrow for x(La) = 0.12. The maximum magnetization value reaches ~50% from its theoretical value for x(Ce) = 0.10 and 0.12, and ~24% for x(La) = 0.12 in a magnetic field H = 350 kOe. The metamagnetic transition has been attributed to the melting of orbital/charge ordering in the dielectric antiferromagnetic C-type phase, which is accompanied by the growth of the volume of the conductive phase with antiferromagnetic G-type ordering and ferromagnetic contribution.

Optical and magneto-optical properties of ferromagnetic La(1-x)Ba(x)MnO3 single crystals.

The optical and magneto-optical properties of ferromagnetic La(1-x)Ba(x)MnO(3) single crystals with x=0.15, 0.20 and 0.25 are studied. The components of the permittivity tensor are obtained by spectral ellipsometry techniques and transverse Kerr effect measurements. The Kerr effect spectra depend substantially on the Ba content. The plasma frequency is estimated. In the paramagnetic semiconductor state, the small polarons contribute to conductivity in La(0.85)Ba(0.15)MnO(3), in La(0.75)Ba(0.25)MnO(3) no evidence for polarons is found even in the semiconductor state. For La(0.85)Ba(0.15)MnO(3) (T(C)=214 K), the metallic phase is estimated to occupy less than 1% of the total volume at T=190 K. It is shown that in La(0.75)Ba(0.25)MnO(3), the energy gap vanishes and the metal-semiconductor transition occurs somewhat below T(C) rather than at T=T(C).