Über den Einfluss von Acetylcholin auf das Membranpotential denervierter Rattenzwerchfelle

Summary The membran potential of isolated rat-diaphragms has been measured by means of intracellular micro-electrodes, in order to study changes of the resting potential and of the depolarizing action of acetylcholine after section of the phrenic nerve. Within 80 days after denervation, the membrane potential was found to fall exponentially from 87 mV to 66 mV. The action of acetylcholine, on the other hand, was found to be independent of the duration of denervation: between the 4th and the 80th day of denervation: 10^–5g/ml acetylcholine always caused the membrane potential to fall by an average of the 9 mV.     

Über den Einfluss von Organextrakten auf den Sauerstoffverbrauch von Geweben

Résumé 1° La consommation en O₂ des tissus cardiaque et hépatique de cobayes sains et atteints de scorbut est augmentée par l'apport de différents extraits organiques (extraits de cur, foie et estomac-i ntestin). L'extrait de cur augmente fortement la respiration des coupes du muscle cardiaque et l'extrait de foie celles des coupes du foie (ceci est prouvé d'une manière significative par les statistiques).2° La respiration de coupes de tissus de cobayes atteints de scorbut est plus forte que celle d'animaux d'expériences sains.3° Ces résultats soulignent le fait que les extraits d'organes exercent une influence particulière sur les tissus dont ils proviennent.     

Über den Einfluss isotopischer und nichtisotopischer Träger auf die Verteilung von Radiostrontium im Organismus der Ratte

Summary Investigating the influence of isotopic or nonisotopic carriers on the behaviour of Sr⁹⁰ in the rat, calcium was found to be ineffective, whereas magnesium was essentially more effective in reducing the deposition of Sr⁹⁰ in the skeleton as equimolar amounts of stable strontium. According to these results, neither calcium nor magnesium can act as ‘biological’ carrier for radiostrontium.      

Über den Einfluss desd,l-Methioninsulfoximins auf den Eiweißstoffwechsel bei Erbsen

Summary The influence of thed,l-Methioninesulphoximine on the nitrogen metabolism of germinating seeds has been studied on peas. It has been shown thatd,l-Methioninesulphoximine, even at low concentrations, inhibited the germination of seeds and produced a decrease of growth of the roots. The inhibited germinating seeds contained less non-protein-nitrogen and less asparagine than the control plants. On the basis of the experimental results,d,l-Methioninesulphoximine could be considered as an inhibitor of proteolysis.     

Über die Wirkung von Phenylbutazon auf den Tricarbonsäurezyklus und andere Fermentsysteme

Summary Cholinesterase, hyaluronidase, chondroïtinase and -glucuronidase are not inhibited by phenylbutazone in concentrations up to 10^–3 M.Phenylbutazone accelerates the oxidation of the acids of the Krebs cycle in therapeutic concentrations up to 10 mg%; in higher concentrations it acts as an inhibitor. The inhibition of the -keto acid oxidation begins at lower concentrations of phenylbutazone then for the other intermediates.     

Histochemische Untersuchungen über den Einfluss von Iproniazid (Marsilid) auf die durch Reserpin erzeugte Freisetzung von Adrenalin und Noradrenalin aus dem Nebennierenmark

Summary A single injection of 10 mg/kg reserpine causes marked decrease of catecholamine in the medulla of the adrenal gland of rats. Histochemically, this can be shown by the disappearance of chromaffinity and of the potassium iodate reaction. After pretreatment with 100 mg/kg of iproniazid, reserpine injection induces little or no decrease in the histochemical reactions of adrenalin and noradrenalin. In animals pretreated with equimolar doses of isoniazid, however, histochemical catecholamine reactions are well preserved in all cells of the adrenal medulla. These results suggest that monoamine oxidase plays a part in the reserpine-induced release of catecholamine.     

Über den Mechanismus der Osazonreaktion

Summary For the osazone reaction of the reducing sugars, the following mechanism is suggested: the initially formed phenylhydrazone is converted with aniline into the N-glycoside. Aniline arises from disproportional decomposition of phenylhydrazine. The N-glycoside undergoes an Amadori-rearrangement to 1-deoxy-1-amino-2-ketose derivative. From this is formed the phenylhydrazone. The latter is converted by dehydrogenation and transamination into the phenylosazone.     

Vergleichende Untersuchungen über die hypertensive Wirkung von Aldosteron und Desoxycorticosteron

Summary In the adrenalectomized and unilaterally nephrectomized rat an investigation has been carried out on the influence of a four weeks' treatment with aldosterone and desoxycorticosterone-acetate in doses which are equieffective concerning sodium retaining capacity. Desoxycorticosterone-acetate produced hypertension, perivascular granuloma and renal lesions, whereas under the influence of aldosterone the blood pressure remained normal and no histopathological alterations could be found. Towards the end of the experiment the animals treated with desoxycorticosterone-acetate took up twice as much drinking fluid as the animals treated with aldosterone. Although the results obtained so far are only of a preliminary character it is obvious that aldosterone in doses which are equieffective concerning sodium retention does not produce the same side effects as desoxycorticosterone-acetate.     

Über die Wirkung von Cobalt-II-nitrat auf Kern und Cytoplasma vonAcetabularia mediterranea

Summary The effect of Cobalt-II-nitrate was tested on the marine green algaAcetabularia. Application of Co immediately stopped regeneration as well as synthesis of cytoplasmic proteins. Later on a decrease of the protein contents was observed. Without affecting the size of the nucleus, Co caused a reduction of the nucleolar size and shape within 4 days. By histochemical methods, Co was found to be stored in the nucleus and nucleolus. However, it is not clear whether the Co was already boundin vivo. Size and distribution of the polyphosphate bodies were not changed within 6 days. No storage of Coin vivo could be observed within the polyphosphates.

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Über den differentialdiagnostischen Wert der Piotrowski-Zeichen und anderer Zeichengruppen im Rorschach-Versuch

Summary I. Tarcsay's modification of Piotrowski's ten Rorschach signs for the diagnosis of organic and endogenous psychoses was tested on the Rorschach records of 105 genuine epileptics, 50 schizophrenics, 50 psychopaths, and 22 neurotics. The signs were found to give a positive diagnosis of psychosis in about 80% of the true cases of psychoses, but also in 45% of the psychopaths and neurotics, so that they hardly can be used for differential diagnosis. Tarcsay's schizophrenia signs and the neurosis signs of Miale and Harrower-Erickson proved to have still less diagnostic value.     

Der Einfluss der «Lorentz-Kontraktion» der Erde auf den Gang der Quarzuhren. II

Summary In addition to his paper², which contains the yearly curves 1948, 1949, 1950 of relative corrections of Quarzclocks on northern and southern stations, the author gives here the four new curves for 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 with the results of the observations in Greenwich, Potsdam and Buenos Aires (geod. and naval.). The theoretical statement that the curves at southern stations must agree with the reflexes of those on northern stations has now still better foundations than before and thus the existence of the «Lorentz-contraction» is still more clearly proved.     

Über die Änderung der Hydrolyse von Tetrachlorkohlenstoff durch Röntgenstrahlen bei Zugabe von Alkohol

Summary Hydrolysis of carbon tetrachloride in aqueous solutions by X-rays is changed quantitatively and qualitatively when alcohol is added to the solutions. This change is conform with a new theory of the actions of radiations published recently by one of the authors.     

Über die Wirkung von Elastase auf die Blutgerinnung

Summary Purified elastase prepared by adsorption on synthetic zeolite in proper concentrations causes the coagulation of blood. Elastase was found to have no direct coagulative action on purified fibrinogen. Its coagulating action is due to the fact that it reacts with prothrombin to form thrombin. The reaction between prothrombin and elastase is independent of the presence of either platelets, thromboplastin or Ca-ions.