Uwarunkowania braku partnera życiowego w percepcji młodych dorosłych żyjących w pojedynkę

The conditions of the lack of a lifetime partner in young adult singles’ perception The research field of this paper are the conditions of the lack of a lifetime partner in young adulthood. This research so called narrative-biographical interviews designed by Schütze was conducted with 36 participants not having partners (22 women and 14 men) in the age of 21–30 years. The foundation of the analysis was (1) Schütze’s narrative analysis and (2) hermeneutic analysis of autonarration used in the Bartosz’s research over motherhood. In the result of analysis participants’ responses were grouped into six categories of reasons for being single. Referring to respondents’ language they were called as follows: (1) “I haven’t met the right person yet”, (2) “I need time to recover from the break up”, (3) “My shyness stands in the way”, (4) “He/she doesn’t want me”, (5) “I’m a loner”, (6) “I work a lot”. The research results let us formulate the following general conclusions: (1) young adults indicate various reasons for being singled and which are of external and internal character and (2) in most cases young adults admit that it is hard to identify only one reason for singlehood which is often the consequence of many tangled circumstances

Heteroseksualne związki intymne jako zadanie rozwojowe w okresie wczesnej dorosłości

Heterosexual intimate relationships as a developmental task in young adulthoodHuman development in the life cycle can be described in terms of some developmental achievements. In line with this pragmatic perspective, we can refer to concept of developmental tasks proposed by Havighurst. According to his theory people progress through a series of developmental stages, which pose particular tasks and challenges. One of the main developmental tasks of young adults is to enter and maintain a heterosexual intimate relationship which is a prerequisite of marital and family life. This article focuses on heterosexual relationships as a crucial and vital developmental task in young adulthood, presents their characteristics and dynamics of development, and in line with this notion, shows them as a possible criterion of individual development. This point of view can help us in assessing the degree to which individuals fulfill developmental tasks or deviate from the ideal course of life, and then in identifying the factors associated with these deviations. Therefore we can engage in psychocorrective activities in the area of close relationships and promote a successful fulfillment of developmental tasks by young adults

Depolarization of the intergeniculate leaflet neurons by serotonin : in vitro study

The intergeniculate leaflet of the thalamus (IGL) is a part of the mammalian biological clock which integrates photic and non-photic information and conveys it to the master biological clock - suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN). One of the non-photic cues is delivered by the serotoninergic projection from dorsal raphe nucleus. In vitro electrophysiological recordings were performed from single IGL neurons using whole-cell patch clamp technique. We investigated the influence of serotonin (serotonin creatinine sulfate complex, 5HT) on 'spontaneous' neuronal activity in this structure. In most of recorded cells, 5-HT caused significant increases in firing rate. In majority of cases the effect was resynaptic. However, in some cases we observed postsynaptic depolarization. To our knowledge, depolarizing influence of 5HT on the single neurons in the IGL has been shown here for the first time

Charakterystyka napięciowo-zależnych zmian zaangażowanych w generowanie aktywności erupcyjnej neuronów listka ciała kolankowatego bocznego : badania in vitro patch clamp

INTRODUCTION The intergeniculate leaflet of the thalamus (IGL) is one of the two major neu-ronal structures of the mammalian biological clock. IGL neurons in rats, investi-gated in vivo, show a characteristic isoperiodic infra-slow oscillatory pattern (ISO) of activity. The mean period of this activity is about 120 s. The function of oscillatory activity, commonly observed in other biological clock structures, could be connected with the secretion of neuropeptides. Molecular study of the bases of bursting activity evoked in vitro, can help to better understand the mechanism of these oscillations. It was shown that the key element in this phe-nomenon is the expression of HCN family nonselective cationic channels and voltage-dependent T-type calcium channels. The generated h-current (the base of voltage sag) and t-current (causing low threshold spikes; LTS) are the topic of many studies revealing the mechanism of rhythmic neuronal activity. MATERIALS AND METHODS Based on our results of a patch clamp study, we have proposed the division of IGL cells into groups (using cluster analysis) based on different amplitudes of voltage components evoked by the h-current and t-current. The location of the investigated neurons chosen for further analysis was confirmed by immunohisto-chemical staining and confocal microscopy. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS The IGL neurons were classified into four groups showing different amplitudes of voltage sag and LTS. This classification obtained during experiments conducted at in vitro conditions, may provide information about the oscillatory na-ture of the neuron observed in the in vivo study.WSTĘP Listek ciała kolankowatego bocznego wzgórza (intergeniculate leaflet – IGL) jest jedną z dwóch głównych neuronalnych struktur zegara biologicznego ssaków. U szczura, w badaniach in vivo, neurony IGL wykazują charakterystyczny izoperiodyczny wzór infrawolnych oscylacji (infra-slow oscillation – ISO) generowania potencjałów czynnościowych, o okresie około 120 s. Przypuszcza się, że taka aktywność neuronalna, będąca cechą wspólną struktur zegara biologicznego, może ułatwiać sekrecję neuropeptydów. Badania molekularnych podstaw aktywności erupcyjnej, która może być wywołana w warunkach in vitro, przybliżają nas do poznania mechanizmu powstawania tych oscylacji. Wykazano, że kluczowym elementem, w generowaniu tego rodzaju oscylacji, jest obecność nieselektywnych kanałów kationowych z rodziny HCN oraz napięciowozależnych kanałów wapniowych typu-T. Przepływający przez nie prąd-h (powodujący sag napięciowy) oraz prąd-t (manifestujący się występowaniem niskoprogowych potencjałów wapniowych (low threshold spike – LTS) to obiekty wielu badań, dotyczących rytmicznej aktywności komórek nerwowych. MATERIAŁY I METODY Opierajac się na wynikach własnych badań, metodą elektrofizjologicznej rejestracji aktywności pojedynczych neuronów – patch clamp – autorzy zaproponowali podział neuronów IGL (na podstawie analizy klastrów), w zależności od amplitudy zmian napięcia, wywołanych prądem-h i prądem-t. Lokalizacja analizowanych neuronów została potwierdzona dzięki barwieniom immunohistochemicznym i mikroskopii konfokalnej. WYNIKI I WNIOSKI Otrzymano cztery grupy neuronów IGL, różniących się amplitudą sagu napięciowego oraz LTS. Przeprowadzony podczas badań in vitro podział może dostarczyć informacji na temat zdolności komórek do generowania aktywności oscylacyjnej w warunkach in vivo

Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Causes Changes in Serotonin-Positive Neurons in the Small Intestine in Pig Model

Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT) is an important neurotransmitter of the central and peripheral nervous systems, predominantly secreted in the gastrointestinal tract, especially in the gut. 5-HT is a crucial enteric signaling molecule and is well known for playing a key role in sensory-motor and secretory functions in the gut. Gastroenteropathy is one of the most clinical problems in diabetic patients with frequent episodes of hyperglycemia. Changes in 5-HT expression may mediate gastrointestinal tract disturbances seen in diabetes, such as nausea and diarrhea. Based on the double immunohistochemical staining, this study determined the variability in the population of 5-HT-positive neurons in the porcine small intestinal enteric neurons in the course of streptozotocininduced diabetes. The results show changes in the number of 5-HT-positive neurons in the examined intestinal sections. The greatest changes were observed in the jejunum, particularly within the myenteric plexus. In the ileum, both de novo 5-HT synthesis in the inner submucosal plexus neurons and an increase in the number of neurons in the outer submucosal plexus were noted. The changes observed in the duodenum were also increasing in nature. The results of the current study confirm the previous observations concerning the involvement of 5-HT in inflammatory processes, and an increase in the number of 5-HT -positive neurons may also be a result of increased concentration of the 5-HT in the gastrointestinal tract wall and affects the motor and secretory processes, which are particularly intense in the small intestines

Pregnancy after the age of 35 as a pregnancy of high obstetric risk – the demand for education

AbstractThe age is the basic factor influencing the woman's fertility. The older woman is, the biological fertility is reduced. A  woman reaches the maximum fertility at the age of 20-25 years, after which fertility gradually decreases, until the age of 35, when it drastically decreases.Late motherhood is associated with an increased risk of complications for woman and developing fetus’s health. Pregnancy after the age of 35 is considered a high-risk pregnancy since the possibility of the development of abnormalities in the functioning of the woman's body and the course of pregnancy and childbirth.The phenomenon of postponing motherhood for a time when a woman acquires a good education and a stable financial situation requires undertaking educational and information activities about the biological, psychological and social consequences of late motherhood. It is definitely better to plan maternity at the most optimal age to minimize the risk of pregnancy and health of the child complications