title: [Physiological basis of survival and rehabilitation of the residents of blockaded Leningrad].
abstract: The authors attribute survival of certain residents of blockaded Leningrad under conditions ofcomplete starvation to activation of natural sanologic mechanisms of the body. Physiological psychoemotional stress is supposed to contribute to the formation of prerequisites for survival during subsequent starvation. Also, the survival is believed to be related to selected activation of apoptosis of renewable cells and utilization of their constituents in endogenous nutrition. The role of priority energetic and trophic support of brain and kidneys and the contribution of the psychosomatic factor are postulated. The mechanisms of rehabilitation after upset of vital activity involve partial reversibility of atrophic and metabolic processes and neural regulation of organs and their systems. The importance of the study of activation of natural sanologic mechanisms in extreme conditions is discussed
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Magaeva
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Simonenko
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008660:Metabolism; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology; D013217:Starvation / Q000378:metabolism / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000378:metabolism*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D014586:USSR; D047789:World War II