Editor-in-ChiefSlobodan JankovićCo-EditorsNebojša Arsenijević, Miodrag Lukić, Miodrag Stojković, Milovan Matović, Slobodan Arsenijević,Nedeljko Manojlović, Vladimir Jakovljević, Mirjana VukićevićBoard <strong>of</strong> EditorsLjiljana Vučković-Dekić, Institute for Oncology <strong>and</strong> Radiology <strong>of</strong> Serbia, Belgrade, SerbiaDragić Banković, Faculty for Natural Sciences <strong>and</strong> Mathematics, University <strong>of</strong> Kragujevac, Kragujevac, SerbiaZoran Stošić, Medical Faculty, University <strong>of</strong> Novi Sad, Novi Sad, SerbiaPetar Vuleković, Medical Faculty, University <strong>of</strong> Novi Sad, Novi Sad, SerbiaPhilip Grammaticos, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Emeritus <strong>of</strong> Nuclear Medicine, Ermou 51, 546 23,Thessaloniki, Macedonia, GreeceStanislav Dubnička, Inst. <strong>of</strong> Physics Slovak Acad. Of Sci., Dubravska cesta 9, SK-84511Bratislava, Slovak RepublicLuca Rosi, SAC Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Vaile Regina Elena 299-00161 Roma, ItalyRichard Gryglewski, Jagiellonian University, Department <strong>of</strong> Pharmacology, Krakow, Pol<strong>and</strong>Lawrence Tierney, Jr, MD, VA Medical Center San Francisco, CA, USAPravin J. Gupta, MD, D/9, Laxminagar, Nagpur – 440022 IndiaWinfried Neuhuber, Medical Faculty, University <strong>of</strong> Erlangen, Nuremberg, GermanyEditorial StaffIvan Jovanović, Gordana Radosavljević, Nemanja ZdravkovićVladislav VolarevićManagement TeamSnezana Ivezic, Zoran Djokic, Milan Milojevic, Bojana Radojevic, Ana MiloradovicCorrected byScientific Editing Service “American Journal Experts”DesignPrstJezikIostaliPsi - Miljan NedeljkovićPrintMedical Faculty, KragujevacIndexed inEMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Index Copernicus, BioMedWorld, KoBSON, SCIndeksAddress:Serbian Journal <strong>of</strong> Experimental <strong>and</strong> Clinical Research, Medical Faculty, University <strong>of</strong> KragujevacSvetozara Markovića 69, 34000 Kragujevac, PO Box 124Serbiae-mail: sjecr@medf.kg.ac.rswww.medf.kg.ac.rs/sjecrSJECR is a member <strong>of</strong> WAME <strong>and</strong> COPE. SJECR is published at least twice yearly, circulation 300 issues The Journal is financiallysupported by Ministry <strong>of</strong> Science <strong>and</strong> Technological Development, Republic <strong>of</strong> SerbiaISSN 1820 – 86651
Table Of ContentsEditorial / EditorijalHOMOCYSTEINE: NEUROTOXICITY ANDMECHANISMS OF INDUCED HYPEREXCITABILITY ....................................................................................................................................3Original Article / Orginalni naučni radTHE EFFECT OF SEROTONERGIC LESIONS IN THE MEDIALPREFRONTAL CORTEX ON PSYCHOTOMIMETIC DRUG-INDUCEDLOCOMOTOR HYPERACTIVITY AND PREPULSE INHIBITION IN RATS .........................................................................................11Original Article / Orginalni naučni radSTRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION OF DEXTROMETHORPHANUSING MASS SPECTROMETRY ANDTHERMAL ANALYSES COMBINED WITH MO CALCULATIONS ............................................................................................................21Original Article / Orginalni naučni radEXPERIMENTAL MODELS OF DIABETES MELLITUSEKSPERIMENTALNI MODELI DIJABETES MELITUSA ................................................................................................................................ 29Review Article / Pregledni članakDIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPY OF LEFT VENTRICULARHYPERTROPHY IN HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS ...........................................................................................................................................37Letter To The Editor / Pismo urednikuTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPORTS ENGAGEMENT,BODY MASS INDEX AND PHYSICAL ABILITIES IN CHILDREN .............................................................................................................41INSTRUCTION TO AUTHORS FOR MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION ..................................................................................................... 432