[Characteristics of higher nervous activity in young children, cholesterol metabolism and state of the adrenal cortex].

: The relationship was established between cholesterol metabolism, adrenocortical function and the typological features of the higher nervous activity in children. Cholesterol metabolism was found to correlate with the type of the higher nervous activity. The children with deficient force and mobility of the nervous processes showed a decrease of glucocorticoid function of the adrenal cortex, proneness to an elevation of the cholesterol level in blood serum and delay of its excretion with feces. This dictates the necessity of developing special diets for the group of children under consideration.