Significance of the activating and deactivating mechanisms of the brain in autonomic regulation
Solo'veva, A.D.; Loseva, M.M.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 89(10): 26-29
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 2618223 Document Number: 345987
The purpose of the investigation was to specify the degree of the involvement of activation of the brain synchronizing and desynchronizing systems in vegetative regulation. Fifty patients with vegetative dystonia were examined. The syndrome manifested itself in permanent vegetative disturbances, vegetative crises and derangements of thermoregulation in the presence of hypothalamic failure or without it. The patients underwent clinical, electrophysiologic and psychometric studies. Besides, they were subjected to thermotopography and were examined for the status of the vegetative nervous system. Depending on the initial bioelectrical activity of the brain (alpha-index), the patients were distributed into 2 groups: with alpha-index exceeding 55% and less than 45%. Analysis of the data obtained made it possible to reveal two types of the derangements of brain homeostasis and disintegrative interrelations.