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J Jaracz

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[Studies of neurophysiological reactivity and level of activation of the central nervous system in endogenous depression and circulatory system disturbances].

The aim of the study was to assess the neurophysiological factors of simple and complex reactivity of central nervous system in a group of 30 patients treated with endogenous depression and showing circulatory system disturbances, and in a group of 30 patients showing no such somatic problems. The findings showed that the simple and complex reactivity testing can be considered an important and sensitive indicator of the endogenous depression intensity, characteristic of additional circulatory system disturbances and "organic" basis of depression. Any improvement in the circulatory system disturbances and anti-atherosclerotic effect in elderly people should be taken into account.

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[Usefulness of Widlöcher scale in assessment of psychomotor activity disorders in endogenous depression].

A group of 50 patients with a diagnosis of affective disease was examined. Dependence between the intensification of depression psychomotor activity measured according to Widlöcher scale was established. Neurophysiological factors (such as thinking productivity, letter drafting, tapping test, simple reaction time) correlated with the intensification of psychomotor activation disorders.

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[Lipid metabolism in depressive syndromes with the symptoms of disorders of the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems during pharmacological treatment].

Rheoencephalographic research had been performed in 30 subjects (mean age = = 57) suffering from both endogenous depression and cardiovascular disorder showing the disturbance of lipid metabolism. The result of the reg assessment confirmed our previous observations pointing to existence of the cerebral blood flow disturbances in these patients: shorter time of the propagation of the wave (Ra) suggesting higher tonus of the precerebral arteries, shorter time of the period (b) pointing to an acceleration of the heart rhythm and the lower value of the ratio Hmax/hd pointing to the higher tonus of the intracerebral arteries. The rheoencephalographic indices correlated with the lipid metabolism parameters, especially with total lipids, HDL and LDL-cholesterol fractions. The results point to the need for simultaneous using both antidepressant and prophylactic anti-atherosclerotic therapy in these patients.

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[Evaluation of clinical and neurophysiological markers of depressive disorder with symptoms of peripheral and brain circulation disturbance].

The evaluation of neurophysiological markers during imipramine treatment of 60 patients with endogenous depression was made. These markers were evaluated in 2 groups of patients: with cardio-vascular, and with brain circulation disturbances; both groups equal 30 subjects. During thymoleptic treatment of patients with circulation disturbances, elevated level of anxiety and statistically significant lower simple and complex reactivity of central nervous system were found. Such reactivity did not improve during the treatment in this group of patients. The lack of improvement of above mentioned parameters under imipramine may be the factor that elucidates the pathomechanism of chronic course of depression in old age. The improvement of circulation conditions, along with the thymoleptic therapy, should have the crucial importance for the therapeutic effect.

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