[Informational significance of the dynamics of slow electrical processes in craniocerebral injuries]. / Informatsionnaia znachimost' dinamiki medlennykh élektricheskikh protsessov pri cherepno-mozgovoi travme.

CNS injuries in brain contusions of a moderate and severe gravity leave lasting EEG traces that can be revealed on examining the patients in the state of sleep and drowsiness, and manifest in the form of pathological oscillations of the slow electrical processes in the second and decasecond intervals. These oscillations have an amplitude of 0.2 to 1.0 mV and more. In the course of brain function normalization the amplitude of the oscillations gradually decreases down to 0.05-0.15 mV. The pathological oscillations of the slow electrical processes in brain contusions are often more demonstrative than EEG changes.

[Changes in the time required for a simple manual motor response in patients with cranio-cerebral injuries]. / Izmeneniia vremeni prostoi dvigatel'noi reaktsii ruk u bol'nykh s cherepno-mozgovoi travmoi.

In 50 patients with craniocerebral injuries and 50 healthy subjects the duration of motor response of the right and the left hand to light stimulation was examined. It was found that the duration of this response depended on the injury gravity, the localization of the contusion focus in the brain, and the time that had passed since the injury infliction. The method described contributes to specifying the diagnosis of brain concussions and contusions; to determining the affected side of the brain, and to finding out whether the brain activity gets better or worse. In other words, the method offered is of a prognostic importance, and can be used in clinical nervous system function in craniocerebral injuries.