The peculiarities of the investigation of cerebrovascular diseases in
Institute of Neurology of Rus. Acad. Med. Sci. for the last 50 years o
n the background of world achievements in this field are outlined. The
very term ''angioneurology'' arose in the process of researches devel
opment in Institute of Neurology. The thesis was postulated that the a
chievements in development of clinical angioneurology were mainly dete
rmined as well as will be determined in future by the progress in fund
amental investigations in medicine, biology and neurosciences.