DEGRADATION OF HIGHER MENTAL FUNCTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH LESIONS LOCALIZED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF CAUDATE-NUCLEUS

The relation between deterioration in higher mental functions and loca lization of the brain pathological process was studied in 22 patients with arteriovenous malformation in the head or/and the body of the cau date nucleus using the methods of multivariate statistics and structur ally organized neuropsychological information. It was shown that the l esions in the caudate nucleus body resulted in disturbances of the spa tial functions. Pathological foci in the head of the caudate nucleus w ere associated with memory disorders (the right-side foci were accompa nied by deterioration in the visual memory and the left-side ones by t hat in the audio-verbal memory) and modification of programming and co ntrol of voluntary activity.