THE DISTURBANCES OF NERVOUS PROCESSES ORG ANIZATION IN DEPRESSION

The study of depressive patients with the method of the EEG mapping re vealed some stable differences from the norm, Firstly, in depression t here are the disturbances of the definite cortical zones' activation: the right anterior and the left posterior cortical parts are hyperacti vated while the left anterior and the right posterior - relatively inh ibited, evidently causing the informational processing disturbances. T he important link of these disturbances - the disconnection of the ant erior and the posterior cortical regions that could be called <<transv ersal fuctional blockade>>. The second feature of the electrical activ ity of the brain in depression is the absence of the high frequency co mponent of alpha-rhythm, that evidently in normal conditions is connec ted with the positive emotions mechanisms, The third feature is the di fference in arousal reaction in the alpha- and beta-bands frequencies.