[Neuromorphologic studies in pathologic anatomy]

In the USSR, pathological neuromorphology that developed at the borderline of pathological anatomy, clinical neuropathology and psychiatry was represented by historically established research schools noted for great achievements. During the past two decades, the number of those skilled in this area has been, however, drastically reduced for a variety of reasons, adversely affecting both the research designs and the pathoanatomic care itself. The paper analyses the present-day pathomorphology of the nervous system in the USSR and provides the possible ways of eliminating the lag existing in the science and the perspectives of its development.