[Cerebral vascular function of patients with depressive syndromes]

Clinical investigation and rheoencephalography were performed in 79 patients and their cerebral circulation patterns characterized. Patients with different forms of endogenous depression displayed different levels of cerebral arterial blood filling and volume blood flow. Cerebral venous dysfunctions in depressive patients showed a clear tendency to relieve as the patients' clinical condition improved during drug therapy. The degree of cerebral venous outflow improvement could serve as an additional factor in predicting the steadiness of the clinical remission and evaluating the effect of therapy.