[Status of neurophysiologic research in psychiatry]

Neurophysiological studies in psychiatry have two trends: study of the mechanisms of normal and abnormal brain actvity and the use of the neurophysiological techniques to diagnose brain function in different mental pathology. The essential progress of both trends is based on the wide use of computers and mathematical analysis during recent decade. The drawback of the present state of clinical neurophysiology is its inadequate interrelation with the trends and concepts of experimental neurophysiology.