Memory disorders in patients with early signs of cerebrovascular insufficiency

The results of short-term verbal memory and associative memory study of 40 patients with early signs of cerebrovascular insufficiency and 20 normal persons with registration on phonoosciilogram are described. Decrease of the both kinds of memory, changing of some time parameters of memorizing processes (duration of latent states, decrease of rate of adaptation, changing of uniformity and equilibrium of time parameters) were found in patients with early signs of cerebrovascular insufficiency. The analysis of short-term verbal memory dynamics makes it possible to differentiate between normal and pathologic states. Investigational findings may be used in rehabilitation of middle-aged and elderly patients.