The role of local cerebral mechanisms in the pathology of autonomic functions

: Heart rhythm was subjected to mathematical analysis in patients of neurosurgical department. The data allowed to make conclusions on the role of the level and lateralization of lesions in autonomic pathology. Right hemisphere and brainstem were shown to have a major impact on the baseline autonomic tone and its regulation. Autonomic supply to actions is ensured by rhinencephalic structures of both left and right hemispheres. The data are valuable for neurology as criteria of topic diagnosis when lateralization of lesions should be clarified.