[Impairments of Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Decision-Making in Depression.].

A multidisciplinary clinical-psychological-neurophysiological study has been performed in 28 depressive patients (females, aged 18-56) and 50 healthy volunteers (females, aged 18-55) in order to analyze the relationships between the impairments of neurocognitive mechanisms of decision-making based on logics and considerations or on emotional experience (emotional learning) in uncertain situation and clinical and neurophysiological signs of depression. The severity of depression was assessed quantitatively using Hamilton's Depression Rating Scale (HDRS-17). Tests "10 words", Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), and Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) were used for quantitative assessment of cognitive functions.

[Gold weight implants for lagophthalmos correction in chronic facial nerve paralysis (late results)].

Unlabelled: Upper eyelid weigh gold implant is the widely accepted standard for the treatment of paralytic lagophthalmos (PL).

Aim: To evaluate late outcomes of PL correction with chain gold implants.

Material And Methods: Chain gold implants were inserted in the upper eyelids of 70 patients with lagophthalmos due to chronic facial paralysis.

[Fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography findings in central fundus of myopic patients].

Unlabelled: Myopia prevalence grows alike in many countries, including Russia, regardless of geographical and population conditions.

Aim: to assess fundus changes in myopic patients at different ocular axial lengths by means of modern diagnostic tools.

Material And Methods: The study enrolled 97 patients (194 eyes) aged 45 ± 20.

[Corneal examination in patients with bullous keratopathy before and after endothelial keratoplasty].

Objective: To evaluate corneal status in patients with bullous keratopathy before and after endothelial keratoplasty.

Material And Methods: A total of 16 patients (18 eyes) with bullous keratopathy were examined before and after DSAEK. Confocal microscopy ("Nidek", Japan) was used for corneal status evaluation.

[Cognitive functions, social functioning and self-esteem in young male patients with adolescence onset schizotypal disorder].

The results of psychological examination of 33 male patients with a diagnosis of schizotypal disorder (SD), mean age 22 years, with age at onset in adolescence and 20 healthy young men are presented. Cognitive performance in patients with SD did not differ from healthy people on all measures, with the exception of social adaptation. There was a trend towards the change of normative responses and, respectively, estimation of the results of psychological techniques.