[Comparative characteristic of neuropsychological disorders and morphological brain changes in elderly men and women with chronic brain ischemia].

52 elderly women and 36 matched by age and education men with initiatory stages of chronic brain ischemia (CBI) have been studied using comparative investigation of neuropsychological and neuroimaging findings. The results revealed that the clock-drawing test was made by men with CBI better than by women that surpassed men by the indicators of attention and memory. The magnetic resonance imaging has shown that elderly men with CBI were characterized by more severe degree of hydrocephalus in comparison with women that surpassed men by the average rate of periventricular leucoaraiosis. The interrelations between the severity of cognitive disorders and the degree of hydrocephalus have been revealed in men with CBI as against women.