[The action of ionizing radiation on the central nervous system (based on clinical and polymodal evoked potential data)].

A clinical examination was done as was an investigation into polymodal evoked potentials (EP) of the brain in the group of 123 liquidators of the accident (LA) to the N 4 reactor unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power station. There was a steady decrease in the amplitude of auditory EP of the brain stem (AEPBS), somatosensory EP, visual EP and a great lengthening of latent periods (LP) of late cortical components H200, II300, H400. LP AEPBS appeared to be intact in 91.5% LA. Correlation was established between the hemodynamic and neurodynamic disorders suggesting to us that further postradiation nosology is brought about by morbid neuronal pattern, the formation of which is determined not only by radiation exposure but acquires the character of a multivariate process.