[Neurospecific proteins in cerebrospinal fluid and in the bloodserum of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis].

Aim: To determine concentrations of neurospecific enolase (NSE) and S100b protein in bloodserum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with different forms (onset) and duration of ALS.

Material And Methods: Concentrations of NSE and S100b in serum and CSF were studied in 86 patients with different forms and duration of ALS.

Results And Conclusion: Concentrations of NSE and S100b protein in CSF were significantly higher in the group of patients with bulbar form and in the group with duration of disease less than 1 year compared to the control group.

[Polysomnography in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis].

Objective: To study the characteristics of nocturnal sleep and reveal breathing disorders during sleep in ALS patients using polysomnography.

Material And Methods: The study included 29 patients with the established diagnosis of ALS, 17 women and 12 men, median age 65 [59; 68] years; mean illness duration 12 [22.9; 27.

[Statokinetic characteristics of vestibular dysfunction in patients with vascular compression of the cochleo-vestibular nerve].

Aim: To study the state of statokinetic stability in patients with recurrent vestibular dysfunction caused by the vascular compression of the cochlea-vestibular nerve.

Material And Methods: Authors examined 30 patients with recurrent vestibular dysfunction in which neuroimaging studies revealed the vessel adjacent to the cochlea-vestibular nerve. Statokinetic stability evaluation was selected as a neurophysiological indicator of the cochlea-vestibular nerve hyperactivity syndrome.

[Ecstatic seizures].

Ecstatic seizures is a rare manifestation of epilepsy. They were described for the first time by F.M.