Monografiya posvyashchena probleme distsirkulyatornoy entsefalopatii, imeyushchey vazhneyshuyu meditsinskuyu i sotsial'nuyu znachimost'. V ney v kratkoy forme privodyatsya sovremennye dannye o vedushchikh etiologicheskikh faktorakh, mekhanizmakh razvitiya, klinicheskikh proyavleniyakh, diagnostike i osnovnykh podkhodakh k lecheniyu distsirkulyatornoy entsefalopatii. Podrobno opisany osobennosti rannikh klinicheskikh proyavleniy, v tom chisle vedushchikh statiko-lokomotornykh, kognitivnykh i emotsional'nykh rasstroystv, kharakternye dlya patsientov muzhskogo i zhenskogo pola, stradayushchikh dannym zabolevaniem. Rassmotreny polovye razlichiya izmeneniy tserebral'noy gemodinamiki i struktury veshchestva golovnogo mozga, voznikayushchikh na rannikh stadiyakh distsirkulyatornoy entsefalopatii. Monografiya prednaznachena dlya nevrologov, terapevtov i vrachey obshchey praktiki, aspirantov, studentov.