[General principles of the pathogenesis of vegetovascular and psychoemotional disorders during menstrual cycle and methodological approaches to their study].

Analysis of charts filled in by 79 women (mean age 31.5 +/- 4.0 years) over the course of 2-3 menstrual cycles has demonstrated the regular manifestation of various psychosomatovegetative symptoms over the entire course of the cycle (in the follicular, lutein phases, and during ovulation). Study of the brain electric activity and of the function of various sections of the autonomic nervous system, as well as examination of the emotional and mental sphere of the patients has revealed the contribution of the brain suprasegmental sections to the pathogenetic mechanisms of these disorders.