[Changes in the ultrastructure of nerve cells subsequent to cortical compression by supratentorial tumors].

During a study of the ultrastructure of cortical neurons in the development of an intracranial newgrowth, the authors demonstrated a gradual and increasing severity of the condition. There is a certain correlation between the stage of the neuron damage also correlates with the expressiveness of neurological symptoms. The polymorphism of the changed structure in the nerve cells is due to complicated and multifold pathophysiological and biochemical mechanisms being involved in an intracranial volumetrical process.