Omegametry

In recent years, fundamental research has established the role of the brain’s very slow physiological processes (VSPPs) in the coordination of different functional systems and the regulation of normal and pathological reactions and states. A correlation between VSPPs, neurosecretion, and humoral regulation of the autonomic and visceral functions has been experimentally confirmed. Omega potential (OP) is a VSPP and is defined as a millivolt potential that is stable within a period of minutes or tens of minutes. This VSPP is of the highest intensity and is manifest as an abrupt shift of the potential or smooth changes to a new stable level. The OP is considered an integral index that reflects the state, balance, and reserve possibilities of the functional systems responsible for compensatory adaptive reactions. To rapidly diagnose the levels of wakefulness, compensatory adaptive possibilities, and body reserves, a method of discrete recording of OP from the surface of the head and body has been developed. Omegametry has been applied in various fields of physiology and medicine, including occupational and sports physiology, surgery anesthesiology, neurology, psychiatry, and pediatrics.*

*Human Physiology, Vol 31, No 4, 2005, pp. 445-448. Translated from Fiziologiya Cheloveka. Vol 31, no 4, 2005, pp 88-91.