[Electrical resistance of nerve tissue as a diagnostic criterion of pre-convulsive states]

For diagnosing pre-convulsive states use is made, as a rule, of electroencephalography. This method, however, not always gives satisfactory results. The authors present the results of experimental studies of the nervous tissue impedance in the period preceding the convulsive seizure induced in laboratory animals by electric stimulation of the limbic structures of the brain. The experiments showed that a few seconds before the generalization of the convulsive process one could note certain changes in the electric conductivity of the nervous tissue. These changes make it possible to take measures for preventing the seizure.