A total of 18 children with cerebral palsy and organic brain lesions underwent sessions of transcranial micropolarization with the aim of decreasing the frequency of convulsive fits. Transcranial micropolarization of the posterior temporal and parietal areas of the cerebral cortex was found to provide a marked decrease in the frequency of convulsive fits and to normalize the EEG pattern. This effect was due to the targeted effects of direct currents passed through the respective morphofunctional connections of cortical zones to the structures responsible for forming and controlling the convulsive activity of the brain.

Transdermal micropolarization of the spinal cord was performed in patients suffering sequelae of spinal cord trauma and tuberculous spondylitis. Changes in clinical and electrophysiological status were monitored. These studies demonstrated that the use of local direct currents passed via skin electrodes promoted improvements in motor and autonomic functions in these patients, leading to positive changes in measures of the functional state of the spinal cord and heart activity. The possible mechanisms of the action of direct currents acting on the spinal cord are discussed, along with the potential for applying micropolarization in the treatment of spinal cord lesions.

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The possibility of the utilization of the galvanic skin response (GSR) as a test for the analysis of compensatory processes under the conditions of natural compensation and with the use of functional biofeedback was studied in experiments on cats anesthetized with chloralose and immobilized with flaxedil, as well as in clinical conditions in healthy children and children suffering from childhood cerebral palsy (CCP). It was demonstrated in this study that the habituation of the GSR is disturbed in the case of unilateral brain trauma. These differences level out a year after the brain trauma. When functional biofeedback is used to accelerate habituation processes of a compensatory character, the GSR of the right and left sides of the body equalize and approximate that observed in healthy children. This study is yet another confirmation of the advantage of functional biofeedback as compared with traditional treatment methods. The data obtained also make it possible to believe that the habituation of the GSR may be useful not only for the analysis of the depth and level of the injury of nerve tissue, but for the objective assessment of compensatory restorative processes as well.