Neural shock was a medical condition that occurred when someone's neural pathways suffered a shock. In 2368, Captain Jean-Luc Picard went into neural shock when Beverly Crusher tried to revive him with a cortical stimulator following his exposure to the Kataan probe. (TNG: "The Inner Light" ) In 2369, Geordi La Forge almost died of neural shock after being attacked by an alien who had assumed the body of a Romulan. (TNG: "Timescape" ) In 2370, Deanna Troi claimed Picard had gone into neural shock after a jolt from a Borg force field. This was a ruse. (TNG: "Descent, Part II" )