Deep brain stimulation uses electricity to shock the brain in areas that help send messages to the body.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

The study found that the physical condition of Parkinson's patients often improves after they receive deep brain stimulation.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

Deep brain stimulation begins by doctors drilling two small holes in the head of the patient.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

In the United States,Parkinson's patients can receive deep brain stimulation at about three hundred medical centers.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

Deep brain stimulation can reduce the need for levodopa and other drugs.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

Deep brain stimulation is not the answer for all Parkinson's patients.

VOA: special.2010.11.02

Deep brain stimulation is also costly.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

A surgical operation called deep-brain stimulation also is used to treat Parkinson's disease.

VOA: special.2010.11.02

Recently,a report in Science magazine showed how deep-brain stimulation works.

VOA: special.2009.04.07