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

VOA: special.2009.02.03

We've found that stimulation, electrical stimulation deep in the brain can help patients that have Parkinson's Disease and can reduce the tremors and loss of muscle control that many patients with Parkinson's Disease use.

我们已经发现,这种脑部深层的电刺激,可以缓解帕金森氏症患者的症状,如震颤和肌肉丧失控制,许多帕金森氏症患者都使用这种疗法

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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