----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: "Fleming, Jennifer" <[log in to unmask]> Aan: <[log in to unmask]> Verzonden: maandag 10 juli 2000 22:16 Onderwerp: Re: New Member with ????s Hi Jennifer, There are about 1800 members on this list. >> Dr. Sigmund in Northern VA. << She is a good one. >> The most recent type of DBS is STN << If future treatments are found the effect of the DBS (of the STN) is reversible, simply by turning the STN-stimulators off. The latest research (in Europe) seems to indicate that a bilateral STN after a unilateral or bilateral pallidotomy gives comparable improvements as a STN without previous pallidotomies. Hans.