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Judith asked about Canada and DBS. Approval of this kind of program is, I believe, an individual hospital/provincial decision (primarily determined by funding issues). I believe the first program of DBS was at Toronto (Bill Harshaw was one of the most prominent patients). Here in Halifax, Dr. Ivar Mendez who heads the neural transplation research program, is also doing DBS at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre. They have a web page: http://www.mcms.dal.ca/dnts/mainpage.html TTFN Peter ************************************************************************** Peter Kidd Learning Materials Consulting Services 62 Coronation Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3N 2M6 Canada Tel/FAX: (902) 443-4262 Email: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa163/peterkidd.html