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[log in to unmask] wrote: > > DBS surgery in the sub-thalamic nurcleus is also being done at Glenbrook > Hospital in Glenbrook, IL under the direction of Michael Rezak, MD who is also > the medical director of the APDA Young PD Information & Referral Center. Call > 1-800-223-9776 (APDA Infomation & Referral Center) for more information. > > In a message dated 2/16/99 11:11:34 PM Central Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > > Camilla and List, > > Diane Sawyer said that the procedure targeting the thalamus is approved > > by the FDA, that it helps tremor and talking. Experimental procedures > > targeting the sub-thalamic nucleous are aimed to help with stiffness, > > slowness, walking and balance. Dr. Warren Olanow, Mt. Sinai School of > > Medicine, explained the procedure and Dr. Isabel Germani did the surgery > > . This was part 2 in a series they're doing on the brain. -- ****************************************************************************************** Charles T. Meyer, M.D. Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************************************