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__ Deep Brain Stimulation __ The idea of deep brain stimulation as a treatment for Parkinson's disease takes into account the cause of the symptoms. The area of the brain that is experiencing cell death along with this disease is targeted to lesion or deep brain stimulation. These methods are intended to lessen the symptoms of the disease. Trials have been conducted and analyzed on the effectiveness of these treatments.  Two groups were separated who qualified as good candidates for the experiments. One group received only traditional medication to the fullest extent of effectiveness and the other group received the same medication as  a treatment but underwent some sort of surgery (10). Their state of progression of the disease was measured using the score of the [|PDQ-39], a questionnaire that is medically used to diagnose and determine the level of severity of Parkinson's disease (10). These trails were conducted between 2000 and 2006 and the results have shown that surgical intervention in an effort to slow the progression of the disease proved statistically significant as a complement to medication alone (10).

__ Brain Pacemaker __ Another treatment has been experimented with in the last year as of 2011. This is a pacemaker for the brain. A rod is implanted in the center of the head and a wire leads to an implant in the chest. The rod gives an electric stimulation to the pars compacta in an effort to intensify signals to possibly reduce the effects of the disease. This option is currently used as a voluntary last effort when medication has stopped working. There have been only preliminary results with some reports of positive responses to the surgery (2).

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