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Links to information about movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, tremor, and dystonia with special emphasis on surgical treatments such as pallidotomy and deep brain stimulators. Tremor Links | Parkinson's Disease Surgery | Parkinson's Disease Articles | Parkinson's Disease Websites | Parkinson's Disease Support Groups | Dystonia/Dyskinesia Links Links to information about Parkinson's disease with special emphasis on surgical treatments such as pallidotomy and deep brain stimulators. For more information about how you can contribute to the cure for Parkinson's disease click here. Parkinson's Diseases Surgery Links Information of about the surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease for patients whose symptoms are not adequately controlled by an optimized medical regimen. Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery WebCast from Wake Forest Univeristy Baptist Medical Center: View a surgical procedure for Parkinson's disease. Slide Show on Deep Brain Stimulation with detailed notes (Works best with Internet Explorer.) Neurosurgical Procedures for Parkinson's Disease, Dystonia, Dyskinesia, and Tremor: Pallidotomy, thalamotomy, subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation A written description of the procedures and their indications. Information about Deep Brain Stimulation from the manufacturer of ACTIVA, Medtronic, Inc Deep Brain Stimulation FAQ Deep Brain Stimulation (and other) Surgery for Parkinson's Disease by Drs. G. Rees Cosgrove, Emad Eskandar, and Leslie Shinobu. An article on pallidotomy for parkinsons by Professor Penney from MGH Neurology's Neurotransmitter Newletter Stereotactic Procedure: A Guide for Patients (UIowa) Information intended for medical professionals: Outcomes after stereotactic pallidotomy for advanced Parkinson's Disease. Douglas Kondziolka, Eugene Bonaroti, Susan Baser, Fran Brandt, Young Soo Kim, L. Dade Lunsford. Parkinson's disease severity rating systems Articles about Parkinson's Disease Parkinson's Disease Introduction from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's BestHealth website. Information on Parkinson's Disease from the (US) National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Parkinson's disease: Making the diagnosis, selecting drug therapies by Douglis W. Scharre, MD; Michael E. Mahler, MD; From cnsonline.org Parkinson's Disease - Quality of Life Issues by Barbara Fitzsimmons, RN, MS; Lisette K. Bunting, RN, MScN; From cnsonline.org Special Report: Parkinson's Disease; From cnsonline.org The Parkinson Patient at Home Robert S. Schwab, MD and Lewis J. Doshay, M.D.; From cnsonline.org Exercises for the Parkinson's Patient; From cnsonline.org Parkinson's Disease Websites Other Parkinson's disease World Wide Web Sites We Move Support and information on a variety of movement disorders. Awakenings from the European Parkinson's Disease Association Parkinson's Web listing of Internet resources Parkinson's Web from Pharmacia Inc. The makers of Mirapex. The Parkinson's Disease Foundation in New York and Chicago The Parkinson's Action Network (PAN) lobbies for more federal funds American Parkinson Disease Association Staten Island, NY National Parkinson Foundation of Miami Florida Parkinson Foundation of Canada Parkinson Society of Ottawa-Carelton Other Indexes of PD WWW sites Yahoo's Health:Diseases and Conditions: Parkinson's Disease Parkinson's Disease On-line Support The MGH Neurology Brain Talk Communities There are three active PD communities. Parkinson's Disease PLWP (People Living with Parkinson's) Parkinson's Disease DBS Support (Archive pre-2000) Parkinson's Disease Web Forum Parkinson's disease Listserve (mailing list). To subscribe send a message with "SUBSCRIBE PARKINSN" in the body. Tremor Links | Parkinson's Disease Surgery | Parkinson's Disease Articles | Parkinson's Disease Websites | Parkinson's Disease Support Groups | Dystonia/Dyskinesia Links Dystonia/Dyskinesia Links Surgery for dystonia: Practical Information National Spasmodic Torticollis Association Dystonia Medical Research Foundation Dystonia Dialogue. Includes links to support groups.