When it reaches the brain, levodopa is changed into dopamine, the chemical that is lacking in people with the disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

We've found that stimulation, electrical stimulation deep in the brain can help patients that have Parkinson's Disease and can reduce the tremors and loss of muscle control that many patients with Parkinson's Disease use.

我们已经发现,这种脑部深层的电刺激,可以缓解帕金森氏症患者的症状,如震颤和肌肉丧失控制,许多帕金森氏症患者都使用这种疗法

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It gets worse over time. The disease affects a small area of cells in the middle of the brain.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

He had Huntington's Chorea, the same disease of the brain and nervous system that had killed his mother.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

But it does not prevent more changes in the brain that are caused by the disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

The disease affects a small area of cells in the middle of the brain.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

Evidence shows that extended periods of cortisol in the body weakens bones, damages nerve cells in the brain and weakens the body's defense system against disease.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

Nora Guthrie suffered from a disease that destroys the brain and nervous system.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

A surgical operation called deep-brain stimulation also is used to treat Parkinson's disease.

VOA: special.2010.11.02

MS is a disease of the brain and spinal cord.

VOA: special.2009.01.06