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Parkinson’s Disease The human brain functions as the control center for the entire body. In short the brain not only controls the body, but also the mind and the emotions. The brain is, "an extraordinarily complicated and intricate structure, the work of the brain comprises millions of complex electrical chemical actions and reactions taking place every second” (Liberman 28). This complicated brain determines a person's physical, mental, and emotional makeup; if anything goes wrong with …

…without destroying the brain?” (Holstein 52). Benabid then talked with the French salesman of the electrode device, and asked if the manufacturer would help to create the right product (Holstein 52). The medical device that was produced was called Aptiva, “...the first completely new approach to tremor control in 30 years” (Holstein 52). It later won approval from the FDA in 1997 for treatment of tremors in Europe, and FDA approval in the US is expected in the fall (Holstein 52).