Details important developments in research on Parkinson's disease and describes different treatment approaches, including new medications and neurosurgical techniques. Reports on functional imaging studies, neuropsychiatric complications, and epidemiology and therapeutics of Parkinson's disease. Examines neuroprotective strategies in treatment, levadopa therapy and associated long-term motor response complications, and pharmacology of dopaminergic agonists. Discusses surgical approaches, rehabilitation, and research into etiology of the disease. Distributed by Blackwell Science. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)