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JOURNAL REFERENCE: YORK MK, DULAY M, MACIAS A, ET AL. COGNITIVE DECLINES FOLLOWING BILATERAL SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE. J NEUROL NEUROSURG PSYCHIATRY. 2008;79(7):789-795. WE INVESTIGATED THE COGNITIVE, AND PSYCHIATRIC OUTCOME 6 MONTHS AFTER BILATERAL SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION (DBS) FOR THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE (PD) USING A DISEASE CONTROL GROUP. A TOTAL PTS WHO UNDERWENT DBS WERE COMPARED WITH MEDICALLY TREATED PTS WITH PD AT BASELINE, AND AT 6 MONTHS FOR NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES. REPORTABLE EVENT: 26% OF PTS (6) WHO UNDERWENT DBS DEMONSTRATED A RELIABLE DECLINE IN VERBAL FLUENCY COMPARED WITH ONLY 4% OF PD CONTROLS (P,0.01). SEE MFG REPORT 2182207200805638.