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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 NEUROSURGERY 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 SOME MEDICALLY TREATED PTS WITH PD AT BASELINE AND AT 6 MONTHS FOR NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES. REPORTABLE EVENT: A DECLINE ON RAVLT LONG TERM RECALL, WITH 13% (3) OF THE PTS WHO UNDERWENT DBS DEMONSTRATING A RELIABLE DECLINE COMPARED WITH NONE OF THE PTS WITH PD (P,0.08). SEE MFG REPORT 2182207200805638.