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JOURNAL REFERENCE: YORK MK, DULAY M, MACIAS A, ET AL. COGNITIVE DECLINES FOLLOWING BILATERAL SUBTHALMIC 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 MOS AFTER BILATERAL SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION (DBS) FOR THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE (PD) USING A DISEASE CONTROL GROUP. PTS WHO UNDERWENT DBS WERE COMPARED WITH 28 MEDICALLY TREATED PTS WITH PD AT BASELINE AND AT 6 MOS FOR NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES. REPORTABLE EVENT: TWO ADDITIONAL PTS WHO UNDERWENT DBS DEMONSTRATED STATISTICALLY RELIABLE DECLINES ON TWO OR MORE COGNITIVE MEASURES 6 MOS FOLLOWING SURGERY. THESE TWO PTS DID NOT MEET CRITERIA FOR DEMENTIA AS THEIR SCORES ON THESE MEASURES REMAINED WITHIN THE INTACT RANGE FOR THEIR AGE. SEE MFR REPORT 2182207200805638.