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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. TWENTY THREE PTS WHO UNDERWENT DBS WERE COMPARED WITH 28 MEDICALLY TREATED PTS WITH PD AT BASELINE AND AT 6 MONTHS FOR NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES. REPORTABLE EVENT: 37% (9) OF PTS WHO UNDERWENT DBS COMPARED WITH 4% OF PD CONTROLS SHOWED A DECLINE ON STROOP COLOUR-WORD AFTER 6 MONTHS (P,0.003). SEE MFG REPORT 2182207200805638.