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Parkinson Disease

Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation cognitive sequelae are reviewed

According to a recent review from the United States, "STN DBS is an increasingly common treatment for Parkinson's disease. Qualitative reviews have concluded that diminished verbal fluency is common after STN DBS, but that changes in global cognitive abilities, attention, executive functions, and memory are only inconsistently observed and, when present, often nominal or transient."

T.D. Parsons and colleagues, University of North Carolina, wrote, "We did a quantitative meta-analysis to improve understanding of the variability and...

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