Does STN-DBS in Parkinson's Disease affect cognition? A case-control neuropsychological study and clinical considerations

Brain Stimul. 2025 Jan 6;18(1):100-102. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2025.01.002. Online ahead of print.

¹ Department of Neurology, "Santa Chiara" Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS), 38122, Trento, Italy.
² Department of Neurosurgery, "Santa Chiara" Hospital, Trento, 38122, Italy; Department of Psychology, "Santa Chiara" Hospital, Trento, 38122, Italy.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, "Santa Chiara" Hospital, Trento, 38122, Italy; Department of Cellular, Computational, and integrated Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, 38122, Trento, Italy; Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, 38068, Rovereto, Italy.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, "Santa Chiara" Hospital, Trento, 38122, Italy.
⁶ Department of Neurology, "Santa Maria del Carmine" Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS), 38068, Rovereto, Italy.
⁷ Department of Diagnostic Imaging, "Santa Chiara" Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS), 38122, Trento, Italy.
⁸ Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, 38068, Rovereto, Italy.
⁹ Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, 38068, Rovereto, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].

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Keywords: Cognitive outcome; Deep brain stimulation; Minimum clinically important difference; Parkinson's disease; Subthalamic nucleus.

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