The impact of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus on facial emotion recognition in patients with Parkinson's disease

Annelien A. Duits*, Eva M. de Ronde, R. Saman Vinke, Sandra H. Vos, Rianne A. J. Esselink, Roy P. C. Kessels

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Abstract

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is successful in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) but may worsen cognitive outcome, including facial emotion recognition (FER). Data-analyses on 59 consecutive PD patients with complete pre- and postoperative assessments, using a sensitive FER test, showed no changes in FER 1 year after STN-DBS surgery, both after group and individual analyses. These findings do however not exclude the impact of FER in and on itself on the outcome after STN-DBS.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)134-141
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of neuropsychology
Volume18
Issue numberS1
Early online date1 Jun 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2024

Keywords

  • emotion perception
  • Parkinson's disease
  • social cognition

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