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Anthony E. Lang

Anthony E. Lang

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Medicine
Canada
2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Anthony E. Lang is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly neurology. Their research portfolio spans several related subfields including neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, physiology, and molecular biology.

Lang's work primarily addresses topics related to neurological disorders and treatments, with a strong emphasis on Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments. Additional topics covered include genetic neurodegenerative diseases, neurological diseases and metabolism, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders, and dementia and cognitive impairment research.

Among their recent papers are:

  • The Movement Disorder Society Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy (2022, Movement Disorders)
  • A biological classification of Parkinson's disease: the SynNeurGe research diagnostic criteria (2024, The Lancet Neurology)
  • Trial of Cinpanemab in Early Parkinson's Disease (2022, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • The microbiome-gut-brain axis in Parkinson disease - from basic research to the clinic (2022, Nature Reviews Neurology)
  • Probiotics for Constipation in Parkinson Disease (2020, Neurology)

Frequent co-authors with whom Lang has published include:

  • Maria Carmela Tartaglia
  • Connie Marras
  • Alfonso Fasano
  • Gábor G. Kovács
  • Mario Masellis

Lang has published extensively in venues known for neurological research, with notable publication counts in:

  • Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
  • Movement Disorders
  • Neurology
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their research contributions earned recognition including the award of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2011 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): scale presentation and clinimetric testing results.

    Christopher G. Goetz;Barbara C. Tilley;Stephanie R. Shaftman;Glenn T. Stebbins

  • MDS clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease

    Ronald B. Postuma;Daniela Berg;Matthew Stern;Werner Poewe

  • Consensus statement on the diagnosis of multiple system atrophy

    S Gilman;P.A Low;N Quinn;A Albanese

  • Parkinson's disease. First of two parts.

    A E Lang;A M Lozano

  • Levodopa and the progression of Parkinson's disease.

    Fahn S;Oakes D;Shoulson I;Kieburtz K

  • Phenomenology and classification of dystonia: a consensus update.

    Alberto Albanese;Kailash Bhatia;Susan B. Bressman;Mahlon R. DeLong

  • Multicenter Analysis of Glucocerebrosidase Mutations in Parkinson's Disease

    Ellen Sidransky;Michael A. Nalls;Jan O. Aasly;Judith Aharon-Peretz

  • Clinical diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy: The movement disorder society criteria

    Günter U Höglinger;Gesine Respondek;Maria Stamelou;Carolin Kurz

  • Deep-brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus or the pars interna of the globus pallidus in Parkinson's disease.

    Obeso Ja;Olanow Cw;Rodriguez-Oroz Mc

  • A five-year study of the incidence of dyskinesia in patients with early Parkinson's disease who were treated with ropinirole or levodopa

    O Rascol;D J Brooks;A D Korczyn;P P De Deyn

  • Criteria for the diagnosis of corticobasal degeneration.

    Melissa J. Armstrong;Irene Litvan;Anthony E. Lang;Thomas H. Bak

  • Phenotype, genotype, and worldwide genetic penetrance of LRRK2-associated Parkinson's disease: a case-control study

    Daniel G Healy;Mario Falchi;Sean S O'Sullivan;Vincenzo Bonifati

  • Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study of 3090 Patients

    Daniel Weintraub;Juergen Koester;Marc N. Potenza;Andrew D. Siderowf

  • Pharmacological Treatment of Parkinson Disease: A Review

    Barbara S. Connolly;Anthony E. Lang;Anthony E. Lang

  • Parkinson's disease. Second of two parts.

    A E Lang;A M Lozano

  • Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): Process, format, and clinimetric testing plan.

    Christopher G. Goetz;Stanley Fahn;Pablo Martinez-Martin;Werner Poewe

  • MDS research criteria for prodromal Parkinson's disease

    Daniela Berg;Ronald B. Postuma;Charles H. Adler;Bastiaan R. Bloem

  • Bilateral deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease: a multicentre study with 4 years follow-up

    M C Rodriguez-Oroz;J A Obeso;A E Lang;J L Houeto

  • Pramipexole vs Levodopa as initial treatment for Parkinson disease: A randomized controlled trial

    R. Holloway;I. Shoulson;K. Kieburtz;M. McDermott

  • Frontal lobe dysfunction in Parkinson's disease. The cortical focus of neostriatal outflow.

    Ann E. Taylor;J. A. Saint-Cyr;A. E. Lang

Frequent Co-Authors

Andres M. Lozano
Andres M. Lozano University of Toronto
Robert Chen
Robert Chen University Health Network
Alberto J. Espay
Alberto J. Espay University of Cincinnati
Elena Moro
Elena Moro Grenoble Alpes University
William D. Hutchison
William D. Hutchison University of Toronto
Alfonso Fasano
Alfonso Fasano University Health Network
Christine Klein
Christine Klein University of Lübeck
Jean A. Saint-Cyr
Jean A. Saint-Cyr University of Toronto
Antonio P. Strafella
Antonio P. Strafella University of Toronto
Ekaterina Rogaeva
Ekaterina Rogaeva University of Toronto

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