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Mahlon R. DeLong

Mahlon R. DeLong

Emory University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
106
Citations
72056
World Ranking
6361
National Ranking
3393

Neuroscience

D-Index
106
Citations
72056
World Ranking
623
National Ranking
351

Mahlon R. DeLong publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mahlon R. DeLong sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 229 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Mahlon R. DeLong D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mahlon R. DeLong sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mahlon R. DeLong was affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on medicine and neuroscience, with a strong emphasis on neurology. Within neuroscience, their subfields of study included cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, and radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging.

The scientist's main research topics encompassed neurological disorders and treatments, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, genetic neurodegenerative diseases, botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, and advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications.

Mahlon R. DeLong co-authored frequently with several researchers, including Robert E. Gross, José Á. Obeso, Marwan Hariz, Jeff M. Bronstein, and G. Rees Cosgrove.

Their recent publications included the following papers:

  • Mapping dysfunctional circuits in the frontal cortex using deep brain stimulation, 2024, Nature Neuroscience
  • Functional Topography of the Human Subthalamic Nucleus: Relevance for Subthalamotomy in Parkinson's Disease, 2021, Movement Disorders
  • Clinical outcomes of globus pallidus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease: a comparison of intraoperative MRI- and MER-guided lead placement, 2020, Journal of Neurosurgery
  • Patients with Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease Benefit from Deep Brain Stimulation: A Case-Control Study, 2023, Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
  • Mapping Dysfunctional Circuits in the Frontal Cortex Using Deep Brain Stimulation, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

DeLong's work was published frequently in venues such as Movement Disorders, Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, European Journal of Neurology, Nature Neuroscience, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Parallel Organization of Functionally Segregated Circuits Linking Basal Ganglia and Cortex

    Garrett E. Alexander;Mahlon R. DeLong;Peter L. Strick

  • Primate models of movement disorders of basal ganglia origin

    Mahlon R. DeLong

  • Alzheimer's disease and senile dementia: loss of neurons in the basal forebrain.

    Peter J. Whitehouse;Donald L. Price;Robert G. Struble;Arthur W. Clark

  • Basal ganglia-thalamocortical circuits: parallel substrates for motor, oculomotor, "prefrontal" and "limbic" functions.

    Garrett E. Alexander;Michael D. Crutcher;Mahlon R. DeLong

  • Alzheimer's disease: a disorder of cortical cholinergic innervation

    Joseph T. Coyle;Donald L. Price;Mahlon R. DeLong

  • Phenomenology and classification of dystonia: a consensus update.

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

  • Alzheimer disease: Evidence for selective loss of cholinergic neurons in the nucleus basalis

    Peter J. Whitehouse;Donald L. Price;Arthur W. Clark;Joseph T. Coyle

  • Reversal of experimental parkinsonism by lesions of the subthalamic nucleus

    Hagai Bergman;Thomas Wichmann;Mahlon R. DeLong

  • The primate subthalamic nucleus. II. Neuronal activity in the MPTP model of parkinsonism

    H. Bergman;T. Wichmann;B. Karmon;M. R. DeLong

  • Circuits and Circuit Disorders of the Basal Ganglia

    Mahlon R. DeLong;Thomas Wichmann

  • Mood disorders in the medically ill: scientific review and recommendations.

    Dwight L. Evans;Dennis S. Charney;Dennis S. Charney;Lydia Lewis;Robert N. Golden

  • Goal-directed and habitual control in the basal ganglia: implications for Parkinson's disease

    Peter Redgrave;Manuel Rodriguez;Manuel Rodriguez;Yoland Smith;Yoland Smith;Maria C. Rodriguez-Oroz;Maria C. Rodriguez-Oroz

  • Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson Disease: An Expert Consensus and Review of Key Issues

    Jeff M. Bronstein;Michele Tagliati;Ron L. Alterman;Andres M. Lozano

  • Activity of pallidal neurons during movement.

    M R DeLong

  • Functional and pathophysiological models of the basal ganglia.

    Thomas Wichmann;Mahlon R DeLong

  • Past, present, and future of Parkinson's disease: A special essay on the 200th Anniversary of the Shaking Palsy

    J.A. Obeso;M. Stamelou;M. Stamelou;C.G. Goetz;W. Poewe

  • Primate globus pallidus and subthalamic nucleus: functional organization.

    Mahlon R. Delong;Michael D. Crutcher;Apostolos P. Georgopoulos

  • Treatment of advanced Parkinson's disease by posterior GPi pallidotomy: 1‐year results of a pilot study

    Mark S. Baron;Jerrold L. Vitek;Roy A.E. Bakay;Joanne Green

  • Neuronal activity in the basal ganglia in patients with generalized dystonia and hemiballismus.

    Jerrold L. Vitek;Vijay Chockkan;Jian Yu Zhang;Yoshiki Kaneoke

  • Motor Functions of the Basal Ganglia

    Mahlon R. DeLong;Apostolos P. Georgopoulos

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Wichmann
Thomas Wichmann Emory University
Jerrold L. Vitek
Jerrold L. Vitek University of Minnesota
Roy A.E. Bakay
Roy A.E. Bakay Rush University Medical Center
Stewart A. Factor
Stewart A. Factor Emory University
Donald L. Price
Donald L. Price Johns Hopkins University
Michael S. Okun
Michael S. Okun University of Florida
Hagai Bergman
Hagai Bergman Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Robert E. Gross
Robert E. Gross Emory University
Jose A. Obeso
Jose A. Obeso CEU San Pablo University
Hyder A. Jinnah
Hyder A. Jinnah Emory University

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