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J. William Langston

Norfolk State University

343

Works

34,906

Citations

90

h-index

258

i10-index

Research Topics

Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurological disorders and treatments Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment

Affiliations

Norfolk State University2025–2025

East Tennessee State University1983–1983

Space Telescope Science Institute2023–2023

United States Department of Health and Human Services1989–1989

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital1980–2006

Top Works

Chronic Parkinsonism in Humans Due to a Product of Meperidine-Analog Synthesis

J. William Langston,Philip L. Ballard,et al.

19834,876 citations

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Neurological diseases and metabolism

Rotenone, Paraquat, and Parkinson’s Disease

Caroline M. Tanner,Freya Kamel,et al.

20111,429 citations

Evidence of active nerve cell degeneration in the substantia nigra of humans years after 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine exposure

J. William Langston,Lysia S. Forno,et al.

1999968 citations

Selective nigral toxicity after systemic administration of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyrine (MPTP) in the squirrel monkey

J. William Langston,Lysia S. Forno,et al.

1984918 citations

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

José Á. Obeso,María Stamelou,et al.

2017823 citations

Environmental Risk Factors and Parkinson's Disease: Selective Degeneration of Nigral Dopaminergic Neurons Caused by the Herbicide Paraquat

Alison L. McCormack,Mona Thiruchelvam,et al.

2002820 citations

Comparison of kindreds with parkinsonism and α‐synuclein genomic multiplications

Matthew J. Farrer,Jennifer M. Kachergus,et al.

2004694 citations

Pargyline Prevents MPTP-Induced Parkinsonism in Primates

J. William Langston,Ian Irwin,et al.

1984581 citations

The parkinson's complex: Parkinsonism is just the tip of the iceberg

J. William Langston

2006578 citations