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Alfonso Fasano

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Alfonso Fasano

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
224 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 83 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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246

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Research

Brain Modulation Deep Brain Stimulation Neuroimaging Non-Invasive Parkinson'S Disease

Latest papers

Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease: Navigating the Roadblocks to Clinical Implementation.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2026
Navigating diagnostic overlap between seizures and movement disorders: A practical clinical approach.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026 · senior author
Transcranial ultrasound stimulation of motor networks in Parkinson's disease informed by local field potential dynamics.
Science translational medicine · 2026

All 396 publications

Latest funding

Precision Medicine in Parkinson's Disease: Neuroimaging Biomarkers for Individualized DBS Outcome Prediction and Patient Selection
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$841,500
Transcranial Ultrasound Neuromodulation of Deep Brain Nuclei in Parkinson's Disease
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,290,225
Synaptomic-DBS: Functional reconstruction and restoration of human subcortical circuitry using deep brain stimulation
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$589,050

All 7 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 396 publications.

Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease: Navigating the Roadblocks to Clinical Implementation.

Koeglsperger T, Scherer M, Kühn AA, Eusebio A, Fasano A, Krauss JK

Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society2026

DOI: 10.1002/mds.70284 PMID: 41919631

Navigating diagnostic overlap between seizures and movement disorders: A practical clinical approach.

Mohammed WB, Lira VST, Andrade DM, Fasano A

Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10072-026-09127-9 PMID: 42192013

Transcranial ultrasound stimulation of motor networks in Parkinson's disease informed by local field potential dynamics.

Sarica C, Darmani G, Ramezanpour H, Callister M, Santyr B, Grippe T, Annirood R, Raies N, Nankoo JF, Samuel N, Ding MYR, Vetkas A, Fomenko A, Schall JD, Hodaie M, Kalia SK, Abrahao A, Munhoz RP, Fasano A, Pichardo S, Chen R, Lozano AM

Science translational medicine2026

DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.ady1883 PMID: 42160449

The pattern of fMRI activation with STN DBS reveals symptom-specific networks.

Santyr B, Loh A, Germann J, Boutet A, Ajala A, Qiu J, Albuainain G, Abbass M, Madhavan R, Elias G, Vetkas A, Chow C, Sarica C, Munhoz R, Ibrahim GM, Kalia S, Fasano A, Lozano AM

NPJ Parkinson's disease2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41531-026-01368-x PMID: 42049768

Patients with symmetric Parkinson's disease do poorly with subthalamic stimulation.

Jost ST, Atwani C, Loehrer PA, Ashkan K, Rizos A, Petry-Schmelzer JN, Krauss J, Krause JF, Konitsioti AM, Biundo R, Pedrosa DJ, Evans J, Visser-Vandewalle V, Nimsky C, Fink GR, Silverdale M, Fasano A, Martinez-Martin P, Antonini A, Borghammer P, Ray Chaudhuri K, Timmermann L, Dafsari HS, Non-Motor Parkinson’s Disease Research Group, German Parkinson Society Non-Motor Symptoms Study Group, Movement Disorders Society Non-Motor Parkinson’s Disease Study Group

Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2025-336382 PMID: 41781214

Regulation of autism-related self-injurious behavior by electrical stimulation of corticostriatal circuits in mice and humans.

Zhang K, Germann J, Matin R, Mithani K, Ellegood J, Suresh H, Wong S, Lerch JP, Nieman BJ, Taylor MJ, Breitbart S, Fasano A, Gorodetsky C, Gouveia FV, Ibrahim GM

Science advances2026

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aeb5842 PMID: 41961929

Current Approach to Surgical Management of Tremor Disorders.

Chavira-Hernandez G, Fasano A

Seminars in neurology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1055/a-2789-0271 PMID: 41539330

Phenotypic Exploration in Patients with Heterozygous Variant in AFG3L2 Gene: A Case-Series and Literature Review.

Yoganathan S, Tochen L, Ganguly J, Chowdhury SR, AlFaris HS, Pai V, LeBlanc-Millar A, Breitbart S, Kumar H, Shroff M, Reginald A, Yoon G, Fasano A, Ibrahim GM, Gorodetsky C

Movement disorders clinical practice2026

DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.70643 PMID: 42120302

Beta-Band and Aperiodic Activity Across New and Chronic Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease.

Balachandar A, Boogers A, Naghdlou S, Lozano AM, Kalia SK, Tinkhauser G, Fasano A

Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/mds.70198 PMID: 41532262

Is It Safe to Have Deep Brain Stimulation after MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation? A Report of Three Cases and Review of Literature.

Yuen J, Khayat H, Fakhroo FA, Buongermini R, Germann J, Boutet A, Fasano A, Lozano AM

Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery2026

DOI: 10.1159/000551355 PMID: 41790583

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Alfonso Fasano

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease: Navigating the Roadblocks to Clinical Implementation.

Navigating diagnostic overlap between seizures and movement disorders: A practical clinical approach.

Transcranial ultrasound stimulation of motor networks in Parkinson's disease informed by local field potential dynamics.

The pattern of fMRI activation with STN DBS reveals symptom-specific networks.

Patients with symmetric Parkinson's disease do poorly with subthalamic stimulation.

Regulation of autism-related self-injurious behavior by electrical stimulation of corticostriatal circuits in mice and humans.

Current Approach to Surgical Management of Tremor Disorders.

Phenotypic Exploration in Patients with Heterozygous Variant in AFG3L2 Gene: A Case-Series and Literature Review.

Beta-Band and Aperiodic Activity Across New and Chronic Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease.

Is It Safe to Have Deep Brain Stimulation after MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation? A Report of Three Cases and Review of Literature.

Precision Medicine in Parkinson's Disease: Neuroimaging Biomarkers for Individualized DBS Outcome Prediction and Patient Selection

Transcranial Ultrasound Neuromodulation of Deep Brain Nuclei in Parkinson's Disease

Synaptomic-DBS: Functional reconstruction and restoration of human subcortical circuitry using deep brain stimulation

NEURofeedback for self-stimulation of the brain as therapy for ParkInson DisEaSe (NEURIPIDES)

Cortical and basal ganglia mechanisms in movement disorders

Long-term stability of local field potentials recorded from the subthalamic nucleus and effects of deep brain stimulation

Pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease

Frequent collaborators

Alexandre Boutet

Mojgan Hodaie

Jurgen Germann

Robert Chen

Luka Milosevic

Clement Hamani

Melanie Cohn

Christian Iorio-Morin

Nir Lipsman

Suneil Kalia

Andres Lozano

Davide Martino

Kullervo Hynynen

Benjamin Davidson

Connie Marras

David Mikulis

Babak Taati

Shelly Weiss

Paula Teixeira Marques

Ekaterina Rogaeva

Ryan Yuen

Milad Lankarany

Peter Giacobbe

Ying Meng

Alexander Weil

Arezoo Rezazadeh

Andrea Iaboni

Anthony Lang

Hans Katzberg

Mallar Chakravarty

David Chitayat

George Tomlinson

Ziv Gan-Or

Katherine Duncan

Birgit Ertl-Wagner

Tejas Sankar

Kamil Uludag

Pascal Tyrrell

Farshad Nassiri

Jennifer Taher