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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002690b.htm person Törk Istvan Joseph AACR2 14 February 1939 21 November 1992 Place of Birth Budapest, Hungary Place of Death Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia Anatomist University Administrator Istvan Törk was an anatomist and pioneer in the study of brain chemistry whose research, before he came to Australia in 1976, centred on the comparative anatomy of a variety of vertebrates and resulted in the publication of over 30 papers. On being appointed to the University of New South Wales his focus became more centred on neuroanatomy (particularly the distribution of neuropeptides and monoamines in the brainstem), leading to the work for which Törk is best known: on the serotonin raphe nuclei. This had significant implications for the treatment of psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders. Törk's research was notable for his extensive collaboration with colleagues. With George Paxinos, Törk published the landmark Atlas of the developing rat brain (1991), a work widely-used for many years. Törk was also respected for the broad range of his teaching skills. He is commemorated by the Istvan Tork prize for University of New South Wales neuroscience students. 1957 1957 Education - Doctor of Medicine, Budapest (Semmelweis) University of Medicine, Hungary 1963 1969 Career position - Lecturer in anatomy, Budapest (Semmelweis) University of Medicine, Hungary 1969 1976 Career position - Senior Lecturer in anatomy, University of Zambia 1971 1976 Career position - Professor of anatomy, University of Zambia 1976 1984 Career position - Senior lecturer in anatomy, University of New South Wales 1979 1979 Life event - Became an Australian citizen 1984 1991 Career position - Associate Professor in anatomy, University of New South Wales 1988 Career position - Head, Department of Anatomy, University of New South Wales 1991 1992 Career position - Professor of anatomy, University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (1958 - )

Professor of anatomy 1991 - 1992; Head, Department of Anatomy 1988 -

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 'Törk, Istvan Joseph', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Törk, Istvan Joseph Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Atlas of the developing rat nervous system Paxinos, George; Valentino, Karen L.; Törk, Istvan; and Teccot, Lawrence H. Atlas of the developing rat nervous system Academic Press 1991 Journal Article: Obituary: Professor Istvan Törk Paxinos, George Obituary: Professor Istvan Törk 1992 Uniken - The University of New South Wales 340 20 of 1992 4 Journal Article: Istvan Törk 1939 - 1992 Azmitia, Efrain C. Istvan Törk 1939 - 1992 1993 Journal of comparative neurology 333 2 149-50 Edited Book: Neurotransmitters in the human brain Tracey, David J., Paxinos, George and Stone, Jonathan Neurotransmitters in the human brain New York Plenum Press 1995