Richard M. Torack, MD

Affiliations: 
Pathology and Immunology Washington University, Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO 
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Alzheimer disease
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Richard M. Torack, a retired researcher and professor at the School of Medicine, died Thursday, January 22, 2009.

In 1968, Torack joined the medical school faculty at Washington University, where he taught and researched dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

Torack was an original member of the “Tuesday Brown Bag Series” at the School of Medicine’s Department of Neurology. He discussed what was then known about dementia. His pioneering work contributed to the University establishing its Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.

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Torack RM, Roth KA, Miller JW. (1996) Neuronal argyrophilia and phosphorylated neurofilament accumulation secondary to deafferentation. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 55: 466-70
Torack RM, Miller JW. (1995) Denervation induced abnormal phosphorylation in hippocampal neurons. Brain Research. 669: 135-9
Torack RM, Miller JW. (1994) Immunoreactive changes resulting from dopaminergic denervation of the dentate gyrus of the rat hippocampal formation. Neuroscience Letters. 169: 9-12
Torack RM, Morris JC. (1990) Tyrosine hydroxylase-like (TH) immunoreactivity in human mesolimbic system. Neuroscience Letters. 116: 75-80
Torack RM, Morris JC. (1989) Vascular glycosaminoglycans in periventricular leukoencephalopathy. Acta Neuropathologica. 78: 492-6
Torack RM, Morris JC. (1988) The association of ventral tegmental area histopathology with adult dementia. Archives of Neurology. 45: 497-501
Torack RM, Morris JC. (1986) Mesolimbocortical dementia. A clinicopathologic case study of a putative disorder. Archives of Neurology. 43: 1074-8
Torack RM. (1982) Computed tomography and stroke edema: case report with an analysis of water in acute infarction. Computerized Radiology : Official Journal of the Computerized Tomography Society. 6: 35-41
Torack RM. (1982) Historical aspects of normal and abnormal brain fluids. III. Cerebral edema. Archives of Neurology. 39: 355-7
Torack RM, Lynch RG. (1981) Cytochemistry of brain amyloid in adult dementia. Acta Neuropathologica. 53: 189-96
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