Background
Szentagothai, Janos was born on October 31, 1912 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Gustav and Margaret (Antal) Schimert.
Szentagothai, Janos was born on October 31, 1912 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Gustav and Margaret (Antal) Schimert.
Doctor of Medicine, University Budapest, 1936.
Junior assistant Budapest University Medical School, 1936—1937, senior assistant, 1938—1940, prosector, 1941—1945, professor anatomy, head department, 1963—1977. Professor anatomy Pecs University Medical School, 1946—1963.
Achievements include research in on nerve junctions to elucidate circuitry and connectivity in central nervous system, spinal cord pathways and their connetions, structure of simplest reflex paths, pathways and mechanisms of labyrinthine eye-movement reflexes. Research in visual system relay mechanisms, structural basis of nervous inhibition in general, cerebellar pathways and neuronal machinery of cerebellar cortex, anatomical bases of nervous control on endocrine functions, the neuron network of the cerebral cortex.
Author: Die Rolle der Einzelnen Labyrinthrezeptoren bei der Orientation von Augen und Kopf in Raume, 1952. Co-author (with B. Flerko, B. Mess, B. Halasz): Hypothalamic Control of the Anterior Pituitary, 1962. Co-author: (with F.C. Eccles, M. Ito) The Cerebellum as a Neuronal Machine, 1967.Co-author: (with M. Arbib) Conceptual Models of Neural Organization, 1975. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Hungarian Academy, of Sciences 1948. Presidium ), Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina 1964, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Natur, Mainz 1969, Academy Royale de Medecine de Belgique 1970, National Academy, of Sciences, Washington 1972, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences 1973, Norwegian Academy, of Science and Letters 1976, Royal Society of London 1978, Royal Swedish Academy, of Sciences 1978, Bulgarian Academy, of Sciences 1979, Polish Academy, of Sciences, Czechoslovak Academy, of Sciences 1980, Pontifical Academy, Vatican City, Academy, of Arts and Sciences of Slovenia, Ljubljana 1981, USSR Academy, of Sciences 1982, Indian National Science Academy 1984, Academy, of Sciences of G.D.R., Academy, of Finland 1985.
Water colour sketching, scientific illustration, gardening.
Married Alice Biberauer Szentagothai, June 7, 1938. Children: Cathrine, Claire, Christine.
