Avram Goldstein
Avram Goldstein · Science & Medicine
Pharmacologist who helped discover the brain's endorphins and opiate receptors.
1919, New York City, United States — 2012, Palo Alto, California, United States
United States
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Avram Goldstein was an American pharmacologist who founded the pharmacology department at Stanford University and was one of the discoverers of the brain's endorphins, developing methods to study how opiate molecules bind to receptors in the brain. He was also a leading expert on addiction who helped establish early methadone treatment programs. Goldstein was born to a Jewish family in New York City.
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Pharmacologist who helped discover the brain's endorphins and opiate receptors.
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