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Solomon Snyder

Who

Solomon Snyder · Science & Medicine

What

Neuroscientist who identified opiate receptors in the brain, transforming neuropharmacology.

When

1938, Washington, D.C., USA

Where

United States (Washington, D.C. · Baltimore)

Biography

Solomon Snyder is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Neuroscientist who identified opiate receptors in the brain, transforming neuropharmacology.

How & why

Snyder identified the brain's opiate receptors in 1973, explaining how morphine and the body's own endorphins act and transforming neuropharmacology. Born to a Jewish family in Washington, D.C., he built his career at Johns Hopkins University. His receptor-labeling methods opened the way to a generation of neuropsychiatric drugs.

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Neuroscientist who identified opiate receptors in the brain, transforming neuropharmacology.

1938

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology