Solomon Snyder
Solomon Snyder · Science & Medicine
Neuroscientist who identified opiate receptors in the brain, transforming neuropharmacology.
1938, Washington, D.C., USA
United States (Washington, D.C. · Baltimore)
Solomon Snyder is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Neuroscientist who identified opiate receptors in the brain, transforming neuropharmacology.
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.
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