title: Molecules of madness.
abstract: My professional life over five decades meandered from a high school ambition to be a psychiatrist and understand the "mind" to biochemical studies of neurotransmitters and drugs. Hopefully, the tale of my quirky impatient curiosity about "too many" different areas will be useful for young scientists embarking on their own careers.
authors.affiliation: The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. ssnyder@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Solomon H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Snyder
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000266:history*; D009482:Neurophysiology / Q000266:history*; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000502:physiology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents