title: A Life of Neurotransmitters.
abstract: Development of scientific creativity is often tied closely to mentorship. In my case, two years with Julius Axelrod, the sum total of my research training, was transformative. My mentoring generations of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows has been as nurturing for me as it has been for them. Work in our lab over fifty years has covered the breadth of neurotransmitters and related substances, focusing on the discovery and characterization of novel messenger molecules. I can't conceptualize a more rewarding professional life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205; email: ssnyder1@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Solomon H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Snyder
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors / Q000266:history*; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D010600:Pharmacology / Q000266:history*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history; D011957:Receptors, Opioid
chemical_list: D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D011957:Receptors, Opioid
keywords: Axelrod; autobiography; dopamine; enkephalin; nitric oxide; opiate receptor