Author: Solomon H. Snyder
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Keywords: molecluar, neuroscience, discoveries, groundbreaking, psychiatry, science
Number of Pages: 513
Published: 2008-03-15
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 1585622737
ISBN-13: 9781585622733

A pioneer in the identification of receptors for neurotransmitters and drugs and in the explanation of the actions of psychotropic agents, Solomon Snyder has been instrumental in the establishment of modern psychopharmacology.Science and Psychiatry is a collection of some of his best scientific papers from the past forty years, representing important advances in psychopharmacology and molecular biology. Some offer insight into modern neuroscience to help make sense of available psychotropic medications and point the way toward more effective and safer agents; others describe the underpinnings