Julius Axelrod: 1970 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology

Julius Axelrod: 1970 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology

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You see people plagued by this on the streets, sitting next to you on the subway, or sometimes even at your bedside. Mental illnesses affect one in four people worldwide. For these people, Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil are all common names of medications that they take in order to take hold of their lives. Prior to the findings of Julius Axelrod (1912-2004), recipient of 1970 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology, mental illness was perceived as an affliction of your feelings and surroundings. Not only did his work lead to our understanding that mental illness is actually a medical problem, but it also led to the creation of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI’s), which help alleviate this problem.

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