Abood, prominent neuroscientist, dies

Abood joined the University in 1965. For more than four decades, he conducted innovative research on the effect of drugs on the brain's metabolic pathways. He had most recently synthesized an irreversible agent for nicotine receptors in the brain and had been exploring its potential as a possible therapeutic agent for Alzheimer's disease.

Abood was involved in creating the Center for Brain Research, through which Rochester became only the second university in the country to grant a doctorate in neuroscience.

Abood served on 13 federal scientific committees and six editorial boards. He was a trustee of the Brain Research Foundation at the University of Chicago; chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Tobacco Health Research Institute; and a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Toxicology Division, U. S. Army Chemical Research and Development.