What are the biggest serendipitous discoveries in neuroscience? Does neuroscience have a true "Fleming's mould" story? One I can think of is when Shulgin accidentally dosed himself with the LSD.
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Iproniazid, the first MAO inhibitor, was initially used as a tuberculosis medicine, when it was found out that patients in a sanatorium danced and cheered. Also it was based on hydrazine, used as fuel for the V2 in WW2, leftovers of which were bought by pharma companies to test.
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Dorothy Bishop has a post "Ten serendipitous findings in psychology", some of which pertain to neuroscience, such as mirror neurons. Great read. http://deevybee.blogspot.com/2016/05/ten-serendipitous-findings-in-psychology.html …
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