how to get some insight about neuroscience future? - (Aug/01/2007 )

I am a protein engineering PhD working with prokaryotic cells a lot. Now I might have a chance to jump into neuroscience filed working with the environmental toxin effects on the neurotransmitter singal pathway. I am so so newbie for neuroscience. i am wondering what kind of use of my neuroscience experience will help me in landing an industrial job. Is it wise to get into this field? Is it too hard to get some work done in a couple of years? What kind of work I can do after this? Where should I go first to get myself some basic knowlege of neuropsychiatric disorder?

Thanks a lot.....

I've focused my graduate work only on neuroscience- and as I have just completed it and found an industry job, I can honestly tell you that it can be worth it. But only if you really find your area of research interesting. It's going to be a little difficult to get your bearings as far as working with mammalian cells and learning about the pathways. But if you really want it, I'm sure you could. As far as getting it done in a couple of years, well it would depend on your results and your research. If what you're looking for doesn't work out, or the system that you're using hits the bed, then you might not finish quite that quickly.
There are a couple of books that you can read on Pubmed-- Basic Neurochemistry and Neuroscience.
Plus, there is a lot of info in The Molecular Biology of the Cell, by Alberts.

Hope that helps.

That is very helpful. Thank you very much.