I wouldn't have cared about neuroscience, only and only if we had enough treatments available. I wouldn't have given a damn about a single biomolecule found in the nervous system, if we had a sort of 'cure' available for diseases like MS and ALS.

Now, really, I am no doctor but from what I studied in biology, there's no real "cure" available for anything and neurology/psychiatry aren't the only 'We cannot help you' specialties. Our understanding of virology therapeutic is non-existent, however treatments can help greatly. The "cure." But how can you let an amnesic patient die out of old age, still asking his name? I'll try my best to be the hero(ic team member) and do my part in research.