Neuroscience
'Gut sense' is hardwired, not hormonal
If you've ever felt nauseous before an important presentation, or foggy after a big meal, then you know the power of the gut-brain connection.
Sep 20, 2018
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News tagged with rabies virus
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How rabies virus moves through nerve cells, and how it might be stopped
To successfully infect its host, the rabies virus must move from the nerve ending to the nerve cell body where it can replicate.
Aug 23, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study seeking to isolate antibodies against rabies virus
Few people die from rabid animal bites in the United States thanks to the near-universal availability of human rabies immune globulin and rabies vaccine, which are given as separate shots as soon as possible after exposure ...
Apr 30, 2018
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Genetics
Researchers develop a novel RNA-based therapy to target West Nile virus
A Yale-led research team developed a new RNA therapy, delivered through the nose, to treat mice infected with West Nile Virus. The innovative approach reduced the virus in the brain, allowing the immune system to destroy ...
Mar 29, 2018
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Neuroscience
Viral tool traces long-term neuron activity
For the past decade, neuroscientists have been using a modified version of the rabies virus to label neurons and trace the connections between them. Although this technique has proven very useful, it has one major drawback: ...
Mar 5, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Research reveals how rabies can induce frenzied behavior
Scientists may finally understand how the rabies virus can drastically change its host's behavior to help spread the disease, which kills about 59,000 people annually.
Oct 11, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rabies is a real and rising threat to people and pets
The warm months are a time to beware of rabies as an infectious disease that can threaten the health of people and their pets – a fact underscored in mid-May, when state health agencies reported that two dogs in Colorado ...
May 24, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers combine MERS and rabies viruses to create innovative 2-for-1 vaccine
In a new study, researchers have modified a rabies virus, so that it has a protein from the MERS virus; this altered virus works as a 2-for-1 vaccine that protects mice against both Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) ...
Dec 7, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds climate, landscape changes may lead to more rabid skunks
While striped skunks already have a nose-worthy reputation for being avoided, new research at the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine finds they carry a serious health threat for humans and animals: rabies.
Jul 25, 2016
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Neuroscience
Improved brain mapping tool 20 times more powerful than previous version
Salk Institute scientists have developed a new reagent to map the brain's complex network of connections that is 20 times more efficient than their previous version. This tool improves upon a technique called rabies virus ...
Apr 14, 2016
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