The Effects of Rabies on the Brain

Rabies takes away the signaling molecules that your neurons would normally use to tell your immune system to like come and help out. On top of all that, there's at least some evidence that the virus can modulate the release of certain molecules. So it basically just completely screws up all of your brain's normal signaling. And that's what can result in this aggression and also just weird behaviors. The mortality rate is not 100%. If it's untreated, it's 100% essentially. We don't have any antivirals that work on rabies virus.