A new pharmacokinetic approach treating cocaine addiction involves rapidly metabolizing cocaine before it reaches brain reward centers using mutated human butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) or cocaine ...

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is an endogenous peptide with powerful anticonvulsant properties. Its overexpression in the rat hippocampus, mediated by the local application of recombinant adeno-associated ...

SAN JOSE (CBS SF) -- Santa Clara County Vector Control officers said Friday that they are looking into a rat infestation in downtown San Jose, beneath an elevated section of Highway 280, and there are ...

San Carlos residents have become hyperaware that they have a community-wide problem with rats and have called on the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District for help. In July, the ...

PLEASANT HILL — Carol Anderson recently found an uninvited — and unwelcome — guest on her front lawn. “I have squirrels and every day I’d go out and throw a few peanuts to the squirrels,” said ...

Rats filmed scurrying across the grounds of a central parish grocery store have prompted Vector Control teams to introduce weekly inspections at the site. The rodents were caught on camera in the ...