Assignment task:
In class, we noted that the rabies virus migrates to two locations within the body: the brain and the salivary glands. In a 2002 study published in Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, researchers from India retrieved frozen tissue samples (stored at the Institute for Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh) of patients who had died from rabies infection. In 5 out of 9 samples of adrenal glands, they found evidence of the rabies virus, primarily within the adrenal medulla. While the researchers obviously could not determine how the rabies virus impacted the adrenal gland, which should you suppose was their hypothesis? Group of answer choices The rabies virus inhibited hormone release by the adrenal medulla. The rabies virus stimulated hormone release by the adrenal medulla.