A nerve agent like sarin disables, and, ultimately, kills, by causing a body-wide overflow of a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine. It does this by interfering with the enzyme cholinesterase ...

That causes acetylcholine to build up and keep jumping ... because it's often not readily apparent which nerve agent was used, which is critical to deciding the proper course of treatment.

The nerve agent has been blamed for the almost fatal ... They block a part of the nervous system that balances the amounts of acetylcholine (ACE), a chemical that affects all nerves related ...

Acetylcholine sends signals between the brain and the body ... Due to its extremely high potency, only a small amount of the nerve agent is needed for it to take effect. Novichok was first suspected ...

Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Carry-On! Novichok is the deadly nerve agent weapon that plays a major role in Carry-On's ...

A British woman who died after being exposed to the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok was unwittingly caught up in an "illegal and outrageous international assassination attempt," a public inquiry ...

The lead counsel for a public inquiry into the 2018 death of a British woman poisoned by a Soviet-developed nerve agent said Monday that there was enough poison in the vial she unwittingly opened ...

The milestone was reached on Friday at the Bluegrass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Kentucky. A final rocket was drained of sarin nerve agent, and that agent was then chemically ...

From nerve-agent poisonings and close-range shootings to deadly falls from windows and unexplained plane crashes, an alarmingly high number of people who have crossed Russian President Vladimir ...

The attacks range from the exotic — poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a deadly nerve agent — to the more mundane of getting shot at close range. Some take a fatal plunge from ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The attacks range from the exotic — poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a deadly nerve agent — to the more mundane of getting shot at close range.