Wow!

I am bummed to hear how he declined so rapidly and really is even more sad if what we're saying is true. They have been able to nip this if treated properly straight away. I always loved his acting. Read he was a cult phenomenon in Germany; too bad things didn't start there...he may still be here.

The relationship between stress and cytokines could be why we experience an exacerbation of symptoms under stress; illness can cause stress too.

I have read recently that we indeed have 70% of our entire brain's innate neurons intact. The Ventral Tegmental Area in midbrain that controls our limbic system and reward center has original store of dopa neurons. How can this be?
Turns out they are resistant to alpha-synuclein, but how do they escape the onslaught of cytokine production or are not targeted in immune system pathology like in the substantia nigra?

If we can connect these dots, you know that at least one researcher has done the same thing, so has someone tested the cytokine storm connection and we don't know that?

Also interesting you mention a "sickness behaviour" emerged in P. Falk. It sounds eerily similar to Encephalitis Lethargica which is what emerged after 1918 flu and preceded the Parkinsonism. Could this also reflect our sleep anamolies?

Laura