Blade~
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This is very interesting indeed, one question however remains is why this is only attacking the somatic motor neurons and not the three other types (somatic visceral, or either of the two of sensory neurons). In other words why these viruses are residing only in the motor cortex of the brain? One explanation I could see is somatic neural development has occurred at the last stages of human evolution and it is often seen in degenerative diseases that what has evolved last is the first one to reverse or attacked, but of course this would be another question to be researched.
Another interesting link would be with Jakob-Creutzfeldt or also BSE (mad cow disease) where also misfolded proteins (prions) are identified as the cause of the brains pyramidal neuron degenerations, these proteins attack and convert other healthy proteins to other misfolded proteins in the brain; these illnesses are also fast acting, however the origin of these prions are unknown but it is already proven that they can be dormant for years, even decades. There could be a link in the root cause of some of these. As we know accumulation of protein based neurotoxins have already been shown in a large percentage of ALS patients as well.
The other issue is neural viruses, most eventually crossing the BBB (blood brain barrier) are difficult to treat due to their deep embedding and usually he only way to stop them is before they reach the central nervous system so if they're already embedded it's another challenge to get to them.
Thanks for the post Nikki, we'll see where this research will go and if any links with other central nervous system degenerative diseases are identified.
Another interesting link would be with Jakob-Creutzfeldt or also BSE (mad cow disease) where also misfolded proteins (prions) are identified as the cause of the brains pyramidal neuron degenerations, these proteins attack and convert other healthy proteins to other misfolded proteins in the brain; these illnesses are also fast acting, however the origin of these prions are unknown but it is already proven that they can be dormant for years, even decades. There could be a link in the root cause of some of these. As we know accumulation of protein based neurotoxins have already been shown in a large percentage of ALS patients as well.
The other issue is neural viruses, most eventually crossing the BBB (blood brain barrier) are difficult to treat due to their deep embedding and usually he only way to stop them is before they reach the central nervous system so if they're already embedded it's another challenge to get to them.
Thanks for the post Nikki, we'll see where this research will go and if any links with other central nervous system degenerative diseases are identified.
