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Viral infection may be a factor in accelerating neurodegeneration in the mid brain.

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Something related: some while ago I happened upon a study of an asian-sourced flu virus, I think the same "Spanish" flu that wiped out many people in 1918, that when introduced to mouse brains cut a wide swath, just killed the cells outright, in substanta nigra and several hypothalamic and amygdala or hippocampus, just going from memory here (ironic, that, eh?) regions.

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