I believe there is another thread to the cause of AIDS dementia which
involves the production of giant multinucleated microglial cells. An
excellent journal to start with for some information in this area is Glia
7, 1993 I believe (its an earlier volume that is exclusively about
microglia research). I have a few more refs. if you are interested.
The role of microglia could be to form the same type of lesions in the
brain as seen in other demitia's due to disease.
: I suggest the connection of AIDS and AIDS dementia revolves around
: reduced availability of the adrenal hormone, dehydroepiandrosterone