s well substantiated (?). Moreover, autocrine and reciprocal paracrine (astroglial ↔ macrophage/microglial) intercellular, feedback amplification mechanisms from macrophages/microglia are likely to be operative (dashed red arrow) (also see, Kang and Hebert 2011) and occur elsewhere within the cascade (not shown); effects of HIV-1 Tat/HIV, red ar