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Pregnancy hormone repairs myelin damage in MS mouse model

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES HEALTH SCIENCES SUMMARYTreating a mouse model of multiple sclerosis with the pregnancy hormone estriol reversed the breakdown of myelin in the brain’s cortex, a key region affected in multiple sclerosis, according to a new UCLA Health study. BACKGROUNDIn multiple sclerosis, inflammation spurs the immune system to strip away the...