A recent study led by UCLA found that a pregnancy hormone called estriol could help repair damage in the cortex of the brain in multiple sclerosis patients. Here are details from researchers.
In the study — published last month in Laboratory Investigation, a peer-reviewed medical journal of pathology — researchers gave a pregnancy hormone called estriol to mice that had a preclinical model of MS.
Estriol is a natural estrogen that is produced during pregnancy. The hormone could have simulated the process of myelin creation during brain development in the womb. "We have seen in earlier phase 2 studies the positive effect of estriol on decreasing inflammatory activity within the brain, but this study shows even greater ability of estriol to help in preserving brain volume, which could translate into slowing of disability progression and possibly reversing disability," she told Fox News Digital in an emailed statement.
"Atrophy in the cortex, the largest and most complex part of the brain, is associated with permanent disability worsening, including cognition impairment and paralysis," said lead author Allan MacKenzie-Graham. Overall, the researchers believe this research brings hope for better treatments for multiple sclerosis.
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