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Pregnancy Hormone Reverses Multiple Sclerosis Brain Damage


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Estriol, a relatively weak estrogenic compound that surges during pregnancy due to placental production, can reverse the deterioration of myelin nerve sheaths and may help control or even cure multiple sclerosis or MS.  UCLA neurologists studied the effects of estriol on brain tissue in a mouse MS model.


Exposing the experimental animals with an MS-like autoimmune encephalitis to estriol, demonstrated marked remyelination as the result of increased cholesterol synthesis in the supporting cells that form the delicate cables around the connections between the main brain cells or neurons.  Estriol also decreased the loss of cortical neurons and reduced brain atrophy.


This exciting development offer yet another pathway for treating and possibly reversing multiple sclerosis.  We already suspect that it may be effective since pregnancy itself does inhibit the progression of MS.


https://www.laboratoryinvestigation.org/article/S0023-6837(23)00132-0/fulltext#


#estriol #ms #multiplesclerosis #remyelination #demyelination #brainatrophy



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Dr. Howard Smith ReportsBy Howard G. Smith MD, AM