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Childhood trauma could affect development, treatment of multiple sclerosis: Study – EdexLive
Multiple sclerosis is a progressive autoimmune disease in which the body attacks and strips away the protective coating around neurons, resulting in a wide range…
The trauma caused to children in childhood could affect the trajectory of multiple sclerosis development and response to treatment in adulthood, a new study in mice found. Mice that had experienced stress when young were more likely to develop the autoimmune disorder and less likely to respond to common treatment, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found. However, a treatment that activated an immune-cell receptor mitigated the effects of childhood stress in the mice. The…
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