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  • Mouse study: Childhood trauma could affect development, treatment of multiple sclerosis

    Jan 29, 2021 10:15 am by Liz Ahlberg TouchstoneResearch
    Graduate student Yee Ming Khaw and comparative biosciences professor Makoto Inoue led the study. Photo by Leslie B. Stauffer

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    • Graduate student Yee Ming Khaw and comparative biosciences professor Makoto Inoue led the study. Photo by Leslie B. Stauffer

    Mice that experienced stress when young more likely to develop multiple sclerosis, less likely to respond to a common treatment. However, treatment that activated an immune-cell receptor mitigated the effects of childhood stress in the mice.