Saturday, February 24, 2007

Hormonal Surge During Pregnancy Repairs Faulty Brain Signaling

Source: Scientific American
Date: February 24, 2007

Scientific Americanreports on a new finding that could have implications for treating Multiple Sclerosis:

"In what could give hope to the 2.5 million sufferers of multiple sclerosis (MS) worldwide, a new study reports that the hormone prolactin, the levels of which spike during pregnancy, mended nerve damage in mice."