Table 1.

Common forms of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE).

Antigen	Species Studied	Clinical Course	Pathological Features	References
Guinea pig spinal cord	Rat	Monophasic	Inflammation and demyelination	[26]
Myelin basic protein	Lewis rat	Monophasic	Inflammation and demyelination, including nerve roots	[17]
Myelin proteolipid protein	Lewis rats, SJL mice	Chronic relapsing	Inflammation and demyelination	[19,20,21]
Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein	Mice and rats	Chronic relapsing	Inflammation and demyelination, role for antibody	[22,23,24]