To study the effects of the TSPO ligand etifoxine on neuroinflammatory damage, we used experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a model of MS in mice in which an autoimmune response was induced against the myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) peptide (aa 35–55). The gene discussed is MOG; the disease is experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.