MBP and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: Similar to EAMG, Bifidobacterium also ameliorates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in rats.55 Myelin basic protein (MBP)-immunized rats, after injection with MBP-specific T cell blasts, have fewer of these cells localized to spinal cord tissue after treatment with B. animalis subsp.