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- Title
How chemotherapy damages the central nervous system.
- Abstract
Chemotherapy adversely affects cognitive function both acutely and chronically, but little is known about the underlying mechanisms. A new study shows that short-term chemotherapy causes not only acute injury to progenitor cells, but also delayed damage to myelin.
- Subjects
DRUG therapy; DRUG side effects; EFFECT of drugs on cognition; CANCER treatment complications; DOSE-response relationship in biochemistry; MYELIN sheath
- Publication
Journal of Biology, 2008, Vol 7, p73
- ISSN
1478-5854
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/jbiol73