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How chemotherapy damages the central nervous system
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.
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2397491/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18439322 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol73 |
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author | Meyers, Christina A |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-23974912008-05-30 How chemotherapy damages the central nervous system Meyers, Christina A J Biol Minireview 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. BioMed Central 2008 2008-04-22 /pmc/articles/PMC2397491/ /pubmed/18439322 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol73 Text en Copyright © 2008 BioMed Central Ltd |
spellingShingle | Minireview Meyers, Christina A How chemotherapy damages the central nervous system |
title | How chemotherapy damages the central nervous system |
title_full | How chemotherapy damages the central nervous system |
title_fullStr | How chemotherapy damages the central nervous system |
title_full_unstemmed | How chemotherapy damages the central nervous system |
title_short | How chemotherapy damages the central nervous system |
title_sort | how chemotherapy damages the central nervous system |
topic | Minireview |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2397491/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18439322 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol73 |
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