Latest

chemo brain

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Neuroscience Psychology

·November 21, 2017·5 min read

Chemo Brain Starts During Cancer’s Progression, Not Just After Treatment

Chemotherapy is often blamed for memory loss and cognitive problems in cancer survivors. However, new research published in Neuroscience challenges this belief. Researchers report cognitive impairments, often referred to as Chemo Fog, may actually start as the tumor grows and develops.

Brain Cancer Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·September 19, 2017·5 min read

Increased Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Survivors Boosts Cognition

Many breast cancer survivors report cognitive problems following treatment. New research from UCSD finds breast cancer survivors who increase physical activity and embark on regular exercise experience improved mental processing.

Brain Cancer Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·April 12, 2017·5 min read

Potential Therapy to Prevent Chemobrain in Cancer Patients

A new compound prevents cognitive decline associated with chemotherapy treatments in rats, a new study reports.

Brain Cancer Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·January 3, 2017·4 min read

Chemo-Brain is Pervasive in Women With Breast Cancer

A new study reports chemo-brain can affect women with breast cancer for up to six months following chemotherapy.

Brain Cancer Featured Neuroscience

·May 25, 2016·3 min read

Study Investigates How the Chemo Brain May Develop

The release and uptake of dopamine and serotonin becomes sluggish in rat brains following chemotherapy, researchers report.

Brain Cancer Featured Psychology

·February 10, 2016·4 min read

Attention Problems Persist in Childhood Leukemia Survivors Treated Only with Chemotherapy

Researchers report children who received chemotherapy alone for acute lymphoblastic leukemia remain at risk for attention and learning problems after the treatment ends.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology

·April 27, 2015·3 min read

Chemo Brains Tend to Stay in Disengaged States

The negative cognitive effects of chemotherapy are sustained after treatment for cancer has ended, a new study reports.

This image shows an Aplysia californica sea snail.

Brain Cancer Featured Neuroscience

·October 8, 2014·2 min read

Neuroscientists Use Snail Research to Help Explain “Chemo Brain”

A new study provides a possible explanation as to what causes cognitive and memory problems associated with chemotherapy treatments.

The image shows a hippocampal brain slice from a rat.

Featured Neuroscience

·September 12, 2014·3 min read

Brain Inflammation Dramatically Disrupts Memory Retrieval Networks

A new study provides additional insight into the cognitive losses often seen as a result of chemotherapy and in some autoimmune diseases.

This image shows a bottle and some tamoxifen pills.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·September 17, 2013·4 min read

Mental Fog with Tamoxifen is Real, Scientists Find Possible Antidote

Researchers confirm the mental fogginess produced as a result of taking the cancer drug tamoxifen, is real. They have also discovered an existing drug compound which appears to counteract the effects of this medication.

The image shows a chalk outline of a human head surrounded by question marks.

Brain Cancer Featured

·February 21, 2013·2 min read

Neuroscientist Sheds Light on Cause for ‘Chemo Brain’

A new study argues that prolonged chemotherapy decreases the development of new brain cells, and disrupts ongoing brain rhythms in the part of the brain responsible for making new memories.

Featured Neurology

·October 21, 2012·5 min read

Natural Process Activating Brain’s Immune Cells Could Point Way to Repairing Damaged Brain

The brain’s key “breeder” cells secrete substances that boost the numbers and strength of critical brain-based immune cells believed to play a vital role in brain health. This finding adds a new dimension to our understanding of how resident stem cells and stem cell transplants may improve brain function.