{"title":"Measurements, mechanisms and potential therapy for preventing chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment","authors":"Jie Yin, Yuan-Yuan Han, Dong-Dong Shi","doi":"10.33425/2692-7918.1018","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Cognitive impairment following chemotherapy, also called chemobrain, is reducing the life quality of millions of cancer patients. It is urgent to discover therapeutic methods against chemobrain. In fact, neither measurements nor mechanisms are yet to be defined. To discover efficient treatment on chemobrain, in this review, we firstly focus on applications of objective and accurate methods to study the measurement of chemobrain, such as Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and positron emission tomography (PET). Furthermore, we highlight the potential mechanism of chemobrain including neuroinflammation, cell apoptosis and synaptic degeneration. Chemotherapy can induce neuroinflammation and cell apoptosis in brain. Synaptic plasticity also decreased in chemo-agent treated mice. Based on other cognitive impairment diseased, we also engaged in looking for effective treatment on cognitive impairment after chemotherapy in cancer patients. Synaptic repair, stem cell transplantation, Chinese medicine and psychological rehabilitation are all powerful candidates for treating chemobrain.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2021-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.33425/2692-7918.1018","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Cognitive impairment following chemotherapy, also called chemobrain, is reducing the life quality of millions of cancer patients. It is urgent to discover therapeutic methods against chemobrain. In fact, neither measurements nor mechanisms are yet to be defined. To discover efficient treatment on chemobrain, in this review, we firstly focus on applications of objective and accurate methods to study the measurement of chemobrain, such as Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and positron emission tomography (PET). Furthermore, we highlight the potential mechanism of chemobrain including neuroinflammation, cell apoptosis and synaptic degeneration. Chemotherapy can induce neuroinflammation and cell apoptosis in brain. Synaptic plasticity also decreased in chemo-agent treated mice. Based on other cognitive impairment diseased, we also engaged in looking for effective treatment on cognitive impairment after chemotherapy in cancer patients. Synaptic repair, stem cell transplantation, Chinese medicine and psychological rehabilitation are all powerful candidates for treating chemobrain.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.