5‐Fluorouracil chemotherapy affects spatial working memory and newborn neurons in the adult rat hippocampus

S Mustafa, A Walker, G Bennett… - European Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Chemotherapy‐associated memory deficits in adults are prevalent with systemic treatment
utilizing 5‐fluorouracil (5‐Fu). 5‐Fu disrupts cell proliferation and readily crosses the blood …

The effect of 5-fluorouracil on the long term survival and proliferation of cells in the rat hippocampus

M ELBeltagy, S Mustafa, J Umka, L Lyons… - Brain research …, 2012 - Elsevier
Chemotherapy has been reported to produce cognitive impairments in a significant number
of cancer patients. These deficits frequently involve aspects of spatial or declarative memory …

5-Fluorouracil chemotherapy upregulates cytokines and alters hippocampal dendritic complexity in aged mice

TR Groves, R Farris, JE Anderson, TC Alexander… - Behavioural brain …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fluorouracil (5-Fu) is commonly used chemotherapy drug, but it can lead to the impairment
of cognitive function. The pathogenesis of this injury is unknown but may involve …

Chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment is associated with decreases in cell proliferation and histone modifications

TL Briones, J Woods - BMC neuroscience, 2011 - Springer
Background In this study, we examined the effects of cyclophosphamide, methothrexate, and
5-Fluorouracil (CMF) drug combination on various aspects of learning and memory. We also …

Melatonin attenuates 5-fluorouracil-induced spatial memory and hippocampal neurogenesis impairment in adult rats

A Sirichoat, K Suwannakot, P Chaisawang… - Life sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Aims Treatment with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) can cause impairment to adult
hippocampal neurogenesis, resulting in cognitive deficits. As melatonin has been shown to …

Fluoxetine counteracts the cognitive and cellular effects of 5-fluorouracil in the rat hippocampus by a mechanism of prevention rather than recovery

L Lyons, M ELBeltagy, G Bennett, P Wigmore - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is a cytostatic drug associated with chemotherapy-induced cognitive
impairments that many cancer patients experience after treatment. Previous work in rodents …

Chemotherapy-induced long-term alteration of executive functions and hippocampal cell proliferation: role of glucose as adjuvant

M Dubois, N Lapinte, V Villier, C Lecointre, V Roy… - …, 2014 - Elsevier
In patients, cancer and treatments provoke cognitive impairments referred to “chemofog”.
Here a validated neurobehavioral animal model, the unique way to explore causal direct …

Does 5-bromo-2′-deoxyuridine (BrdU) disrupt cell proliferation and neuronal maturation in the adult rat hippocampus in vivo?

A Hancock, C Priester, E Kidder, JR Keith - Behavioural brain research, 2009 - Elsevier
5-Bromo-2′-deoxyuridine (BrdU) is frequently used as a mitotic marker in studies of cell
proliferation. Recent studies have reported cytotoxic effects of BrdU on neural progenitor …

Asiatic acid protects against cognitive deficits and reductions in cell proliferation and survival in the rat hippocampus caused by 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy

P Chaisawang, A Sirichoat, W Chaijaroonkhanarak… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The chemotherapy drug, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), has been reported to cause cognitive
impairments in cancer patients. The drug also reduces cell proliferation and survival in the …

IGF-1 partially restores chemotherapy-induced reductions in neural cell proliferation in adult C57BL/6 mice

MC Janelsins, JA Roscoe, MJ Berg… - Cancer …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Chemotherapeutic agents produce persistent difficulties in memory through an unknown
mechanism. We tested the hypothesis that chemotherapeutic agents readily able to cross …