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Stem Cell Transplantation Strategies for the Restoration of Cognitive Dysfunction Caused by Cranial Radiotherapy

Stem Cell Transplantation Strategies for the Restoration of Cognitive Dysfunction Caused by Cranial Radiotherapy

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October 18, 2011

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10.3791/3107-v

DOI:
10.3791/3107-v

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11:24 min
October 18, 2011

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1Department of Radiation Oncology,University of California Irvine

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Brain tumor patients routinely undergo cranial radiotherapy, and while beneficial, this treatment often results in debilitating cognitive dysfunction. This serious unresolved problem has at present, no clinical recourse, and has driven our efforts to devise stem cell based therapies for the recovery of radiation-induced cognitive decrements.

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Acharya, M. M., Roa, D. E., Bosch, O., Lan, M. L., Limoli, C. L. Stem Cell Transplantation Strategies for the Restoration of Cognitive Dysfunction Caused by Cranial Radiotherapy. J. Vis. Exp. (56), e3107, doi:10.3791/3107 (2011).

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