Effects of Chemotherapy on the Brain

Chemotherapy is a lifesaving treatment for cancer, but it can have serious consequences for the brain. People who receive chemotherapy sometimes have trouble forming new memories or develop anxiety, depression, or eating disorders. How and why this happens isn’t well understood. Research is revealing how chemotherapy drugs navigate across blood brain barrier to allow cancer drugs into the brain, potentially impacting other brain cells and structures.
This is a video from the 2023 Brain Awareness Video Contest.
Created by Akhil Kalepalli.