Brain tumors in Children, Radiation Therapy and Memory (IMAGE)

Baylor University

Brain tumors in Children, Radiation Therapy and Memory

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Both patients and healthy controls recall very old personal memories with similar amounts of detail, whereas patients have difficulty remembering specific episodic details for recently experienced personal events. Right: Patients following treatment have smaller volume in the hippocampus (shown in green), a brain region critical for memory formation. Photo credit: Melanie Sekeres

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credit to Melanie Sekeres, Ph.D.

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