Lower brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels associated with worsening fatigue in prostate cancer patients during repeated stress from radiation therapy.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-27-2015
Publication Title
The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry
Volume
17
Issue
8
First page number:
608
Last page number:
614
Abstract
Fatigue during cancer treatment is associated with depression. Neurotrophic factors play a major role in depression and stress and might provide insight into mechanisms of fatigue. This study investigated the association between plasma concentrations of three neurotrophic factors (BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor; GDNF, glial-derived neurotrophic factor; and SNAPIN, soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive fusion attachment receptor-associated protein) and initial fatigue intensification during external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) in euthymic non-metastatic prostate cancer men.
Keywords
fatigue; depression; brain-derived neurotrophic factor; radiation; prostate neoplasm
Disciplines
Nursing
Repository Citation
Saligan, L. N.,
Lukkahatai, N.,
Holder, G.,
Walitt, B.,
Machado-Vieira, R.
(2015).
Lower brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels associated with worsening fatigue in prostate cancer patients during repeated stress from radiation therapy..
The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 17(8),
608-614.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/15622975.2015.1012227