Mark A Hirsch1, Sanjay S Iyer2, Mohammed Sanjak2. 1. Carolinas Rehabilitation, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Carolinas Neurosciences Institute, Carolinas Medical Center and HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC, USA. Electronic address: mark.hirsch@carolinashealthcare.org. 2. Carolinas Rehabilitation, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Carolinas Neurosciences Institute, Carolinas Medical Center and HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC, USA.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: While animal models of exercise and PD have pushed the field forward, few studies have addressed exercise-induced neuroplasticity in human PD. METHOD: As a first step toward promoting greater international collaboration on exercise-induced neuroplasticity in human PD, we present data on 8 human PD studies (published between 2008 and 2015) with 144 adults with PD of varying disease severity (Hoehn and Yahr stage 1 to stage 3), using various experimental (e.g., randomized controlled trial) and quasi-experimental designs on the effects of cognitive and physical activity on brain structure or function in PD. We focus on plasticity mechanisms of intervention-induced increases in maximal corticomotor excitability, exercise-induced changes in voxel-based gray matter volume changes and increases in exercise-induced serum levels of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Finally, we provide a future perspective for promoting international, collaborative research on exercise-induced neuroplasticity in human PD. CONCLUSION: An emerging body of evidence suggests exercise triggers several plasticity related events in the human PD brain including corticomotor excitation, increases and decreases in gray matter volume and changes in BDNF levels.
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INTRODUCTION: While animal models of exercise and PD have pushed the field forward, few studies have addressed exercise-induced neuroplasticity in humanPD. METHOD: As a first step toward promoting greater international collaboration on exercise-induced neuroplasticity in humanPD, we present data on 8 humanPD studies (published between 2008 and 2015) with 144 adults with PD of varying disease severity (Hoehn and Yahr stage 1 to stage 3), using various experimental (e.g., randomized controlled trial) and quasi-experimental designs on the effects of cognitive and physical activity on brain structure or function in PD. We focus on plasticity mechanisms of intervention-induced increases in maximal corticomotor excitability, exercise-induced changes in voxel-based gray matter volume changes and increases in exercise-induced serum levels of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Finally, we provide a future perspective for promoting international, collaborative research on exercise-induced neuroplasticity in humanPD. CONCLUSION: An emerging body of evidence suggests exercise triggers several plasticity related events in the humanPD brain including corticomotor excitation, increases and decreases in gray matter volume and changes in BDNF levels.
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