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Influence of aerobic exercise training on the neural correlates of motor learning in Parkinson's disease individuals

BACKGROUND: Aerobic exercise training (AET) has been shown to provide general health benefits, and to improve motor behaviours in particular, in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the influence of AET on their motor learning capacities, as well as the change in neural substrate...

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Autores principales: Duchesne, C., Gheysen, F., Bore, A., Albouy, G., Nadeau, A., Robillard, M.E., Bobeuf, F., Lafontaine, A.L., Lungu, O., Bherer, L., Doyon, J.
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Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27689020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2016.09.011
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author Duchesne, C.
Gheysen, F.
Bore, A.
Albouy, G.
Nadeau, A.
Robillard, M.E.
Bobeuf, F.
Lafontaine, A.L.
Lungu, O.
Bherer, L.
Doyon, J.
author_facet Duchesne, C.
Gheysen, F.
Bore, A.
Albouy, G.
Nadeau, A.
Robillard, M.E.
Bobeuf, F.
Lafontaine, A.L.
Lungu, O.
Bherer, L.
Doyon, J.
author_sort Duchesne, C.
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description BACKGROUND: Aerobic exercise training (AET) has been shown to provide general health benefits, and to improve motor behaviours in particular, in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the influence of AET on their motor learning capacities, as well as the change in neural substrates mediating this effect remains to be explored. OBJECTIVE: In the current study, we employed functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to assess the effect of a 3-month AET program on the neural correlates of implicit motor sequence learning (MSL). METHODS: 20 healthy controls (HC) and 19 early PD individuals participated in a supervised, high-intensity, stationary recumbent bike training program (3 times/week for 12 weeks). Exercise prescription started at 20 min (+ 5 min/week up to 40 min) based on participant's maximal aerobic power. Before and after the AET program, participants' brain was scanned while performing an implicit version of the serial reaction time task. RESULTS: Brain data revealed pre-post MSL-related increases in functional activity in the hippocampus, striatum and cerebellum in PD patients, as well as in the striatum in HC individuals. Importantly, the functional brain changes in PD individuals correlated with changes in aerobic fitness: a positive relationship was found with increased activity in the hippocampus and striatum, while a negative relationship was observed with the cerebellar activity. CONCLUSION: Our results reveal, for the first time, that exercise training produces functional changes in known motor learning related brain structures that are consistent with improved behavioural performance observed in PD patients. As such, AET can be a valuable non-pharmacological intervention to promote, not only physical fitness in early PD, but also better motor learning capacity useful in day-to-day activities through increased plasticity in motor related structures.
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spelling pubmed-50314702016-09-29 Influence of aerobic exercise training on the neural correlates of motor learning in Parkinson's disease individuals Duchesne, C. Gheysen, F. Bore, A. Albouy, G. Nadeau, A. Robillard, M.E. Bobeuf, F. Lafontaine, A.L. Lungu, O. Bherer, L. Doyon, J. Neuroimage Clin Regular Article BACKGROUND: Aerobic exercise training (AET) has been shown to provide general health benefits, and to improve motor behaviours in particular, in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the influence of AET on their motor learning capacities, as well as the change in neural substrates mediating this effect remains to be explored. OBJECTIVE: In the current study, we employed functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to assess the effect of a 3-month AET program on the neural correlates of implicit motor sequence learning (MSL). METHODS: 20 healthy controls (HC) and 19 early PD individuals participated in a supervised, high-intensity, stationary recumbent bike training program (3 times/week for 12 weeks). Exercise prescription started at 20 min (+ 5 min/week up to 40 min) based on participant's maximal aerobic power. Before and after the AET program, participants' brain was scanned while performing an implicit version of the serial reaction time task. RESULTS: Brain data revealed pre-post MSL-related increases in functional activity in the hippocampus, striatum and cerebellum in PD patients, as well as in the striatum in HC individuals. Importantly, the functional brain changes in PD individuals correlated with changes in aerobic fitness: a positive relationship was found with increased activity in the hippocampus and striatum, while a negative relationship was observed with the cerebellar activity. CONCLUSION: Our results reveal, for the first time, that exercise training produces functional changes in known motor learning related brain structures that are consistent with improved behavioural performance observed in PD patients. As such, AET can be a valuable non-pharmacological intervention to promote, not only physical fitness in early PD, but also better motor learning capacity useful in day-to-day activities through increased plasticity in motor related structures. Elsevier 2016-09-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5031470/ /pubmed/27689020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2016.09.011 Text en © 2016 Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Duchesne, C.
Gheysen, F.
Bore, A.
Albouy, G.
Nadeau, A.
Robillard, M.E.
Bobeuf, F.
Lafontaine, A.L.
Lungu, O.
Bherer, L.
Doyon, J.
Influence of aerobic exercise training on the neural correlates of motor learning in Parkinson's disease individuals
title Influence of aerobic exercise training on the neural correlates of motor learning in Parkinson's disease individuals
title_full Influence of aerobic exercise training on the neural correlates of motor learning in Parkinson's disease individuals
title_fullStr Influence of aerobic exercise training on the neural correlates of motor learning in Parkinson's disease individuals
title_full_unstemmed Influence of aerobic exercise training on the neural correlates of motor learning in Parkinson's disease individuals
title_short Influence of aerobic exercise training on the neural correlates of motor learning in Parkinson's disease individuals
title_sort influence of aerobic exercise training on the neural correlates of motor learning in parkinson's disease individuals
topic Regular Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27689020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2016.09.011
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