Trial reportNeuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2016
Effect of Exercise Training on Striatal Dopamine D2/D3 Receptors in Methamphetamine Users during Behavioral Treatment.
Trial report in Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05944536 (The Effects of Single and Dual Task Balance Exercises in Substance Use Disorders), which is not on this map. Cited by 69 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effects of Single and Dual Task Balance Exercises in Substance Use Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Study
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 130 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of exercise interventions on negative emotions, cognitive performance and drug craving in methamphetamine addiction.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Exercise Intervention Program for People With Substance Use Disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Association of Stimulant Use With Dopaminergic Alterations in Users of Cocaine, Amphetamine, or Methamphetamine: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA psychiatry · 2017Pooled it
- Effects of High-Frequency rTMS Combined With Physical Exercise on Mood Disorders in Patients With Methamphetamine Use Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Depression and anxiety · 2026Trial
- Effect of pilates on the physical and mental health of drug-dependent individuals - a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Dopamine D2 Receptor Modulates Exercise Related Effect on Cortical Excitation/Inhibition and Motor Skill Acquisition.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024Trial
- Craving among individuals with stimulant use disorder in residential social model-based treatment - Can exercise help?Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Trial
- Reinforcing exercise to improve drug abuse treatment outcomes: A randomized controlled study in a substance use disorder outpatient treatment setting.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2020Trial
- Inducing incentive sensitization of exercise reinforcement among adults who do not regularly exercise-A randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2019Trial
- Dopamine-Related Genotypes and Physical Activity Change During an Intervention: The Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders Study.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2018Trial
- Exercise as a Neurobiological Intervention: Utilizing NAc Circuitry to Combat Addiction.Addiction neuroscience · 2026Article
- Exercise-induced neuropeptidergic and neurochemical neuroadaptation in stress regulation and emotional disorders.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2026Review
- Exercise Training Characteristics and Psycho-Bio-Chemical Outcomes in Individuals with Addictive Behaviours: A Scoping Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Review
- Exercise-Induced Metaplasticity: Breaking the Addiction Cycle in Methamphetamine Use Disorder.Sports medicine - open · 2026Review
- A Functional Medicine Lens on Eating Disorders and Ultra-Processed Food Use Disorders: A Narrative Review.Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.) · 2026Article
- Aerobic exercise for substance use disorders: therapeutic effects and underlying mechanisms.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- The impact of sex, species, environmental context, and alternative reinforcers in animal models of cocaine use disorders.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2025Review
- Physical activity dose-response and long-term effects on dyslipidemia in Chinese adults: a CHARLS study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Long-Term Exercise Interventions for Reducing Drug Craving in People with Drug Use Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Caffeine-augmented exercise as a pretreatment for locomotor and balance impairments induced by REM sleep deprivation in rats.Scientific reports · 2025Article
9 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Methamphetamine use disorder is associated with striatal dopaminergic deficits that have been linked to poor treatment outcomes, identifying these deficits as an important therapeutic target. Exercise attenuates methamphetamine-induced neurochemical damage in the rat brain, and a preliminary observation suggests that exercise increases striatal D2/D3 receptor availability (measured as nondisplaceable binding potential (BPND)) in patients with Parkinson's disease. The goal of this study was to evaluate whether adding an exercise training program to an inpatient behavioral intervention for methamphetamine use disorder reverses deficits in striatal D2/D3 receptors. Participants were adult men and women who met DSM-IV criteria for methamphetamine dependence and were enrolled in a residential facility, where they maintained abstinence from illicit drugs of abuse and received behavioral therapy for their addiction. They were randomized to a group that received 1 h supervised exercise training (n=10) or one that received equal-time health education training (n=9), 3 days/week for 8 weeks. They came to an academic research center for positron emission tomography (PET) using [(18)F]fallypride to determine the effects of the 8-week interventions on striatal D2/D3 receptor BPND. At baseline, striatal D2/D3 BPND did not differ between groups. However, after 8 weeks, participants in the exercise group displayed a significant increase in striatal D2/D3 BPND, whereas those in the education group did not. There were no changes in D2/D3 BPND in extrastriatal regions in either group. These findings suggest that structured exercise training can ameliorate striatal D2/D3 receptor deficits in methamphetamine users, and warrants further evaluation as an adjunctive treatment for stimulant dependence.
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