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ArticleJournal of Parkinson's disease2026

Exercise-Induced modulation of molecular-enriched functional connectivity in Parkinson's disease.

Erik Reimers, Connor Bevington, Jordan U Hanania, Sahib Dhaliwal, Jess McKenzie, Ryan Stein, Teresa Liu-Ambrose, A Jon Stoessl, Vesna Sossi

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9 authors.

Erik ReimersSchool of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0009-0000-6972-8233
Connor BevingtonDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6258-8450
Jordan U HananiaDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Sahib DhaliwalDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Jess McKenzieDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Ryan SteinDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Teresa Liu-AmbroseDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
A Jon StoesslDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Vesna SossiSchool of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) involves degeneration of dopaminergic neurons and dysfunction across multiple neurotransmitter systems, contributing to both motor and cognitive impairments. Aerobic exercise improves clinical outcomes; however, its underlying neural mechanisms remain unclear. Using conventional resting-state fMRI combined with Receptor-Enriched Analysis of functional Connectivity by Targets (REACT), we examined molecular-enriched motor network changes following six months of supervised aerobic training in PD. Exercise-related connectivity changes were inversely correlated with baseline PD-healthy control differences, reflecting a partial normalization of PD-altered motor networks. Molecular-enriched analyses revealed selective effects on dopaminergic (FDOPA-enriched) and cholinergic (VAChT-enriched) related networks, with no changes observed in networks associated with serotonergic or noradrenergic systems. These findings provide supporting evidence for potential mechanistic links between aerobic exercise and network reorganization in PD, highlight multisystem effects, and illustrate the utility of molecular-enriched fMRI for probing neurotransmitter-specific interventions.

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BrainExerciseExercise TherapyParkinson DiseaseAgedFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeural Pathwaysdisease modificationdopamineexerciseimagingmotor systemParkinson's disease

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PMID41677133
PMCPMC13347587

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