Dance lessons ease depression symptoms in Parkinson’s patients, demonstrated by a study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. The research showed improvements in mood circuits via MRI scans and patient surveys. Dance enhanced mental, motor control, and daily living functions, including quality of life for patients and caretakers.
Ever heard of dancing it out? Well, dancing has been shown to ease depression symptoms in people with Parkinson’s disease. Patients who took dance lessons had positive effects, especially in easing depression, according to a new study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
“It was very cool to see that dance had a positive effect on the mood circuits in the brain, which we could see in the imaging. These improvements that we could see on MRI brain scans were also…