Impact of Weekly Community-Based Dance Training Over 8 Months on Depression and Blood Oxygen Level–Dependent Signals in the Subcallosal Cingulate Gyrus for People With Parkinson Disease: Observational Study

Karolina A Bearss   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Rebecca E Barnstaple   ^{2, 3, 4 *} , BA, MA, PhD ;   Rachel J Bar   ⁵ , BA, PhD ;   Joseph F X DeSouza   ^{6, 7, 8, 9} , BA, MSc, PhD

¹ Department of Psychology, Algoma University, Brampton, ON, Canada

² Dance Studies, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

³ Department of Theatre, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

⁴ Department of Creative Arts, Health and Wellness, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

⁵ Canada’s National Ballet School, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Connected Minds: Neural and Machine Systems for a Healthy, Just Society, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁷ Department of Psychology, Centre for Vision Research, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁸ Graduate Program in Interdisciplinary Studies, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁹ Vision: Science to Applications, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

*these authors contributed equally