Neurologic music therapy: The beneficial effects of music making on neurorehabilitation

Acoustical Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-12

  Altenmüller, Eckart ^a   Schlaug, Gottfried ^b  

^a Hanover University of Music and Drama   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Auditory sensory motor integration; Brain plasticity; Music; Stroke

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BRAIN PLASTICITY; BRAIN REGIONS; COGNITIVE PROCESS; FUNCTIONAL NETWORK; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MOTOR REHABILITATION; MULTI-MODAL; MULTISENSORY; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; NEURAL MECHANISMS; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS; NEUROREHABILITATION; REWARD SYSTEMS; STROKE; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; THERAPY AND REHABILITATION;

BRAIN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY;

NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

EID: 84871742200     PISSN: 13463969     EISSN: 13475177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1250/ast.34.5     Document Type: Review

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