The effect of music on corticospinal excitability is related to the perceived emotion: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 702-710

  Giovannelli, Fabio ^a,b   Banfi, Chiara ^b   Borgheresi, Alessandra ^a   Fiori, Elisa ^c   Innocenti, Iglis ^c,d   Rossi, Simone ^d   Zaccara, Gaetano ^a   Viggiano, Maria Pia ^b   Cincotta, Massimo ^a  

^a Unitá Operativa di Riabilitazione   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Mens Iuris   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corticospinal excitability; Emotion; Music; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSIC; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSIC; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84875242627     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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