Parasympathetic activation is involved in reducing epileptiform discharges when listening to Mozart music

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1528-1535

  Lin, Lung Chang ^a,b   Chiang, Ching Tai ^c   Lee, Mei Wen ^d   Mok, Hin Kiu ^d   Yang, Yi Hsin ^b,e   Wu, Hui Chuan ^b   Tsai, Chin Lin ^f   Yang, Rei Cheng ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epileptiform discharges; Mozart music; Parasympathetic activation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES; MOZART MUSIC; PARASYMPATHETIC ACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY;

EID: 84880145978     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.02.021     Document Type: Article

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