The psychoneuroimmunological effects of music: A systematic review and a new model

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-26

  Fancourt, Daisy ^a,b   Ockelford, Adam ^a   Belai, Abi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arts in health; Endocrinology; Immunology; Music; Music therapy; Neuroscience; Psychology; Psychoneuroimmunology; Psychophysiology; Stress

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HORMONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAL SIGN;

ARTS-IN-HEALTH; ENDOCRINOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; NEUROSCIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STRESS;

HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84891829102     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2013.10.014     Document Type: Review

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