The Effect of Music on the Production of Neurotransmitters, Hormones, Cytokines, and Peptides: A Review

Music & Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-43

  Gangrade, Abhishek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

cytokines; hormones; music medicine; neurotransmitters; peptides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990341735     PISSN: 19438621     EISSN: 1943863X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1943862111415117     Document Type: Article

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