title: [Effectiveness of music in brain rehabilitation. A systematic review].
abstract: There is no curative treatment for diseases causing brain injury. Music causes extensive activation of the brain, promoting the repair of neural systems. Addition of music listening to rehabilitation enhances the regulation or motor functions in Parkinson and stroke patients, accelerates the recovery of speech disorder and cognitive injuries after stroke, and decreases the behavioral disorders of dementia patients. Music enhances the ability to concentrate and decreases mental confusion. The effect of music can also be observed as structural and functional changes of the brain. The effect is based, among other things, on lessening of physiologic stress and depression and on activation of the dopaminergic mesolimbic system.
authors.affiliation: Turun yliopiston.
authors.forename: Aleksi J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Sihvonen
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Leo
authors.forename: Teppo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Särkämö
authors.forename: Seppo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soinila
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003704:Dementia / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003863:Depression / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008032:Limbic System / Q000502:physiology; D009147:Music Therapy; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation