Research article summary (published 30 Aug 2002):

The neural networks of music.

Full Abstract

Recent neuropsychological, transcranial Doppler sonographic, positron emission tomographic and functional nuclear magnetic resonance studies have indicated that musical perception is not dependent on the right hemisphere but on neural networks corresponding to the fundamental components of music in both hemispheres. In the brain there is no centre for music. Musicians have cerebral characteristics, anatomical as well as functional, which are correlated with the age at which they began their musical studies. This argues for cortical reorganization as a result of musical training. Whether these characteristics are to be ascribed to cortical plasticity alone, or to an innate structural property, or to both, remains an open question, however. Investigation of chromosomal defects, biochemical abnormalities and morphological features of congenital and degenerative brain diseases can provide further insight into the cerebral substrate of musicality.

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Author information

Author/s: Baeck, E (E);

Affiliation: Department of Neurology, ACZA campus Stuivenberg, Antwerp, Belgium.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: European journal of neurology : the official journal of the European Federation of Neurological Societies (Eur J Neurol), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Sep; vol 9 (issue 5) : pp 449-56

Dates: Created 2002/09/10; Completed 2002/11/26; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12220375, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Aging - physiology Auditory Perception - physiology Cerebral Cortex - anatomy & histology; physiology Functional Laterality - physiology Humans Music - psychology

Music - psychology Nerve Net - anatomy & histology; physiology Nervous System Malformations - physiopathology Neural Pathways - anatomy & histology; physiology Neurodegenerative Diseases - physiopathology Neuronal Plasticity - physiology

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