{"id":140334,"date":"2017-12-19T04:16:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T09:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=140334"},"modified":"2017-12-19T04:16:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T09:16:17","slug":"scientists-tune-into-brain-to-uncover-musics-healing-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/19\/scientists-tune-into-brain-to-uncover-musics-healing-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists tune into brain to uncover music’s healing power"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Now, the National Institutes of Health is bringing together musicians, music therapists and neuroscientists to tap into the brain’s circuitry and find new ways that music might improve health. (Photo<\/a> by Roberto Milloch\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY-ND 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Music increasingly is becoming a part of patient care, largely to comfort the sick.<\/p>\n

Now, the National Institutes of\u00a0Health\u00a0is bringing together musicians, music therapists and neuroscientists to tap into the brain’s circuitry and find new ways that music might improve\u00a0health.\u00a0Doctors have had a little success with some stroke and Parkinson’s patients.<\/p>\n

What’s missing is rigorous science to better understand how the brain processes music and how researchers might use those musical pathways to compensate for damage from disease.<\/p>\n

One of the first studies getting underway will test if an improvisational dance class improves quality of life for early-stage Alzheimer’s patients. A dance professor will lead patients through the playful steps and a neuroscientist will check brain imaging against any changing symptoms.<\/p>\n

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