Active and Passive Rhythmic Music Therapy Interventions Differentially Modulate Sympathetic Autonomic Nervous System Activity

Dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis has been implicated in psychiatric disorders. Music therapy (MT) has been shown to modulate heart-rate variability (HRV) and salivary stress markers, physiological markers of the ANS and HPA axes, r...

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Main Authors: Alagapan, S. (Author), Berger, D. (Author), Fröhlich, F. (Author), McPherson, T. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Music Therapy Association 2019
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