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Music Therapy, a Future Alternative Intervention Against Diseases

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Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Biomedicine

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 546))

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It is a serious problem that a lot of stresses caused by external stimuli have malignant influences on both physiological and psychological functions in humans. Particularly, those stresses compromise bioactivities by adversely affecting the nervous and endocrine systems as well as the immune system, which plays a key role in prevention of infectious diseases and cancer1–4. Music, a universal language with many purposes, has been used in the health care setting to reduce stress and anxiety5. However, its biomedical significance is not fully understood. In this chapter we review effects of music therapy on human bio-functions such as nervous, endocrine and immune systems and then report our investigation on how music can enhance the immune system.

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  1. Department of Medical Technology, Saitama Medical School Junior College, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan

    Haruhisa Wago

  2. Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, 90095, USA

    Shinji Kasahara

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  2. Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan

    Nobuo Yamaguchi

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Wago, H., Kasahara, S. (2004). Music Therapy, a Future Alternative Intervention Against Diseases. In: Cooper, E.L., Yamaguchi, N. (eds) Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Biomedicine. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 546. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4820-8_20

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