{"id":106903,"date":"2024-08-21T10:25:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T14:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=106903"},"modified":"2024-08-14T15:15:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T19:15:56","slug":"report-the-music-you-love-can-help-you-heal-from-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2024\/08\/21\/report-the-music-you-love-can-help-you-heal-from-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT | The Music You Love Can Help You Heal From Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Street
Street musicians (CC0C\/Pixabay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To those of us outside the field of neurosurgery, the title of a recent report may only hint at its significance. Auditory entrainment coordinates cortical-BNST-NAc triple time locking to alleviate the depressive disorder<\/a> was recently published in Cell Reports, an academic research journal.<\/p>\n

Chinese researchers read previous papers on the effects of listening to music on human emotional responses, but the findings were not always clear or conclusive.<\/p>\n

The Study<\/h2>\n

The researchers used intracranial (i.e. positioned inside the skull) recordings of specific measurements \u2014 for the scientists in the crowd: the stria terminalis (BNST) and nucleus accumbens (Nac) recorded in the bed nucleus, along with temporal scalp electroencephalogram (EEG).<\/p>\n

The BNST is thought to be a connective centre between other regions of the brain. It\u2019s part of what is called the brain\u2019s reward circuit \u2014 the cascade of responses that make us feel good. The circuit is connected with the amygdala, the part of the brain that processes negative emotions.<\/p>\n

Details<\/h3>\n

The study used 23 patients who had been diagnosed as treatment-resistant. Other treatments had not been successful, in other words. These patients had electrodes implanted into their BNST-NAc circuit, not only for the study per se, but to facilitate future treatment via something called deep brain stimulation.<\/p>\n

EEG signals were recorded, with particular attention to the signals in the temporal area, where the auditory cortex is located. Through various tests, the researchers eliminated the variables one by one until the clear pattern emerged.<\/p>\n

One group of 13 participants listened to music with a specific emotional context.<\/p>\n