ReviewSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2015
Music and the nucleus accumbens.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Music intervention for reducing anxiety in patients undergoing CT or MRI examinations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Music in Care (MIC) by Nurses: Initial Validation of a Questionnaire to Characterize Nurses' Attitudes and Feasibility of Implementation on the Use of Music in Patient Care.Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association · 2026Article
- Implications for the Ergogenic Benefits of Self-Selected Music in Neurological Conditions: A Theoretical Review.Neurology international · 2025Review
- Children engage neural reward structures for creative musical improvisation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Dopamine dynamics in chronic pain: music-induced, sex-dependent, behavioral effects in mice.Pain reports · 2025Article
- The bidirectional role of music effect in epilepsy: Friend or foe?Epilepsia open · 2024Review
- The effects of musicality on brain network topology in the context of Alzheimer's disease and memory decline.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- A Neurobiological Framework for the Therapeutic Potential of Music and Sound Interventions for Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Critical Illness Survivors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Is the Capacity for Vocal Learning in Vertebrates Rooted in Fish Schooling Behavior?Evolutionary biology · 2018Review
- Music Affects Rodents: A Systematic Review of Experimental Research.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2018Article
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Abstract
Music is a universal feature of human societies over time, mainly because it allows expression and regulation of strong emotions, thus influencing moods and evoking pleasure. The nucleus accumbens (NA), the most important pleasure center of the human brain (dominates the reward system), is the 'king of neurosciences' and dopamine (DA) can be rightfully considered as its 'crown' due to the fundamental role that this neurotransmitter plays in the brain's reward system. Purpose of this article was to review the existing literature regarding the relation between music and the NA. Studies have shown that reward value for music can be coded by activity levels in the NA, whose functional connectivity with auditory and frontal areas increases as a function of increasing musical reward. Listening to music strongly modulates activity in a network of mesolimbic structures involved in reward processing including the NA. The functional connectivity between brain regions mediating reward, autonomic and cognitive processing provides insight into understanding why listening to music is one of the most rewarding and pleasurable human experiences. Musical stimuli can significantly increase extracellular DA levels in the NA. NA DA and serotonin were found significantly higher in animals exposed to music. Finally, passive listening to unfamiliar although liked music showed activations in the NA.
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