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Article: Listening to Mozart reduces allergic skin wheal responses and in vitro allergen-specific IgE production in atopic dermatitis patients with latex allergy.
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- Behavioral Medicine
- Article date:
- March 22, 2003
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INTRODUCTION
Music therapy has been reported to modulate immunological and physiological responses. Music therapy (1) decreased peripheral blood cell count of lymphocytes and neutrophils, (2) increased salivary sectretory IgA, (3) decreased plasma beta-endorphin and coritsol, and (4) counteracted the increase in heart rate and blood pressure during treadmill running in normal subjects. (1-5) In addition, listening to Mozart was reported to enhance spatial-temporal reasoning and increase perception of relaxation in normal subjects. This was specific to Mozart, because listening to Beethoven had no effect. (6,7) On the other hand, music therapy decreased asthma ...