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Related: About this forumHow music prevents heart transplant rejection
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-music-heart-transplant.htmlThe link between the immune system and brain function is not clearly understood, nevertheless music is used clinically to reduce anxiety after heart attack, or to reduce pain and nausea during bone marrow transplantation. There is some evidence that music may act via the parasympathetic nervous system, which regulates the bodily functions that we have no conscious control over, including digestion.
Researchers from Japan investigated if music could influence the survival of heart transplants in mice. They found that opera and classical music both increased the time before the transplanted organs failed, but single frequency monotones and new age music did not.
The team led by Dr Masanori Niimi pinpointed the source of this protection to the spleen. Dr Uchiyama and Jin revealed, "Opera exposed mice had lower levels of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and interferon gamma (IFN-? . They also had increased levels of anti-inflammatory IL-4 and IL-10. Significantly these mice had increased numbers of CD4+CD25+ cells, which regulate the peripheral immune response."
It seems that music really does influence the immune system although the mechanism behind this still is not clear. Additionally, this study only looked at a limited selection of composers, so the effect of music on reducing organ rejection may not be limited to opera.
Researchers from Japan investigated if music could influence the survival of heart transplants in mice. They found that opera and classical music both increased the time before the transplanted organs failed, but single frequency monotones and new age music did not.
The team led by Dr Masanori Niimi pinpointed the source of this protection to the spleen. Dr Uchiyama and Jin revealed, "Opera exposed mice had lower levels of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and interferon gamma (IFN-? . They also had increased levels of anti-inflammatory IL-4 and IL-10. Significantly these mice had increased numbers of CD4+CD25+ cells, which regulate the peripheral immune response."
It seems that music really does influence the immune system although the mechanism behind this still is not clear. Additionally, this study only looked at a limited selection of composers, so the effect of music on reducing organ rejection may not be limited to opera.
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How music prevents heart transplant rejection (Original Post)
Celebration
Mar 2012
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longship
(40,416 posts)1. Wonder if they tested Mozart vs Berg
I don't think I'd like to recover listening to Wozzeck. But Le Nozze di Figaro would be nice.
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)6. Philip Glass.
They'd only need about ten minutes' worth to measure the result.
longship
(40,416 posts)7. Satyagraha!
Satyagraha is an awesome opera. But I know what you mean about Glass. I guess he's one of my guilty sins. (Like Alban Berg)
BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)2. What a phenomenal finding!
This is clearly a reason that singing should be promoted for an hour or so a day!
Celebration
(15,812 posts)4. other good reasons too
it might help with sagging tissues in the throat, and snoring issues
BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)5. I need to go back into choir
But I hate the rigors of being somewhere every day or week at a certain time. My life is too unpredictable...or I am just lazy and looking for an excuse
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)8. It kept me from punching out one of my profs in college.
Seriously. I was furious with the guy, but I had rehearsal immediately after class, so I went to rehearsal. By the time I got out of choir practice, my violent inclinations had dissipated.
Celebration
(15,812 posts)3. funny how there is a wink in the middle of the quotation, LOL
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)9. That's a DU3 bug related to quotation marks and close parens.
The odd thing is that it only crops up every now and then. We must have a poltergeist.