Posted by linkadge on February 8, 2004, at 14:08:59
In reply to Re: Antidepressants and Music Centers in the Brain, posted by Althea8869 on February 7, 2004, at 19:22:30
I am the same way. When I am depressed I wonder why I even have these CD's lying around, or why I waised 10 years of my life learning to play the piano.
Even though dopamine might be the commander of the music pleasure, I think norepinephrine is involved. I read a paper about it. It had to do with musicians using beta blockers to tame down nervous hands and hearts. The paper was questioning in detail how modification of the norepinephrine system might change performance.
Norephinephrine is heavely involved in selective attention. Being able to focus on one instrument or voice and tune the others out.
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