Listening to #klassieke music modulates genes responsible for brain functions.
While listening to music is common in all societies, the biological determinants of listening to music are largely unknown. According to a study, listening to classical music improved the activity of genes involved in dopamine secretion and transport, synaptic neurotransmission, learning and memory, and genes that mediate neurodegeneration. Some of the upwardly regulated genes were known to be responsible for learning and singing in songbirds, suggesting a common evolutionary background of interspecies sound experience.
Listening to classical music
Listening to music represents a complex cognitive function of the human brain, which is known to induce various neuronal and physiological changes. However, the molecular background underlying the effects of listening to music is largely unknown. A Finnish study group has explored how listening to classical music affected the gene expression profiles of both musically experienced and inexperienced participants. All participants listened to the violin concerto no. 3, G-Major, K.216 of WA Mozart that takes 20 minutes.