Music and its association with epileptic disorders

Maguire, Melissa

doi:10.1016/bs.pbr.2014.11.023

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“…epileptic seizures induced by music, has been known of since at least the late 1930s, as Oliver Sacks mentions in his book “Musicophilia” [18]. At the same time, music has the potential to reduce seizure activity: “The dichotomous effect of music on seizures may be explained by modification of dopaminergic circuitry or counteractive cognitive and sensory input in ictogenesis” [19]. In a recent systematic review [20], eight publications were identified in which the influence of music by W.A.…”

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Music Therapy and Other Music-Based Interventions in Pediatric Health Care: An Overview

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Background: In pediatric health care, non-pharmacological interventions such as music therapy have promising potential to complement traditional medical treatment options in order to facilitate recovery and well-being. Music therapy and other music-based interventions are increasingly applied in the clinical treatment of children and adolescents in many countries world-wide. The purpose of this overview is to examine the evidence regarding the effectiveness of music therapy and other music-based interventions as applied in pediatric health care. Methods: Surveying recent literature and summarizing findings from systematic reviews, this overview covers selected fields of application in pediatric health care (autism spectrum disorder; disability; epilepsy; mental health; neonatal care; neurorehabilitation; pain, anxiety and stress in medical procedures; pediatric oncology and palliative care) and discusses the effectiveness of music interventions in these areas. Results: Findings show that there is a growing body of evidence regarding the beneficial effects of music therapy, music medicine, and other music-based interventions for children and adolescents, although more rigorous research is still needed. The highest quality of evidence for the positive effects of music therapy is available in the fields of autism spectrum disorder and neonatal care. Conclusions: Music therapy can be considered a safe and generally well-accepted intervention in pediatric health care to alleviate symptoms and improve quality of life. As an individualized intervention that is typically provided in a person-centered way, music therapy is usually easy to implement into clinical practices. However, it is important to note that to exploit the potential of music therapy in an optimal way, specialized academic and clinical training and careful selection of intervention techniques to fit the needs of the client are essential.

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Music Therapy and Other Music-Based Interventions in Pediatric Health Care: An Overview

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“…4,9-11 However, since acoustic stimuli are not usually applied during routine electroencephalogram (EEG) in the assessment of epilepsy, the possibility of prevalence being higher is very plausible. 4,5,9,12 The mean age of onset is at 28 years old (range: 2-67 years). 3,4,9,10,12…”

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“…4,9,10 Curiously, some reports suggest that seizures may be triggered not only by the act of listening to music, but also in situations where patients are playing their instrument, or even just thinking about a certain song or sound. 2,4,12,16…”

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“…This relationship is another factor in favor of the importance of the processing of affective networks in the development of ME. 1,12,34 It is important to highlight this point, given the high prevalence of cases of ME closely related to the emotions provoked by sound stimuli. This will therefore have implications in treatment.…”

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Musicogenic Epilepsy in Adults: Epileptogenesis and Management Update

Francisco¹

2021

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Musicogenic epilepsy (ME) is a rare form of reflex epilepsy in which seizures are triggered by exposure to musical stimuli, in particular, those with high emotional content. Despite rare and still very unknown, this disease can be very limiting and easily underdiagnosed. It is therefore important to increase clinicians' knowledge about ME, enabling better management of these patients.The objective of this critical narrative review of the literature is to systematize what is known about musicogenic epilepsy in adults, highlighting the epileptogenic mechanisms and the updates in clinical management.The included articles were selected through the PubMed database with the query "("Musicogenic") AND "Epilepsy"[Mesh])".The estimated prevalence of ME is 1:1 000 000, with a slight female predominance. The mean age of onset is 28 years old (range: 2-67 years). The role and characteristics of auditory stimuli as triggers for seizures are variable and highly individualized, ranging from simple tones to complex music, and from loud, non-musical sounds to stimuli that are low in volume. The reported cases vary widely regarding the degree of musical training of the patients, occurring in professional musicians as well as in patients with no musical background at all. Seizures' onset zone is mostly located in the temporal lobe, with right-sided predominance. However, some concomitant emotional processing areas are also involved in ME, such as limbic structures, the nucleus accumbens, and the orbitofrontal and prefrontal cortex. The pathophysiology of ME has similarities with comorbid affective disorders, such as depression and anxiety disorders, supporting the involvement of affective networks in the development of ME. Recently there are reports of musicogenic reflex seizures in patients with antiGAD encephalitis. Therefore, all patients with ME should be screened for this pathology, since an earlier diagnosis will result in more effective treatment and a better prognosis. The treatment of musicogenic epilepsy includes some non-pharmacological approaches, and antiepileptic drugs in most cases, rarely culminating in surgery.Despite being a rare disease, ME should be easily diagnosed and treated to reduce the repercussions in patients' life. ResumoA epilepsia musicogénica (EM) é uma forma rara de epilepsia reflexa, cujas crises são desencadeadas pela exposição a estímulos musicais, sobretudo com alto conte-

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“…In the healthy brain, there is already mounting evidence that a large-scale bilateral network of temporal, frontal, parietal, cerebellar, and limbic/paralimbic brain areas associated with auditory perception, language, syntactic and semantic processing, attention and working memory, semantic and episodic memory, rhythmic and motor functions, and emotions and reward underlies the processing of music (Koelsch, 2011 , 2014 ; Zatorre and Salimpoor, 2013 ; Janata, 2015 ) and to which extent this neural network could be shaped by musical training (Kraus and Chandrasekaran, 2010 ; Herholz and Zatorre, 2012 ; Brown et al, 2015 ). In the field of neurology, music has traditionally been studied in the context of musical deficits (e.g., amusia; Peretz et al, 2003 ), music-related symptoms (e.g., musicogenic epilepsy; Maguire, 2015 ), cases of exceptional or preserved musical functions (e.g., singing in aphasia; Johnson and Graziano, 2015 ), and neurological disorders of professional musicians (e.g., musician's dystonia; Altenmüller et al, 2015 ).…”

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