Research in basic and clinical neuroscience of music conducted over the past decades has
begun to uncover music's high potential as a tool for rehabilitation. Advances in our …

Humans' ability to synchronize movement with auditory rhythms relies on motor networks,
such as cortical areas, basal ganglia and the cerebellum, which also participate in rhythm …

Introduction When using free-water diffusion imaging or positron emission tomography
(PET), it is established that substania nigra microstructure and presynaptic dopamine activity …

Anecdotal accounts suggest that individuals spontaneously synchronize their movements to
the 'beat'of background music, often without intending to, and perhaps even without …

Auditory-motor entrainment using rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) has been shown to
improve motor control in healthy persons and persons with neurologic motor disorders such …

The capacity to synchronize movements to the beat in music is a complex, and apparently
uniquely human characteristic. Synchronizing movements to the beat requires beat …

Parkinson's disease (PD) adversely affects timing abilities. Beat-based timing is a
mechanism that times events relative to a regular interval, such as the “beat” in musical …

Background and objective The assessment and quantification of dopaminergic
responsiveness are crucial for the diagnosis and management of Parkinson's disease (PD) …

There is lack of consistent evidence as to how well PD patients are able to accurately time
their movements across space with an external acoustic signal. For years, research based …

Background Parkinson's disease is described as resulting from dopaminergic cells
progressive degeneration, specifically in the substantia nigra pars compacta that influence …