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“Mozart effect” for Parkinson’s disease: music as medicine

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The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) supported our studies.

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DBV is currently funded by postgraduate fellowship from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP #2016/17746-3). FAS is currently funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP #2018/18568-7).

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  1. Disciplina de Neurociência, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), Rua Pedro de Toledo, 669 – 1º andar, São Paulo, SP, CEP: 04039-032, Brazil

    Daniella Balduino Victorino, Carla Alessandra Scorza & Fulvio Alexandre Scorza

  2. Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil

    Ana Claudia Fiorini

  3. Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduado em Fonoaudiologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), São Paulo, Brazil

    Ana Claudia Fiorini

  4. Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Messerli Institute, Vienna, Austria

    Josef Finsterer

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Victorino, D.B., Scorza, C.A., Fiorini, A.C. et al. “Mozart effect” for Parkinson’s disease: music as medicine. Neurol Sci 42, 319–320 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04537-9

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