Music

• Mas-Herrero, E., Ferreri, L., Cardona, G., Zatorre, R.J., Pla-Juncà, F., Riba, J., Valle, M., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2023). The role of opioid transmission in music-induced pleasure. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1520(1):105-114

• Cardona, G., Ferreri, L., Lorenzo-Seva, U., Russo, F.A., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2022). The forgotten role of absorption in music reward. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1514(1):142-154

• Ara, A., Marco-Pallarés, J. (2021). Different theta connectivity patterns underlie pleasantness evoked by familiar and unfamiliar music. Scientific Reports. 11(1):18523

• Sihvonen, A.J., Ripollés, P., Leo, V., Saunavaara, J., Parkkola, R., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Soinila, S., Särkämö, T. (2021). Vocal music listening enhances post-stroke language network reorganization. eNeuro. 8(4):ENEURO.0158-21.2021

• Mas-Herrero, E., Maini, L., Sescousse, G., Zatorre, R.J. (2021). Common and distinct neural correlates of music and food-induced pleasure: A coordinate-based meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 123:61-71

• Mas-Herrero, E., Dagher, A., Farrés-Franch, M., Zatorre, R.J. (2021). Unraveling the temporal dynamics of reward signals in music-induced pleasure with TMS. Journal of Neuroscience. JN-RM-0727-20

• Martínez-Molina, N., Siponkoski, S.T., Kuusela, L., Laitinen, S., Holma, M., Ahlfors, M., Jordan-Kilkki, J., Ala-Kauhaluoma, K., Melkas, S., Pekkola, J., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Laine, M., Ylinen, A., Rantanen, P., Koskinen, S., Cowley, B.U., Särkämö, T. (2021). Resting-state network plasticity induced by music therapy after traumatic brain injury. Neural Plasticity. 2021:6682471

• Mas-Herrero, E., Singer, N., Ferreri, L., McPhee, M., Zatorre, R.J., Ripollés, P. (2020). Rock ’n’ Roll but not Sex or Drugs: Music is negatively correlated to depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic via reward-related mechanisms. PsyArXiv

• Sihvonen, A.J., Leo, V., Ripollés, P., Lehtovaara, T., Ylönen, A., Rajanaro, P., Laitinen, S., Forsblom, A., Saunavaara, J., Autti, T., Laine, M., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Tervaniemi, M., Soinila, S., Särkämö, T. (2020). Vocal music enhances memory and language recovery after stroke: pooled results from two RCTs. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 7(11):2272-2287

• Cardona, G., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Nye, H., Rifà-Ros, X., Ferreri, L. (2020). The impact of musical pleasure and musical hedonia on verbal episodic memory. Scientific Reports. 10(1):16113

• Ara, A., Marco-Pallarés, J. (2020). Fronto-temporal theta phase-synchronization underlies music-evoked pleasantness. NeuroImage. 212:116665

• Grau-Sánchez, J., Münte, T.F., Altenmüller, E., Duarte, E., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2020). Potential benefits of music playing in stroke upper limb motor rehabilitation. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews.112:585-599

• Ferreri, L., Mas-Herrero, E., Cardona, G., Zatorre, R.J., Antonijoan, R.M., Valle, M., Riba, J., Ripollés, P., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2020). Dopaminergic signalling modulates reward-driven music memory consolidation. Biorxiv

• Siponkoski, S.T., Martínez-Molina, N., Kuusela, L., Laitinen, S., Holma, M., Ahlfors, M., Jordan-Kilkki, J., Ala-Kauhaluoma, K., Melkas, S., Pekkola, J., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Laine, M., Ylinen, A., Rantanen, P., Koskinen, S., Lipsanen, J., Särkämö, T. (2020). Music Therapy Enhances Executive Functions and Prefrontal Structural Neuroplasticity after Traumatic Brain Injury: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Neurotrauma. 37(4):618-634

• Villar-Rodríguez, E., Palomar-García, M.A., Hernández, M., Adrián-Ventura, J., Olcina-Sempere, G., Parcet, M.A., Ávila, C. (2020). Left‐handed musicians show a higher probability of atypical cerebral dominance for language. Human Brain Mapping. 41(8):2048–2058

• Sihvonen, A.J., Särkämö, T., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Ripollés, P., Münte, T.F., Soinila, S. (2019). Neural architectures of music – Insights from acquired amusia. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 107:104-114

• Hernández, M., Palomar-García, M.A., Nohales-Nieto, B., Olcina-Sempere, G., Villar-Rodríguez, E., Pastor, R., Ávila, C., Parcet, M.A. (2019). Separate Contribution of Striatum Volume and Pitch Discrimination to Individual Differences in Music Reward. Psychological Science. 30(9):1352-1361

• Martínez-Molina, N., Mas-Herrero, E., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Zatorre, R.J., Marco-Pallarés, J. (2019). White matter microstructure reflects individual differences in music reward sensitivity. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(25):5018-5027

• Ferreri, L., Mas-Herrero, E., Zatorre, R.J., Ripollés, P., Gómez-Andrés, A., Alicart, H., Olivé, G., Marco-Pallarés, J., Antonijoan, R.M., Valle, M., Riba, J., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2019). Dopamine modulates the reward experiences elicited by music. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116(9):3793-3798

• Vaquero, L., Ramos-Escobar, N., François, C., Penhune, V., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2018). White-matter structural connectivity predicts short-term melody and rhythm learning in non-musicians. NeuroImage. 181:252-262

• Mas-Herrero, E., Karhulahti, M, Marco-Pallarés, J., Zatorre, R.J., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2018). The impact of visual art and emotional sounds in specific musical anhedonia. Progress in Brain Research. Chapter 18. 237:399-413

• Grau-Sánchez, J., Duarte, E., Ramos-Escobar, N., Sierpowska, J., Rueda, N., Redón, S., Veciana de las Heras, M., Pedro, J., Särkämö, T., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2018). Music-supported therapy in the rehabilitation of subacute stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1423(1):318-328

• Elmer, S., Albrecht, J., Valizadeh, S. A., François, C., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2018). Theta Coherence Asymmetry in the Dorsal Stream of Musicians Facilitates Word Learning. Scientific Reports. 8(1):4565

• Sihvonen, A.J., Ripollés, P., Särkämö, T., Leo, V., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Saunavaara, J., Parkkola, R., Soinila, S. (2017). Tracting the neural basis of music: Deficient structural connectivity underlying acquired amusia. Cortex. 97:255-273

• Ferreri, L., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2017). Music-related reward responses predict episodic memory performance. Experimental Brain Research. 235(12):3721-3731

• Sihvonen, A.J., Särkämö, T., Ripollés, P., Leo, V., Saunavaara, J., Parkkola, R., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Soinila, S. (2017). Functional neural changes associated with acquired amusia and its recovery after stroke. Scientific Reports 7(1):11390

• Grau-Sánchez, J., Ramos-Escobar, N., Duarte, E., Särkämö, T., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2017). Time course of motor gains induced by Music-Supported Therapy after stroke: An exploratory case study. Neuropsychology. 31(6):624-635

• Ripollés, P., Rojo, N., Grau-Sánchez, J., Amengual, J.L., Càmara, E., Marco-Pallarés, J., Juncadella, M., Vaquero, L., Rubio, F., Duarte, E., Garrido, C., Altenmüller, E., Münte, T.F., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2016). Music supported therapy promotes motor plasticity in individuals with chronic stroke. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 10(4):1289-1307

• Martínez-Molina, N., Mas-Herrero, E., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Zatorre, R.J., Marco-Pallarés, J. (2016). Neural correlates of specific musical anhedonia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113(46):E7337-E7345

• Sihvonen, A.J., Ripollés, P., Leo, V., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Soinila, S., Särkämö, T. (2016). Neural basis of acquired amusia and its recovery after stroke. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(34):8872-8881

• Vaquero, L., Hartmann, K., Ripollés, P., Rojo, N., Sierpowska, J., François, C., Càmara, E., van Vugt, F.T., Mohammadi, B., Samii, A., Münte, T.F., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Altenmüller, E. (2016). Structural neuroplasticity in expert pianists depends on the age of musical training onset. NeuroImage. 126:106-119

• François, C., Grau-Sánchez, J., Duarte, E., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2015). Musical training as an alternative and effective method for neuro-education and neuro-rehabilitation. Frontiers in Psychology. 6:475

• Marco-Pallarés, J., Mas-Herrero, E. (2015). The Quartet does not play alone: Comment on “The quartet theory of human emotions: An integrative and neurofunctional model” by S. Koelsch et al.. Physics of Life Reviews. 13:71-72

• Särkämö, T., Ripollés, P., Vepsäläinen, H., Autti, T., Silvennoinen, H.M., Salli, E., Laitinen, S., Forsblom, A., Soinila, S., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2014). Structural changes induced by daily music listening in the recovering brain after middle cerebral artery stroke: a voxel-based morphometry study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8:245

• Mas-Herrero, E., Zatorre, R.J., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Marco-Pallarés, J. (2014). Dissociation between Musical and Monetary Reward Responses in Specific Musical Anhedonia. Current Biology. 24:699-704

• François, C., Schön, D. (2014). Neural sensitivity to statistical regularities as a fundamental biological process that underlies auditory learning: The role of musical practice. Hearing Research. 308:122-128

• Grau-Sánchez, J., Amengual, J.L., Rojo, N., Veciana de las Heras, M., Montero, J., Rubio, F., Altenmüller, E., Münte, T.F., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2013). Plasticity in the sensorimotor cortex induced by Music-supported therapy in stroke patients: a TMS study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7:494

• Amengual, J.L., Rojo, N., Veciana de las Heras, M., Marco-Pallarés, J., Grau-Sánchez, J., Schneider, S., Vaquero, L., Juncadella, M., Mohammadi, B., Rubio, F., Rueda, N., Duarte, E., Grau, C., Altenmüller, E., Münte, T.F., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2013). Sensorimotor Plasticity after Music-Supported Therapy in Chronic Stroke Patients Revealed by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. PLOS ONE. 8(4):e61883

• Mas-Herrero, E., Marco-Pallarés, J., Lorenzo-Seva, U., Zatorre, R.J., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2013). Individual Differences in Music Reward Experiences. Music Perception. 31(2):118-138

• Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Rojo, N., Amengual, J.L., Ripollés, P., Altenmüller, E., Münte, T.F. (2012). The involvement of audio–motor coupling in the music-supported therapy applied to stroke patients. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1252:282–293

• Rojo, N., Amengual, J.L., Juncadella, M., Rubio, F., Càmara, E., Marco-Pallarés, J., Schneider, S., Veciana de las Heras, M., Montero, J., Mohammadi, B., Altenmüller, E., Grau, C., Münte, T.F., Rodríguez-Fornells, A. (2011). Music-supported therapy induces plasticity in the sensorimotor cortex in chronic stroke: a single-case study using multimodal imaging (fMRI-TMS). Brain Injury. 25(7-8):787-93

• Schneider, S., Münte, T.F., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Sailer, M., Altenmüller, E. (2010). Music-Supported Training is More Efficient than Functional Motor Training for Recovery of Fine Motor Skills in Stroke Patients. Music Perception. 27:271-280

• Altenmüller, E., Marco-Pallarés, J., Münte, T.F., Schneider, S. (2009). Neural reorganization underlies improvement in stroke-induced motor dysfunction by music-supported therapy. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1169:395–405

• Nager, W., Kohlmetz, C., Altenmüller, E., Rodríguez-Fornells, A., Münte, T.F. (2003). The fate of sounds in conductors’ brains: an ERP study. Cognitive Brain Research. 17:83-93