In 2023, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) and National Institute on Aging (NIA), with co-funding support from NIH’s Office of Behavior and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) and National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), funded four music research networks to promote multidisciplinary mechanistic studies of music-based interventions (MBIs) for pain or Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD). These networks are expected to develop compelling research frameworks that will effectively guide future clinical studies on MBIs in the context of these health conditions; adopt consistent terminology and taxonomy; support interdisciplinary collaborations; and initiate 1-year pilot projects to test novel mechanistic hypotheses. Links to each of the networks are listed below.
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https://mdrn.ucsf.edu/ |
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https://audioanalgesia.iu.edu/main/ |
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https://ssihi.uci.edu/research/areas-of-exploration/ensemble-network/ |
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https://music4pain.org/ |