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Music exposure reduces anxiety- and depression-like behavior in rodents: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis
Santiago Ortega, Anna Lenz, Erick J. Lundgren…·Malgorzata Lagisz
This study reviews and analyzes preclinical rodent studies on music exposure's effects on anxiety and depression-like behaviors, finding a significant reduction in mean behaviors but no overall change in variability.
DOI 10.64898/2026.02.27.708573