Agilent’s Technologies Useful to Study the Effects of Music

Music can have measurable effects on people, as researchers have long known. In fact, Agilent’s technologies have been proven to be useful to study the effects of music.

A recent Australian study showed that people who engage with music, such as dancing and attending musical events, report higher levels of wellbeing.

A study from China found that mice who were exposed to classical music for one month showed improved memory and learning capability. Agilent technologies including a bioanalyzer, microarrays, microarray scanner, and low RNA input linear amplification kit were used in this study.

U.S. researchers monitored heart disease patients who engaged in music or read quietly for one hour, and found that making music may be more effective than reading for altering the expression of genes related to stress. The researchers in the last study used an Agilent Bioanalyzer Nanochip to assess the quality of the RNA samples.

In another study, scientists in Greece exposed carp fish to classical music played underwater, finding that music exposure had a positive effect on fish growth and counteracted an otherwise stressful environment. This study utilized an Agilent Network Gas Chromatography System.

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