“…Recent clinical studies also reveal that music can be used as an effective treatment for a multitude of disorders. Music therapy has shown promise as an efficacious treatment for sleep disorders, anxiety, chronic stress, pain, psychosis, autism, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, respiratory disease, and as an adjunct therapy for addiction (Bauldoff, 2009; Bradt & Dileo, 2009; de Niet, Tiemens, Lendemeijer, & Hutschemaekers, 2009; Gold, Solli, Kruger, & Lie, 2009; Jung & Newton, 2009; Mays, Clark, & Gordon, 2008; Nilsson, 2008; Rossignol, 2009). Considering the enormous potential that music therapy offers, there is a growing need to develop preclinical models that incorporate music as an important variable.…”