Study protocol for the Alzheimer and music therapy study: An RCT to compare the efficacy of music therapy and physical activity on brain plasticity, depressive symptoms, and cognitive decline, in a population with and at risk for Alzheimer’s disease

• Birthe K. Flo ,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: birthe.flo@uib.no (BKF); stefan.koelsch@uib.no (SK)

  Affiliation Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4270-7509

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• Anna Maria Matziorinis,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2325-9261

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• Stavros Skouras,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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• Tobba Therkildsen Sudmann,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Health and Function, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7482-9984

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• Christian Gold,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, Bergen, Norway, Grieg Academy Department of Music, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Stefan Koelsch

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: birthe.flo@uib.no (BKF); stefan.koelsch@uib.no (SK)

  Affiliation Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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