Music performance regulates microRNAs in professional musicians

The dataset was used to study the effect of 2 hours of western classical music concert performance on the peripheral blood microRNA transcriptome in professional musicians. Overall design: MicroRNAs were extracted from the peripheral blood of the professional musicians (N=10) immediately before and after 2 hours of western classical music concert performance and sequenced using Illumina HiSeq. Differential expression analysis was then performed to compare the microRNA expressions to assess the effect of 2 hours of western classical music-performance on the peripheral blood microRNA transcriptome in professional musicians.