Interaction between valence of empathy and familiarity: is it difficult to empathize with the positive events of a stranger?Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 34 - Trang 1-9 - 2015
Yuki Motomura, Akira Takeshita, Yuka Egashira, Takayuki Nishimura, Yeon-kyu Kim, Shigeki Watanuki
Empathy in humans is thought to have evolved via social interactions caused by the formation of social groups. Considering the role of empathy within a social group, there might be a difference between emotional empathy for strangers and familiar others belonging to the same social group. In this study, we used the global field power (GFP) index to investigate empathic brain activity during observ...... hiện toàn bộ
Sitting vs. supine ultrasound measurements of the vastus medialis: correlations with MRI measurements and age considerationsSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 42 - Trang 1-9 - 2023
Masashi Taniguchi, Yoshihiro Fukumoto, Masahide Yagi, Tetsuya Hirono, Momoko Yamagata, Ryusuke Nakai, Yosuke Yamada, Misaka Kimura, Noriaki Ichihashi
Muscle thickness (MT) and echo intensity (EI) measurements are ultrasound alternatives to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for evaluating muscle quantity and quality. The vastus medialis (VM) is a clinically important muscle, and assessment methods that most accurately reflect its quantity and quality are required. This study aimed to examine the correlation between MT and EI measured in the supin...... hiện toàn bộ
Effect of self-reported walking difficulty on bone mass and bone resorption marker in Japanese people aged 40 years and overSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 35 - Trang 1-4 - 2016
Yasuyo Abe, Takayuki Nishimura, Kazuhiko Arima, Mitsuo Kanagae, Satoshi Mizukami, Yoshihito Tomita, Takuhiro Okabe, Hisashi Goto, Itsuko Horiguchi, Kiyoshi Aoyagi
This study aimed to examine the association of walking difficulty with bone mass or bone turnover among community-dwelling Japanese people aged 40 years and older. We studied 1097 community-dwelling Japanese people aged 40 years and older (379 men and 718 women) who were invited to participate in periodic health examinations in 2006–2009. Walking difficulty was defined as having difficulty walking...... hiện toàn bộ
Age-related change in sit-to-stand power in Japanese women aged 50 years or olderSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - - 2014
Hiroaki Kanehisa, Tetsuo Fukunaga
This study examined whether the age-related change in power, calculated from the score of a sit-to-stand (STS) test, corresponds to those in knee extension torque and leg lean tissue mass in Japanese women aged 50 years or older. Time for a 10-times-repeated STS test and knee extension torque were determined in 556 Japanese women aged 50 to 94 years. STS power was calculated using an equation repo...... hiện toàn bộ
Exposure to blue light during lunch break: effects on autonomic arousal and behavioral alertnessSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 36 - Trang 1-4 - 2017
Emi Yuda, Hiroki Ogasawara, Yutaka Yoshida, Junichiro Hayano
Exposures to melanopsin-stimulating (melanopic) component-rich blue light enhance arousal level. We examined their effects in office workers. Eight healthy university office workers were exposed to blue and orange lights for 30 min during lunch break on different days. We compared the effects of light color on autonomic arousal level assessed by heart rate variability (HRV) and behavioral alertnes...... hiện toàn bộ
Association between melanopsin gene polymorphism (I394T) and pupillary light reflex is dependent on light wavelengthSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 32 - Trang 1-7 - 2013
Sang-il Lee, Akiko Hida, Sei-ichi Tsujimura, Takeshi Morita, Kazuo Mishima, Shigekazu Higuchi
Our aim was to determine the association between melanopsin gene polymorphism and pupillary light reflex under diverse photic conditions, including different intensities and wavelengths. A total of 195 visually corrected subjects volunteered for investigation of the melanopsin gene of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of rs1079610 (I394T). The genotype groups were TT (n = 126), TC (n = 55), and...... hiện toàn bộ