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  1. Falls are the leading cause of accidental injury and death among older adults. One of three adults over the age of 65 years falls annually. As the size of elderly population increases, falls become a major con...

    Authors: Liana Nafisa Saftari and Oh-Sang Kwon

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2018 37:11

    Content type: Review

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  2. Current knowledge on genetic basis of aggressive behavior is still contradictory. This may be due to the fact that the majority of studies targeting associations between candidate genes and aggression are cond...

    Authors: Marina L. Butovskaya, Polina R. Butovskaya, Vasiliy A. Vasilyev, Jane M. Sukhodolskaya, Dania I. Fekhredtinova, Dmitri V. Karelin, Julia N. Fedenok, Audax Z. P. Mabulla, Alexey P. Ryskov and Oleg E. Lazebny

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2018 37:10

    Content type: Original article

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  3. Recent studies have explored various genetic and physiological factors related to high-altitude adaptation in highlander populations. However, the effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), influencing...

    Authors: Yoshiki Yasukochi, Takayuki Nishimura, Midori Motoi and Shigeki Watanuki

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2018 37:9

    Content type: Original article

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  4. It is known that emotion regulatory responses of humans are changed by the experiences they have, but in particular, they are changed by becoming a mother. A recent study has found how a woman’s emotion regula...

    Authors: Sayuri Hayashi, Hiroko Wada, Sung-Phil Kim, Yuki Motomura, Shigekazu Higuchi and Yeon-Kyu Kim

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2018 37:8

    Content type: Original article

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  5. High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a serious acute mountain sickness that mainly occurs in non-acclimatized individuals after rapid ascent to high altitude. The precise etiology of HAPE remains unclear. T...

    Authors: Hui Du, Jing Zhao, Zhanhai Su, Yongnian Liu and Yingzhong Yang

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2018 37:7

    Content type: Original article

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  6. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is sympathetically activated and induces thermogenesis during cold exposure, thereby influencing energy expenditure and body fat levels. The very low frequency (VLF) components of pu...

    Authors: Shinsuke Nirengi, Naoki Sakane, Shiho Amagasa, Sawako Wakui, Toshiyuki Homma, Yuko Kurosawa and Takafumi Hamaoka

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2018 37:6

    Content type: Original article

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  7. The effects of acute hypoxia at high altitude on the telomere length of the cells in the heart and lung tissues remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate the change in telomere length of rat heart and lu...

    Authors: Yaping Wang, Zhen Zhao, Zhiyong Zhu, Pingying Li, Xiaolin Li, Xiaohong Xue, Jie Duo and Yingcai Ma

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2018 37:5

    Content type: Original article

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  9. Growing attention has been paid to the effects of food flavor components on alleviating negative brain functions caused by stressful lifestyles. In this study, we investigated the alleviating effect of two kin...

    Authors: Ai Yoto, Natsuki Fukui, Chisa Kaneda, Shoko Torita, Keiichi Goto, Fumio Nanjo and Hidehiko Yokogoshi

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2018 37:3

    Content type: Original article

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  11. Relationships between the timings of attentional switching and postural preparation were investigated using a choice-reaction paradigm with transient floor translation (S2), with the direction indicated by a w...

    Authors: Katsuo Fujiwara, Chie Yaguchi, Maki Maekawa and Naoe Kiyota

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2018 37:1

    Content type: Original article

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  12. Activation timings of postural muscles of lower legs and prediction of postural disturbance were investigated in young and older adults during bilateral arm flexion in a self-timing task and an oddball task wi...

    Authors: Chie Yaguchi, Katsuo Fujiwara and Naoe Kiyota

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:44

    Content type: Original article

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  13. Muscle co-contraction is the simultaneous contraction of agonist and antagonist muscles crossing a joint, and it increases with age. This study primarily aimed to clarify the difference in the effect of a ligh...

    Authors: Yoshitaka Iwamoto, Makoto Takahashi and Koichi Shinkoda

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:43

    Content type: Original article

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  15. Time perception associated with durations from 1 s to several minutes involves activity in the right posterior parietal cortex (rPPC). It is unclear whether altering the activity of the rPPC affects an individ...

    Authors: Fuyuki Oyama, Keita Ishibashi and Koichi Iwanaga

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:41

    Content type: Original article

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  16. After the publication of this work [1] an error was noticed in one of the formulas.

    Authors: Muhammad Zaid, Fatima Ameer, Rimsha Munir, Rida Rashid, Nimrah Farooq, Shahida Hasnain and Nousheen Zaidi

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:40

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:19

  17. The simultaneous exposure to blue and green light was reported to result in less melatonin suppression than monochromatic exposure to blue or green light. Here, we conducted an experiment using extremely short...

    Authors: Soomin Lee, Yuria Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Shimomura and Tetsuo Katsuura

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:39

    Content type: Original article

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  18. After the publication of this work [1] an error was noticed in Table 3. In the column ‘Elderly’, in the last row it states 98 ± 11.87** however the correct value should be: 34.98 ± 11.87**.

    Authors: Yoshitaka Iwamoto, Makoto Takahashi and Koichi Shinkoda

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:38

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:32

  19. In the human retina, the contribution of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) to the regulation of the pupillary response remains poorly understood. The objective of the current study w...

    Authors: Soomin Lee, Naoko Muto, Yoshihiro Shimomura and Tetsuo Katsuura

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:37

    Content type: Original article

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  20. To evaluate the dynamic nature of nocturnal heart rate variability, RR intervals recorded with a wearable heart rate sensor were analyzed using the Least Square Cosine Spectrum Method.

    Authors: Yuko Kochiya, Akari Hirabayashi and Yuhei Ichimaru

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:36

    Content type: Original article

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  21. There is a dearth of sleep questionnaires with few items and confirmed reliability and validity that can be used for the early detection of sleep problems in children. The aim of this study was to develop a qu...

    Authors: Masakazu Okada, Shingo Kitamura, Yoshitaka Iwadare, Hisateru Tachimori, Yuichi Kamei, Shigekazu Higuchi and Kazuo Mishima

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:35

    Content type: Methodology article

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  22. This study aimed to develop and cross-validate prediction equations for estimating appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) and to examine the relationship between sarcopenia defined by the prediction equations...

    Authors: Taishi Furushima, Motohiko Miyachi, Motoyuki Iemitsu, Haruka Murakami, Hiroshi Kawano, Yuko Gando, Ryoko Kawakami and Kiyoshi Sanada

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:34

    Content type: Original article

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  23. We have been studying the thermoregulatory responses of Korean breath-hold women divers, called haenyeo, in terms of aging and cold adaptation. During the 1960s to the 1980s, haenyeos received attention from envi...

    Authors: Joo-Young Lee, Joonhee Park and Siyeon Kim

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:33

    Content type: Review

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  24. Agonist and antagonist muscle co-contractions during motor tasks are greater in the elderly than in young adults. During normal walking, muscle co-contraction increases with gait speed in young adults, but not...

    Authors: Yoshitaka Iwamoto, Makoto Takahashi and Koichi Shinkoda

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:32

    Content type: Original article

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:38

  25. The benefit of visual feedback of the center of pressure (COP) on quiet standing is still debatable. This study aimed to investigate the adaptation effects of visual feedback training using both the COP and ce...

    Authors: Kenta Takeda, Hiroki Mani, Naoya Hasegawa, Yuki Sato, Shintaro Tanaka, Hiroshi Maejima and Tadayoshi Asaka

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:31

    Content type: Original article

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  27. Orbital index (OI) expresses the proportion of the orbital height to the orbital width and varies with race, regions within the same race and periods in evolution. This index is useful in forensic medicine, an...

    Authors: Benard Ohene Botwe, Derick Seyram Sule and Abdul Mumin Ismael

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:29

    Content type: Original article

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  28. Human adaptability to cold environment has been focused on in the physiological anthropology and related research area. Concerning the human acclimatization process in the natural climate, it is necessary to c...

    Authors: Hitoshi Wakabayashi, Titis Wijayanto and Yutaka Tochihara

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:28

    Content type: Original article

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  29. The core interthreshold zone (CIZ) is defined as the range between temperatures at the onset of shivering and sweating. Its circadian or diurnal variation has not been extensively studied. The present study ex...

    Authors: Naoshi Kakitsuba and Igor B. Mekjavic

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:27

    Content type: Original article

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  30. Although high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL) level is inversely correlated with cardiovascular events, HDL is also reported to be positively associated with hypertension, which is a known endothelial im...

    Authors: Yuji Shimizu, Shimpei Sato, Jun Koyamatsu, Hirotomo Yamanashi, Mako Nagayoshi, Koichiro Kadota, Shin-Ya Kawashiri and Takahiro Maeda

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:26

    Content type: Original article

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  31. Despite the fact that insertions/deletions (INDELs) are the second most common type of genetic variations and variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) represent a large portion of the human genome, they have rec...

    Authors: Yee-How Say

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:25

    Content type: Review

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  33. Thermal sensation is a fundamental variable used to determine thermal comfort and is most frequently evaluated through the use of subjective reports in the field of environmental physiology. However, there has...

    Authors: Aklima Khatun, Md. Abdul Hasib, Hisaho Nagano and Akihiro Taimura

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:23

    Content type: Original article

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  34. Exposure to pulsed light results in non-visual physiological responses in humans. The present study aims to investigate whether such non-visual effects are influenced to a greater extent by the intensity of li...

    Authors: Qianying Dai, Yuria Uchiyama, Soomin Lee, Yoshihiro Shimomura and Tetsuo Katsuura

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:22

    Content type: Original article

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  35. Epilepsy is a neuronal disorder for which the electrical discharge in the brain is synchronized, abnormal and excessive. To detect the epileptic seizures and to analyse brain activities during different mental...

    Authors: Lal Hussain, Wajid Aziz, Jalal S. Alowibdi, Nazneen Habib, Muhammad Rafique, Sharjil Saeed and Syed Zaki Hassan Kazmi

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:21

    Content type: Original article

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  36. Tryptophan (TRP) is an essential amino acid, and it has been suggested that TRP intake at breakfast combined with daytime bright light exposure can increase nocturnal melatonin secretion. However, the mechanis...

    Authors: Shunsuke Nagashima, Makoto Yamashita, Chiaki Tojo, Masayuki Kondo, Takeshi Morita and Tomoko Wakamura

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:20

    Content type: Original article

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  37. It has been shown that obesity is associated with increased rates of dyslipidemia. The present work revisits the association between plasma lipid levels and classical indicators of obesity including body mass ...

    Authors: Muhammad Zaid, Fatima Ameer, Rimsha Munir, Rida Rashid, Nimrah Farooq, Shahida Hasnain and Nousheen Zaidi

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:19

    Content type: Original article

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:40

  38. The aims of this study were to (1) evaluate whether recently introduced methods of measuring axillary temperature are reliable, (2) examine if individuals know their baseline body temperature based on an actua...

    Authors: Shuri Marui, Ayaka Misawa, Yuki Tanaka and Kei Nagashima

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:18

    Content type: Original article

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  39. It is very important for the late-stage elderly to have the least stressful bowel movements for maintaining a good quality of life. It is generally accepted that consuming adequate dietary fiber is a promising...

    Authors: Keiko Taniguchi, Kozo Komae, Asuka Takahashi, Toji Yoshioka and Yoshiaki Sone

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:17

    Content type: Original article

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  40. An obesity-related single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the Tribbles pseudokinase 2 gene (TRIB2) was shown to have underwent adaptive evolution in the last glacial period, suggesting a selective advantage of t...

    Authors: Kazuhiro Nakayama and Sadahiko Iwamoto

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:16

    Content type: Short report

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  41. This study aimed to compare relationships between height- or weight-adjusted appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM/Ht2 or ASM/Wt) and risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases or osteoporosis in Japanese men and...

    Authors: Taishi Furushima, Motohiko Miyachi, Motoyuki Iemitsu, Haruka Murakami, Hiroshi Kawano, Yuko Gando, Ryoko Kawakami and Kiyoshi Sanada

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:15

    Content type: Original article

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  42. The purpose of this study was to quantify cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses to body mass-based squat exercise, with specific emphasis on the relationships with the exercise duration.

    Authors: Miki Haramura, Yohei Takai, Takaya Yoshimoto, Masayoshi Yamamoto and Hiroaki Kanehisa

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:14

    Content type: Original article

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  43. Blue light containing rich melanopsin-stimulating (melanopic) component has been reported to enhance arousal level, but it is unclear whether the determinant of the effects is the absolute or relative content ...

    Authors: Emi Yuda, Hiroki Ogasawara, Yutaka Yoshida and Junichiro Hayano

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:13

    Content type: Original article

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  44. Oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene polymorphisms are related to individual differences in emotional processing of social cues. However, whether OXTR polymorphisms affect emotional processing of nonsocial cues remains ...

    Authors: Damee Choi, Natsumi Minote and Shigeki Watanuki

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:12

    Content type: Original article

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  45. Several studies have used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to show that neural activity is associated with driving. fMRI studies have also elucidated the brain responses associated with driving whi...

    Authors: Mi-Hyun Choi, Hyung-Sik Kim, Hee-Jeong Yoon, Jung-Chul Lee, Ji-Hye Baek, Jin-Seung Choi, Gye-Rae Tack, Byung-Chan Min, Dae-Woon Lim and Soon-Cheol Chung

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:11

    Content type: Original article

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  46. The specific microclimate of alpine waterfalls with high levels of ionized water aerosols has been suggested to trigger beneficial immunological and psychological effects. In the present three-armed randomized...

    Authors: Carina Grafetstätter, Martin Gaisberger, Johanna Prossegger, Markus Ritter, Predrag Kolarž, Christina Pichler, Josef Thalhamer and Arnulf Hartl

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:10

    Content type: Original article

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  47. The timing in which ice before exercise should be ingested plays an important role in optimizing its success. However, the effects of differences in the timing of ice ingestion before exercise on cycling capac...

    Authors: Takashi Naito, Yuka Iribe and Tetsuro Ogaki

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:9

    Content type: Original Article

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  48. Heat acclimatization studies have reported that tropical natives have better physiological function to tolerate heat exposure compared to those from temperate natives, in which may result in a better ability t...

    Authors: Titis Wijayanto, Sayo Toramoto, Yasuhiko Maeda, Su-Young Son, Sonomi Umezaki and Yutaka Tochihara

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:8

    Content type: Original article

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  49. A large number of microorganisms reside within the gastrointestinal tract, especially in the colon, and play important roles in human health and disease. The composition of the human gut microbiota is determin...

    Authors: Ji-Hee Shin, Minju Sim, Joo-Young Lee and Dong-Mi Shin

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2016 35:31

    Content type: Original article

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  50. Reduced lower extremity range of motion (ROM) and muscle strength are related to functional disability in older adults who cannot perform one or more activities of daily living (ADL) independently. The purpose...

    Authors: Hungu Jung and Masahiro Yamasaki

    Citation: Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2016 35:30

    Content type: Original article

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