Original article
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:37
Published on: 17 October 2017
Original article
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.
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:36
Published on: 16 September 2017
Methodology article
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:35
Published on: 15 September 2017
Original article
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:34
Published on: 29 August 2017
Review
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:33
Published on: 8 August 2017
Original article
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:32
Published on: 2 August 2017
Original article
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:31
Published on: 19 July 2017
Short report
Exposures to melanopsin-stimulating (melanopic) component-rich blue light enhance arousal level. We examined their effects in office workers.
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:30
Published on: 11 July 2017
Original article
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:29
Published on: 11 July 2017
Original article
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:28
Published on: 23 June 2017
Original article
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:27
Published on: 21 June 2017
Original article
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:26
Published on: 15 June 2017
Review
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:25
Published on: 14 June 2017
Short report
Baseline heart rate variability (HRV) is linked to prospective cardiovascular health. We tested intensity and duration of weekly physical activity as predictors of heart rate variability in young adults.
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:24
Published on: 14 June 2017
Original article
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:23
Published on: 5 June 2017
Original article
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:22
Published on: 26 April 2017
Original article
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:21
Published on: 23 March 2017
Original article
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:20
Published on: 28 February 2017
Original article
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 ...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:19
Published on: 28 February 2017
Original article
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:18
Published on: 22 February 2017
Original article
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:17
Published on: 20 February 2017
Short report
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:16
Published on: 17 February 2017
Original article
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...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:15
Published on: 13 February 2017
Original article
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.
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:14
Published on: 8 February 2017
Original article
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 ...
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2017 36:13
Published on: 31 January 2017
