Effects of non-invasive stimulation to brain area relating to motivation on spinal plasticity
| Project/Area Number |
16K12926
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
関口 浩文 上武大学, 商学部, 教授 (20392201)
小幡 博基 九州工業大学, 教養教育院, 准教授 (70455377)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
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| Keywords | やる気 / リハビリテーション / 経頭蓋直流電気刺激 / 可塑性 / 脊髄損傷 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The purpose of this study is to explore rehabilitation strategy that can facilitate rehabilitation outcome with enhancing patient's motivation level. To this end the transcranial direct current electrical stimulation (tDCS) was utilized to stimulate the brain area related to motivation. The operant conditioning to the spinal stretch reflex (H-reflex) was compared between two subject groups, tDCS and sham groups. The results showed that in tDCS group the H-reflex conditioning effect seemed to be higher than the Sham group. It was suggested that the higher motivation level that was augmented with tDCS can enhance spinal plasticity and as the result increase rehabilitation outcome.
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