2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of odor relaxation techniques aim at forgetfulness and cognitive disorders prevention
| Project/Area Number |
20700556
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Applied health science
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| Research Institution | Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine |
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Principal Investigator |
WATANABE Eri Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 大学院・医学研究科, 助教 (20433253)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
IMANISHI Jiro 明治国際医療大学, 統合医療学, 教授 (40112510)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | リラクセーション / 認知 / 記憶 / 香り |
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| Research Abstract |
This study performed development of odor relaxation techniques, which executed economical and convenient, aim at forgetfulness and cognitive disorders prevention and improvement of quality of life. As results of experimental examinations that investigated connection of odor and cognition and memory, some odors, that were taken in by breath, worked on automatic nervous system, stress hormones system and let moods change and worked on higher brain function, and the potency which gave influence to memory function and cognition mechanism was shown.
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