2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Imaging brain activity in human deglutition using functional MRI and functional near-infrared spoectroscopy
Project/Area Number |
21300197
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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Research Institution | Hokkaido University |
Principal Investigator |
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
URAKAMI Yuji 北海道大学, 北海道大学病院, 医員 (20399851)
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Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
MIYAMOTO Tamaki 北海道大学, 大学院・医学研究科, 客員准教授 (20271679)
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Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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Keywords | 嚥下障害 / 脳機能画像 / fNIRS / fMRI |
Research Abstract |
Using mainly fNIRS, we studied human brain activity of deglutition. In swallowing, activated primary motor, primary somatosensory, premotor, and supramarginal cortex. Swallowing in older adults showed decreased cortex activation compared to that of young adults. It suggested potential that swallowing center in cerebral cortex affected by aging. Thus, fNIRS can evaluate cortex responsible for the deglutition. We also investigated cortex activation using fNIRS when Neuromascular Electrical Stimulation was applied to suprahyoid muscles.
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Research Products
(6 results)