| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Tactile stimulation produces psychological effects such as relaxation, the alleviation of anxiety and depression, and the reduction of lassitude. That the psychological effects evoked by touch therapy involve stimulation of dopamine or serotonin release is suggested by their increased levels in the urine following tactile skin stimulation ; however, there is no direct evidence of their increased release in the brain. In the present study, we have shown that the tactile stimulation increases dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens, the nucleus known to play a key role for producing a pleasant feeling, whereas the same stimulation decreases serotonin release in the central nucleus of amygdala, the nucleus known to participate in the anxiety.
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