2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Exploratory investigations of functional connection with the cognitive functional regions of the cerebrum and oral function improvement programs.
| Project/Area Number |
17K19858
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Society medicine, Nursing, and related fields
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| Research Institution | Fukuoka College of Health Sciences |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
大倉 義文 福岡大学, 医学部, 教授 (80352293)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-06-30 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | 認知機能 / 口腔機能向上プログラム / 大脳前頭前野 / 機能局在部位 / 学習効率 / 近赤外線分光法(NIRS) / 近赤外線分光法 / 口腔機能向上 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
It has been an important issue in the aging society to clarify the activation changes of cognitive functional regions of the cerebrum and the changes of cognitive function and learning efficiency by the implementation of oral function improvement programs.
In this research, we have clarified that (1) new findings on the activation of the cerebral cognitive functional regions induced by gingival massage, and (2) new findings on enhanced learning efficiency of the Stroop task, which is one of the evaluation tests of executive function and selective attention function, accompanied by the prefrontal cortex (PFC) activation after cold stimulus of the trigeminal nerve area of the cheek, and (3) new findings in terms of activated changes in the left dorsolateral area of the PFC (Lt.DL-PFC) by using training equipment for the tongue muscle (tongue pressure).
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| Free Research Field |
社会医学、看護学およびその関連分野
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究において見出した新たな知見は、認知機能向上のための口腔ケアプログラムの構築のための科学的根拠となりうる。さらに、高齢者施設入所者を対象とした口腔ケアプログラムによる認知機能の変容・向上のための新たな臨床応用につなげられる臨床研究として自己評価している。
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