Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences,
Master's Program in Health and Sport Sciences : Teacher introduction :
| Title, Degree: | Assistant Professor, B.P.E., M.P.E., Ph.D |
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OKAMOTO Masahiro |
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【Research Theme】 |
Exercise-induced beneficial effects on brain, especially, learning and memory related hippocampal neurogenesis and function. |
【Main Works】 |
Mild exercise increases dihydrotestosterone in hippocampus providing evidence for androgenic mediation of neurogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 109: 13100-13105, 2012. Reduction in paracrine Wnt3 factors during aging causes impaired adult neurogenesis. FASEB J, 10: 3570-3582, 2011. |
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