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Radiologic evaluation of orbital index among Ghanaians using CT scan

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2017
Background Orbital index (OI) expresses the proportion of the orbital height to the orbital width and varies with race, regions within the same race and periods in evolution. This index is useful in forensic medicine, anthropology and surgery.
Benard Ohene Botwe, Derick Seyram Sule, Abdul Mumin Ismael   +2 more
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Differences in sarcopenia indices in elderly Japanese women and their relationships with obesity classified according to waist circumference, BMI, and body fat percentage

Journal of Physiological Anthropology
Background Sarcopenic obesity (SO) is defined as a decrease in lean body mass and an increase in body fat mass (BFM) due to aging. Detecting SO in elderly women is important from the perspective of extending healthy life expectancy. While various indices
Chihiro Nishida, Motoyuki Iemitsu, Toshiyuki Kurihara, Keiko Kishigami, Motohiko Miyachi, Kiyoshi Sanada   +5 more
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Human pupillary light reflex during successive irradiation with 1-ms blue- and green-pulsed light

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2017
Background In the human retina, the contribution of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) to the regulation of the pupillary response remains poorly understood.
Soomin Lee, Naoko Muto, Yoshihiro Shimomura, Tetsuo Katsuura   +3 more
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Recent updates on cold adaptation in population and laboratory studies, including cross-adaptation with nonthermal factors

Journal of Physiological Anthropology
This review aims to update our understanding of human cold adaptation. First, an overview of the thermoregulatory response to cold is provided, with some recent updates in human brown adipose tissue (BAT).
Hitoshi Wakabayashi, Hiroyuki Sakaue, Takayuki Nishimura   +2 more
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Human dispersal into East Eurasia: ancient genome insights and the need for research on physiological adaptations

Journal of Physiological Anthropology
Humans have long pondered their genesis. The answer to the great question of where Homo sapiens come from has evolved in conjunction with biotechnologies that have allowed us to more brightly illuminate our distant past.
Steven Abood, Hiroki Oota
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l-Menthol attenuates the magnitude of cold-induced vasodilation on the extremities of young females

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2018
Background Menthol chemically triggers cold-sensitive receptors in the skin without conductive skin cooling. We investigated the effects of menthol-induced activation of cutaneous cold receptors on the cold-induced vasodilation (CIVD) of the finger.
Siyeon Kim, Joo-Young Lee
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Characteristics of cardiovascular responses to an orthostatic challenge in trained spinal cord-injured individuals

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2018
Background We investigated cardiovascular responses to an orthostatic challenge in trained spinal cord-injured (SCI) individuals compared to able-bodied (AB) individuals.
Masahiro Itoh, Masako Yamaoka Endo, Tatsuya Hojo, Miho Yoshimura, Yoshiyuki Fukuoka   +4 more
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Journal of Physiological Anthropology aims to investigate, how the speed of technological advance, experienced during the 21^st century, is affecting mankind

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2012
Yasukouchi Akira
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Association between thermogenic brown fat and genes under positive natural selection in circumpolar populations

Journal of Physiological Anthropology
Background Adaptation to cold was essential for human migration across Eurasia. Non-shivering thermogenesis through brown adipose tissue (BAT) participates in cold adaptation because some genes involved in the differentiation and function of BAT exhibit ...
Yuka Ishida, Mami Matsushita, Takeshi Yoneshiro, Masayuki Saito, Kazuhiro Nakayama   +4 more
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Effect of simultaneous exposure to extremely short pulses of blue and green light on human pupillary constriction

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2016
Soomin Lee, Shougo Ishibashi, Yoshihiro Shimomura, Tetsuo Katsuura   +3 more
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