Interactions between chewing and brain activity in humans

Novel Trends in Brain Science: Brain Imaging, Learning and Memory, Stress and Fear, and Pain

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 99-113

  Onozuka, M ^a   Hirano, Y ^a,b   Tachibana, A ^a   Kim, W ^a   Ono, Y ^a,b   Sasaguri, K ^a   Kubo, K ^c   Niwa, M ^d   Kanematsu, K ^e   Watanabe, K ^f  

^a KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f SEIJOH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain activation; Chewing; Hippocampus; Learning and memory; Prefrontal area

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920143161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-73242-6_6     Document Type: Chapter

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