PART OF IntechOpen Book Series: Physiology
ISSN 2631-8261
Research Topic on Human Physiology - always open for submissions, with an Annual Volume published each calendar year with a dedicated ISSN and ISBN.
Led by Topic Editors Prof. Kunihiro Sakuma, Dr. Kotomi Sakai and an international Editorial Board, all submissions are peer-reviewed and published immediately after acceptance.
Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Japan
Professor Kunihiro Sakuma, Ph.D., currently works in the Institute for Liberal Arts at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He is a physiologist working in the field of skeletal muscle. He was awarded his sports science diploma in 1995 by the University of Tsukuba and began his scientific work at the Department of Physiology, Aichi Human Service Center, focusing on the molecular mechanism of congenital muscular dystrophy and normal muscle regeneration. His interest later turned to the molecular mechanism and attenuating strategy of sarcopenia (age-related muscle atrophy). His opinion is to attenuate sarcopenia by improving autophagic defects using nutrient- and pharmaceutical-based treatments.
Ritsumeikan University,
Japan
Senior researcher Kotomi Sakai, Ph.D., MPH, works at the Research Organization of Science and Technology in Ritsumeikan University. She is a researcher in the geriatric rehabilitation and public health field. She received Ph.D. from Nihon University and MPH from St.Luke’s International University. Her main research interest is sarcopenia in older adults, especially its association with nutritional status. Additionally, to understand how to maintain and improve physical function in older adults, to conduct studies about the mechanism of sarcopenia and determine when possible interventions are needed.
Editorial Board
Department of Sports Sciences, University of Beira Interio
University of Messina,
Italy
Medical University Plovdiv,
Bulgaria
“Lorenzo Bonomo” Hospital-ASL BAT