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
Prof. Kunihiro Sakuma, Ph.D., currently works at the Institute for Liberal Arts at Tokyo Institute of Technology. He is a physiologist working in the field of skeletal muscle. He was awarded a sports science diploma in 1995 by the University of Tsukuba and started 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 was later turned to the molecular mechanism and attenuating strategy of sarcopenia (age-related muscle atrophy). His goal is to attenuate sarcopenia by improving autophagic defects using nutrient- and pharmaceutical-based treatments.
Ritsumeikan University
Dr. Kotomi Sakai is the chief researcher at Heisei Medical Welfare Group Research Institute. She is also a speech-language pathologist in a hospital, specializing in oral and swallowing functions related to sarcopenia. She obtained a Ph.D. in dentistry from the Graduate School of Dentistry at Nihon University. Subsequently, she earned a master of public health degree from the Graduate School of St. Luke’s International University. Dr. Sakai specializes in clinical research on sarcopenia, conducting studies aimed at preventing and improving sarcopenia in older adults.
Editorial Board
Department of Sports Sciences, University of Beira Interio
University of Messina,
Italy
Medical University Plovdiv,
Bulgaria
“Lorenzo Bonomo” Hospital-ASL BAT