October 2003

October 2001

The Magnetic Health Science Foundation
Masamitsu Oshima, M.D. President

Research Presentation for the Year 2001

Concern over our health has been increasing rapidly. Sound living is the cornerstone of comfort and affluence. To that end, we should ensure the preservation of health at all times and in addition commit ourselves to improving it. Magnetism is a technology that is being put to practical use in many applications. However, there is still an incomplete understanding of the effects of magnetism on living organisms. Because of this we subsidize and encourage magnetic science technology research. Research grants go to those selected from entries examined by the review committee, where many research subjects are entered every year. All the entries present invaluable possibilities for research; however, with the limited number of grants offered, we may only provide support for a limited few. For 2001 grants were bestowed on seventeen studies, including four to basic research, four to applied research, and nine to subject-assigned projects. These presentations are based on the resulting studies from this work. We hope that you will benefit from the material gained and apply it toward your efforts to contribute to the future development of magnetic health science research.

CONTENTS

Cryopreservation of Human Tissues in a Magnetic Field for Drug Development
Kitaro Oka

Diffusion-weighted MRI of Human Brain Measured at Different Spatial Dimensions: Basic Investigation and Clinical Application
Takashi Yoshiura, M.D. Ph. D.

Effects of Magnetic Load on Renin Synthesis and Secretion in Juxtaglomerular Cells
Atsuhiro Ichihara

Reconstructing Spatio-temporal Activities of Cortical Sources from Neuromagnetic Measurements, and its Application in Investigating Language Processing in the Human Brain
Kensuke Sekihara, Ph.D.

Development of a Method for Measurement of Oxygen Saturation and Cerebral Metabolic Rate of Oxygen in the Human Brain Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Kenya Murase

Home-based Magnetic Stimulation in the Treatment of Incontinence and Urinary Frequency: A Randomized Placebo-controlled Study
Takahashi, M.D.

Magnetic Effects on Respiration
Nobuko I. Wakayama

Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Cortical Function in Humans
Kaoru Matsunaga, Naoki Akamatsu, Satoru Tamagawa, Takenori Uozumi, Sadatoshi Tsuji, Kaoru Matsunaga, John C. Rothwell

Human Face Perception Traced by Magnetoencephalography (MEG) and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
Shoko Watanabe

Development of Lymph Node Detection System Using Ultra-small Magnetic Particles
Saburo Tanaka

Magnetic Field Measurement of Nervous and Muscular System and Analysis of Multiple Current Sources
Akira Tachikawa, Shoogo Ueno