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Ando Lab
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The lab studies changes that exercise brings to the brain and muscles in humans.
AboutAbout the lab
Studying the science of how exercise changes the body.
The Health and Sports Science Lab studies what happens in the human body when we exercise.
Covering everything from a single bout of exercise to long-term exercise, the lab examines changes ranging from the skeletal muscles and the respiratory and circulatory systems to cognitive performance, mood, and changes in brain function and structure.
The lab studies not only exercise performed by one's own will, but also the body's responses to electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) of the skeletal muscles.
Mainly in joint research with other universities and research facilities, the lab uses measurement devices such as positron emission tomography (PET), (functional) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and electroencephalography (EEG).
Key terms
- Electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) of skeletal muscles
- A method of stimulating skeletal muscles with electricity. The lab is investigating how far it can substitute for exercise.
- Positron emission tomography (PET)
- A measurement method that images processes inside the body. This lab uses it to test the involvement of dopamine.
- Dopamine
- One of the neurotransmitters. The lab uses PET to test its involvement in the mechanism by which exercise improves cognitive performance.
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The lab investigates in a wide range the responses and adaptations that exercise causes in the human body, from the skeletal muscles and the respiratory and circulatory systems to the function and structure of the brain. The ultimate goal of the research is to provide evidence that leads to maintaining and promoting health and improving sports performance, and to put that evidence into practice.
*Illustrative imageElectrical stimulation training and healthy life expectancy
The lab uses intervention studies to test whether electrical stimulation training of the skeletal muscles leads to extending healthy life expectancy. It has also shown that the training enlarges the quadriceps and reduces arterial stiffness, which reflects the stiffness of blood vessels.
*Illustrative imageHow exercise improves cognitive performance
The lab investigates why a single bout of exercise improves cognitive performance, using PET to examine the involvement of the neurotransmitter dopamine. It also uses fMRI to examine neural activity, networks between brain regions, and the relationship with brain structure, in joint research with institutions outside the university.
*Illustrative imageEffects of electrical stimulation on the body
The lab investigates how far EMS of the skeletal muscles can substitute for exercise. It examines not only muscle strength and muscle shape but also effects on the brain, circulation, autonomic nervous activity, and mood, and measures changes in the cross-sectional area of muscles with MRI and ultrasound.
*Illustrative imageEffects of aging and exercise habits on the brain and muscles
The lab studies older adults to investigate how aging and exercise habits affect the form and function of the brain and skeletal muscles. In the lab, the main work is analyzing data such as those measured with MRI, carried out in joint research with institutions outside the university.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Health and Sports Science Lab are faculty members and master's and undergraduate students.
- Associate ProfessorSoichi Ando
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- Top image: “Exercise physiology lab” Apfriesen / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Electrical stimulation training and healthy life expectancy: “Hamstrings EMS recovery” Gciriani / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- How exercise improves cognitive performance: “PET MRI Scanner (NIH BioArt )” Courtesy of NIAID Malcolm Houston / Public domain (cropped)
- Effects of electrical stimulation on the body: “Skeletal Muscle Tissue” Community College Bioscience / CC0 (cropped)
- Effects of aging and exercise habits on the brain and muscles: “MRI-Philips” Jan Ainali / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
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