Lecturer Ochi Receives an Early-Career Health Science Research Grant from the Meiji Yasuda Life Foundation of Health and Welfare
Lecturer Genta Ochi’s following project has been selected for an early-career health science research grant from the Physical Fitness Research Institute of the Meiji Yasuda Life Foundation of Health and Welfare.
Research project: Neural mechanisms of exercise-induced executive function decline: The role of brain lactate concentration
Research period: FY2023–2024
Exercise-induced declines in executive function, or cognitive fatigue, may reduce athletic performance and undermine safe participation in sport by increasing behaviors such as risk-taking. However, the mechanisms remain poorly understood, and effective countermeasures have yet to be established. This study focuses on brain lactate and uses magnetic resonance spectroscopy to investigate its role in executive function decline.