Fukuoka University

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Neuroscience

Qualitative and Comparative Cortical Activity Data Analyses from a Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Experiment Applying Block Design

Kazuya Saita^1,2, Takashi Morishita¹, Hisatomi Arima³, Toshiyasu Ogata⁴, Tooru Inoue¹

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, ²Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Fukuoka University Hospital, ³Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, ⁴Department of Neurology, Fukuoka University Hospital

We describe the analysis of continuous-wave functional near-infrared spectroscopy experiment using a block design with a sensorimotor task. To increase the reliability of the data analysis, we used the qualitative general linear model-based statistical parametric mapping and the comparative hierarchical mixed models for multi-channels.

Medicine

Fat-Covered Islet Transplantation Using Epididymal White Adipose Tissue

Naoaki Sakata^1,2, Gumpei Yoshimatsu^1,2, Ryo Kawakami^1,2, Shohta Kodama^1,2

¹Department of Regenerative Medicine and Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, ²Center for Regenerative Medicine, Fukuoka University Hospital

This fat-covered islet transplantation method is suitable for the detection of engrafted islets in the intraperitoneal cavity. Notably, it does not require the use of biobinding agents or suturing.