The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in oral condition and health status between persons with 20 or more teeth at the age of 80 (8020 elderly) and persons of the same age with less than 20 teeth (non-8020 elderly). This study was conducted by a team belonging to the Aichi Dental Association. Number of remaining teeth, Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN), s...

The hypothesis of this research was that elderly people with many remaining teeth and good occlusion (8020 achievers) would be able to maintain proper head and body posture, despite aging. The purpose of this study, as a first stage, was to clarify the aging phenomenon of cervical curvature in 8020 achievers in comparison with that in young adults. Subjects consisted of twenty-eight 8020 achiev...

The purpose of this study was to investigate oral flora in independent persons aged over 80 years with more than 20 remaining teeth. The subjects were 22 participants of the 8020 campaign (6 males and 16 females) with a mean age of 81.3+/-1.6 years and an average of 24.7 teeth (Independent 8020 group). This group was compared with a group of 38 elderly people residing in nursing homes (10 males...

The "8020" goal of retaining 20 or more teeth after the age of 80 necessitates investigating oral health status in people below the age of 80. The purpose of this study was to determine similarities and differences between people in their sixties attending college and achievers of the 8020 goal. The results of oral examination and occlusal force measurement in 46 students enrolled at a college ...

*Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Irwon-dong, Kangnam-ku, Seoul 135-710, Korea; †Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, TMP532, P.O. Box 208020, New Haven, CT 06520-8020; and §Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jo...

Brendon A Bradley, Dominic S Lee. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8020, New Zealand Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8020, New Zealand *Corresponding author: Ph +64-3-366 7001 ext 7673; Fax: +64-3-364 2758; [email protected] ABSTRACT In this paper the efficacy...

Like the striatum, the frontal motor cortices receive dopaminergic ®bers from midbrain dopamine cells and contain high levels of dopamine receptors. Among frontal cortical areas, the dorsolateral PFC (PFd1) and the dorsal premotor cortex (PMd) have strong neural connections and play a major role for working memory-guided directional movements. To reveal the role of dopamine in this cognitive mo...

Background: Freezing of gait (FOG) is a common, poorly understood, parkinsonian symptom interfering with daily functioning and quality of life. Assessment of FOG is complex because of the episodic nature of this symptom, and the influence of mental and environmental factors on it. Objective: To design a self-reportable reliable questionnaire for FOG. Method: A questionnaire consisting of 16 ite...