ミカミ アキチカ   MIKAMI Akichika
  三上 章允
   所属   看護リハビリテーション学部 理学療法学科
   職種   教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2011/01
形態種別 学会機関誌
査読 査読あり
標題 Book review: Olivier Walusinski (eds). The Mystery of Yawning in Physiology and Disease. Karger, Basel, 2010, 159pp
執筆形態 単著
掲載誌名 Primates
巻・号・頁 52(1),pp.87-99
概要 As seen in the chapters of this book, yawning has many aspects and it is very complex. We need to try various approaches to study yawing. I will suggest several points for future research on yawning. Yawning can be seen in all vertebrates and can be seen at the gestational age. Neural structures involved in yawning may be subcortical systems including the hypothalamus. Thus, yawning is phylogenetically and ontogenetically old behavior. However, in this book, direct comparison of yawning behavior among vertebrates is missing. I believe that it is important to study primitive vertebrates, for example reptiles. The primitive vertebrates could be a good target to study the core neural structures and the original function of yawning.