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Hideaki Soya is affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan, contributing significantly to the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience through numerous research studies. Their work spans a range of specialized areas including Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their research interests focus on key topics such as Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, and Memory and Neural Mechanisms.

Hideaki Soya has authored various papers, notable among them are:

  • Acute Sprint Interval Exercise Increases Both Cognitive Functions and Peripheral Neurotrophic Factors in Humans: The Possible Involvement of Lactate (2020), published in Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Benefit of human moderate running boosting mood and executive function coinciding with bilateral prefrontal activation (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • High-intensity Intermittent Training Enhances Spatial Memory and Hippocampal Neurogenesis Associated with BDNF Signaling in Rats (2021), published in Cerebral Cortex
  • Positive Mood while Exercising Influences Beneficial Effects of Exercise with Music on Prefrontal Executive Function: A Functional NIRS Study (2020), published in Neuroscience
  • Look into my eyes: What can eye-based measures tell us about the relationship between physical activity and cognitive performance? (2023), published in Journal of Sport and Health Science

Frequent collaboration characterizes Hideaki Soya's research approach. Notable coauthors include Kazuya Suwabe, Ryuta Kuwamizu, Taichi Hiraga, Takemune Fukuie, and Yudai Yamazaki.

Their research output is frequently published in several journals, with multiple contributions to:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • NeuroImage
  • The Journal of Physiological Sciences
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The concentration of Hideaki Soya's work on cognitive and physiological functions through exercise and neuroscience integrates elements of mood, executive function, neurogenesis, and brain connectivity. Their studies often explore connections between physical activity and cognitive performance, emphasizing mechanisms such as neurotrophic factors, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) signaling, and the effects of exercise intensity on neural outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Acute moderate exercise elicits increased dorsolateral prefrontal activation and improves cognitive performance with Stroop test.

    Hiroki Yanagisawa;Ippeita Dan;Daisuke Tsuzuki;Morimasa Kato

  • Positive effect of acute mild exercise on executive function via arousal-related prefrontal activations: an fNIRS study.

    Kyeongho Byun;Kazuki Hyodo;Kazuya Suwabe;Genta Ochi

  • Neuronal Activity Drives Localized Blood-Brain-Barrier Transport of Serum Insulin-like Growth Factor-I into the CNS

    Takeshi Nishijima;Joaquin Piriz;Sylvie Duflot;Ana M. Fernandez

  • BDNF induction with mild exercise in the rat hippocampus.

    Hideaki Soya;Toru Nakamura;Custer C. Deocaris;Akiyo Kimpara

  • Acute moderate exercise enhances compensatory brain activation in older adults.

    Kazuki Hyodo;Ippeita Dan;Kazuya Suwabe;Yasushi Kyutoku

  • Reduction in paracrine Wnt3 factors during aging causes impaired adult neurogenesis

    Masahiro Okamoto;Koshiro Inoue;Koshiro Inoue;Hiroki Iwamura;Hiroki Iwamura;Kazuyuki Terashima

  • Threshold-like pattern of neuronal activation in the hypothalamus during treadmill running: establishment of a minimum running stress (MRS) rat model.

    Hideaki Soya;Akira Mukai;Custer C. Deocaris;Nao Ohiwa

  • Long-term mild, rather than intense, exercise enhances adult hippocampal neurogenesis and greatly changes the transcriptomic profile of the hippocampus

    Koshiro Inoue;Masahiro Okamoto;Junko Shibato;Min Chul Lee

  • A transferable high-intensity intermittent exercise improves executive performance in association with dorsolateral prefrontal activation in young adults.

    Sylwester Kujach;Kyeongho Byun;Kazuki Hyodo;Kazuya Suwabe

  • Rapid stimulation of human dentate gyrus function with acute mild exercise

    Kazuya Suwabe;Kyeongho Byun;Kazuki Hyodo;Zachariah M. Reagh

  • Mild exercise increases dihydrotestosterone in hippocampus providing evidence for androgenic mediation of neurogenesis

    Masahiro Okamoto;Yasushi Hojo;Koshiro Inoue;Takashi Matsui

  • Neuroscience of Exercise: Neuroplasticity and Its Behavioral Consequences.

    Henning Budde;Mirko Wegner;Hideaki Soya;Claudia Voelcker-Rehage

  • Astrocytic glycogen-derived lactate fuels the brain during exhaustive exercise to maintain endurance capacity

    Takashi Matsui;Hideki Omuro;Yu Fan Liu;Mariko Soya

  • Brain glycogen decreases during prolonged exercise

    Takashi Matsui;Shingo Soya;Masahiro Okamoto;Yukio Ichitani

  • Brain glycogen supercompensation following exhaustive exercise

    Takashi Matsui;Taro Ishikawa;Hitoshi Ito;Masahiro Okamoto

  • The association between aerobic fitness and cognitive function in older men mediated by frontal lateralization.

    Kazuki Hyodo;Ippeita Dan;Yasushi Kyutoku;Kazuya Suwabe

  • Enhancing effect of cerebral blood volume by mild exercise in healthy young men: a near-infrared spectroscopy study.

    Akkaranee Timinkul;Morimasa Kato;Takenori Omori;Custer C. Deocaris

  • Neuroprotective effects of endurance exercise against neuroinflammation in MPTP-induced Parkinson's disease mice.

    Yongchul Jang;Jung-Hoon Koo;Insu Kwon;Eun-Bum Kang

  • Insulin Regulates Astrocytic Glucose Handling Through Cooperation With IGF-I.

    Ana M. Fernandez;Edwin Hernandez-Garzón;Paloma Perez-Domper;Alberto Perez-Alvarez;Alberto Perez-Alvarez

  • Acute moderate exercise improves mnemonic discrimination in young adults.

    Kazuya Suwabe;Kazuki Hyodo;Kyeongho Byun;Kyeongho Byun;Genta Ochi

  • Voluntary resistance running with short distance enhances spatial memory related to hippocampal BDNF signaling

    Min Chul Lee;Min Chul Lee;Masahiro Okamoto;Masahiro Okamoto;Yu Fan Liu;Koshiro Inoue

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce S. McEwen
Bruce S. McEwen Rockefeller University
Michael A. Yassa
Michael A. Yassa University of California, Irvine
Ippeita Dan
Ippeita Dan Chuo University
Ignacio Torres-Aleman
Ignacio Torres-Aleman Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience
Suguru Kawato
Suguru Kawato University of Tokyo
María Llorens-Martín
María Llorens-Martín Spanish National Research Council
Randall R. Sakai
Randall R. Sakai University of Cincinnati
Eduardo D. Martín
Eduardo D. Martín Yale School of Medicine
Gertrudis Perea
Gertrudis Perea Spanish National Research Council
José Luis Trejo
José Luis Trejo Cajal Institute

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