Geriatrics & Gerontology International

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Japan’s leading Geriatrics journal is pleased to announce the 3rd GGI BEST ARTICLE AWARDEES. This award is presented annually to the top three articles published in the previous year, which are selected by the GGI executive editors. The winning authors receive a cash prize of 100,000 yen from the Japanese Geriatrics Society.

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Spatiotemporal components of the 3-D gait analysis of community-dwelling middle-aged and elderly Japanese: Age- and sex-related differences
Wataru Doyo, et al

Practitioner's Trial on the Efficacy of Antihypertensive Treatment in Elderly Patients with Hypertension II (PATE-Hypertension II study) in Japan
Toshio Ogihara, et al

Effects of exercise treatment with or without heat and steam generating sheet on urine loss in community-dwelling Japanese elderly women with urinary incontinence
Hunkyung Kim, et al

The Japanese Elderly Diabetes Intervention Trial (J-EDIT)
Guest Editor: Hideki Ito
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Feature Articles
Lower physical activity, but not excessive calorie intake, is associated with metabolic syndrome in elderly with type 2 diabetes mellitus: The Japanese elderly diabetes intervention trial

Lower physical activity is a strong predictor of cardiovascular events in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus beyond traditional risk factors: The Japanese elderly diabetes intervention trial

We are please to present the following articles which received the Novartis Foundation for Gerontological Research Awards

Optineurin and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Hirofumi Maruyama and Hideshi Kawakami

Effect of angiotensin II type 2 receptor on stroke, cognitive impairment and neurodegenerative diseases
Masaki Mogi and Masatsugu Horiuchi

Structure-oriented review of 14-3-3 protein isoforms in geriatric neuroscience
Takahiko Umahara, Toshiki Uchihara, et al.

Vitamin A and Alzheimer's disease
Kenjiro Ono and Masahito Yamada

Cardiovascular protection afforded by caloric restriction: Essential role of nitric oxide synthase
Ken Shinmura

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