Akihiro Yamanaka

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Best Publications

• Hypothalamic orexin neurons regulate arousal according to energy balance in mice.

  Akihiro Yamanaka;Carsten T. Beuckmann;Jon T. Willie;Junko Hara

  1074
  Citations

• Input of orexin/hypocretin neurons revealed by a genetically encoded tracer in mice.

  Takeshi Sakurai;Ruby Nagata;Akihiro Yamanaka;Hiroko Kawamura

  568
  Citations

• Interaction between the Corticotropin-Releasing Factor System and Hypocretins (Orexins): A Novel Circuit Mediating Stress Response

  Raphaëlle Winsky-Sommerer;Akihiro Yamanaka;Sabrina Diano;Erzsebet Borok

  511
  Citations

• Mice lacking the M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor are hypophagic and lean

  Masahisa Yamada;Tsuyoshi Miyakawa;Tsuyoshi Miyakawa;Alokesh Duttaroy;Akihiro Yamanaka

  459
  Citations

• Des-acyl ghrelin induces food intake by a mechanism independent of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor.

  Koji Toshinai;Hideki Yamaguchi;Yuxiang Sun;Roy G. Smith

  459
  Citations

• A Top-Down Cortical Circuit for Accurate Sensory Perception.

  Satoshi Manita;Takayuki Suzuki;Chihiro Homma;Takashi Matsumoto

  390
  Citations

• Orexins activate histaminergic neurons via the orexin 2 receptor.

  Akihiro Yamanaka;Natsuko Tsujino;Hisayuki Funahashi;Kazuki Honda

  353
  Citations

• Regulation of orexin neurons by the monoaminergic and cholinergic systems

  Akihiro Yamanaka;Yo Muraki;Natsuko Tsujino;Katsutoshi Goto

  350
  Citations

• Orexins (hypocretins) directly interact with neuropeptide Y, POMC and glucose‐responsive neurons to regulate Ca2+ signaling in a reciprocal manner to leptin: orexigenic neuronal pathways in the mediobasal hypothalamus

  Shinji Muroya;Shinji Muroya;Hisayuki Funahashi;Akihiro Yamanaka;Daisuke Kohno

  340
  Citations

• Orexin-induced food intake involves neuropeptide Y pathway.

  Akihiro Yamanaka;Kaiko Kunii;Tadahiro Nambu;Natsuko Tsujino

  324
  Citations

• Optogenetic activation of dorsal raphe serotonin neurons enhances patience for future rewards

  Kayoko W. Miyazaki;Katsuhiko Miyazaki;Kenji F. Tanaka;Akihiro Yamanaka

  291
  Citations

• Chronic intracerebroventricular administration of orexin-A to rats increases food intake in daytime, but has no effect on body weight.

  Akihiro Yamanaka;Takeshi Sakurai;Takuo Katsumoto;Masashi Yanagisawa

  282
  Citations

• Acute Optogenetic Silencing of Orexin/Hypocretin Neurons Induces Slow-Wave Sleep in Mice

  Tomomi Tsunematsu;Thomas S. Kilduff;Edward Stuart Boyden;Satoru Takahashi

  273
  Citations

• Orexins/hypocretins regulate drinking behaviour.

  Kaiko Kunii;Akihiro Yamanaka;Tadahiro Nambu;Ichiyo Matsuzaki

  265
  Citations

• Serotonergic Regulation of the Orexin/Hypocretin Neurons through the 5-HT1A Receptor

  Yo Muraki;Akihiro Yamanaka;Natsuko Tsujino;Thomas S. Kilduff

  251
  Citations

• The physiological role of orexin/hypocretin neurons in the regulation of sleep/wakefulness and neuroendocrine functions.

  Ayumu Inutsuka;Akihiro Yamanaka;Akihiro Yamanaka

  245
  Citations

• Orexin receptor type-1 couples exclusively to pertussis toxin-insensitive G-proteins, while orexin receptor type-2 couples to both pertussis toxin-sensitive and -insensitive G-proteins.

  Yun Zhu;Yoshihiro Miwa;Akihiro Yamanaka;Toshihiko Yada

  237
  Citations

• Optogenetic manipulation of activity and temporally controlled cell-specific ablation reveal a role for MCH neurons in sleep/wake regulation.

  Tomomi Tsunematsu;Takafumi Ueno;Sawako Tabuchi;Ayumu Inutsuka

  237
  Citations

• Conditional Ablation of Orexin/Hypocretin Neurons: A New Mouse Model for the Study of Narcolepsy and Orexin System Function

  Sawako Tabuchi;Sawako Tabuchi;Sawako Tabuchi;Tomomi Tsunematsu;Tomomi Tsunematsu;Sarah W. Black;Makoto Tominaga;Makoto Tominaga

  235
  Citations

• Characterization of a family of endogenous neuropeptide ligands for the G protein-coupled receptors GPR7 and GPR8

  Hirokazu Tanaka;Tetsuo Yoshida;Norimasa Miyamoto;Toshiyuki Motoike

  233
  Citations