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Akiyoshi Takahashi

Akiyoshi Takahashi

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
6576
World Ranking
18784
National Ranking
1346

Overview

Akiyoshi Takahashi is affiliated with Kitasato University in Japan and has a research focus spanning multiple fields, primarily Neuroscience, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work delves into several specialized subfields such as Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Nutrition and Dietetics, Cell Biology, and Molecular Biology.

Takahashi's research topics broadly cover areas including Regulation of Appetite and Obesity, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, melanin and skin pigmentation, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Effects of background color and feeding status on the expression of genes associated with body color regulation in the goldfish Carassius auratus, 2021, General and Comparative Endocrinology
  • Effects of tank color brightness on the body color, somatic growth, and endocrine systems of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, 2020, General and Comparative Endocrinology
  • Expression dynamics of visual opsin genes in marbled sole Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae during metamorphosis from the larval to the juvenile stage, 2021, Gene
  • An evaluation of the growth-promoting effects of green light on spotted halibut for its practical application in aquaculture, 2021, Fisheries Science
  • A surge in respiratory syncytial virus infection-related hospitalizations associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: An observational study at pediatric emergency referral hospitals in Tokushima Prefecture, 2023, PLOS Global Public Health

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Takahashi include:

  • Kanta Mizusawa (10 publications)
  • Satoshi Kasagi (7 publications)
  • Yang Ting-shu (3 publications)
  • Masafumi Amano (3 publications)
  • Atsumi Takechi (3 publications)

Takahashi's work has appeared mainly in the following publication venues:

  • General and Comparative Endocrinology (3 publications)
  • Fisheries Science (2 publications)
  • Gene (1 publication)
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology (1 publication)
  • ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Development of a Homologous Radioimmunoassay for Coho Salmon Insulin-like Growth Factor-I

    Shunsuke Moriyama;Penny Swanson;Manabu Nishii;Akiyoshi Takahashi

  • Peptide Purification, Complementary Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) and Genomic DNA Cloning, and Functional Characterization of Ghrelin in Rainbow Trout

    Hiroyuki Kaiya;Masayasu Kojima;Hiroshi Hosoda;Shunsuke Moriyama

  • Regulation of gonadal steroidogenesis in Fundulus heteroclitus by recombinant salmon growth hormone and purified salmon prolactin.

    Hanuman Singh;Hanuman Singh;Hanuman Singh;Robert W. Griffith;Robert W. Griffith;Akiyoshi Takahashi;Hiroshi Kawauchi

  • Development and validation of a salmon growth hormone radioimmunoassay.

    Jonathan P. Bolton;A. Takahashi;H. Kawauchi;J. Kubota

  • Possible involvement of melanin-concentrating hormone in food intake in a teleost fish, barfin flounder

    Akiyoshi Takahashi;Keisuke Tsuchiya;Takeshi Yamanome;Masafumi Amano

  • Melanotropin and corticotropin are encoded on two distinct genes in the lamprey, the earliest evolved extant vertebrate

    A. Takahashi;Y. Amemiya;M. Sarashi;S.A. Sower

  • White background reduces the occurrence of staining, activates melanin-concentrating hormone and promotes somatic growth in barfin flounder

    Takeshi Yamanome;Masafumi Amano;Akiyoshi Takahashi

  • Isolation and properties of chum salmon prolactin

    Hiroshi Kawauchi;Ken-Ichi Abe;Akiyoshi Takahashi;Tetsuya Hirano

  • Evolution of melanocortin systems in fish

    Akiyoshi Takahashi;Hiroshi Kawauchi

  • Identification of sea lamprey GTHβ-like cDNA and its evolutionary implications

    Stacia A. Sower;Shunsuke Moriyama;Makoto Kasahara;Akiyoshi Takahashi

  • Activation of the C4 and C2 components of complement by a proteinase in serum bactericidal factor, Ra reactive factor.

    Yue-Hua Ji;T. Fujita;H. Hatsuse;A. Takahashi

  • Development and validation of a salmon prolactin radioimmunoassay

    T. Hirano;P. Prunet;H. Kawauchi;A. Takahashi

  • Identification of growth hormone in the sea lamprey, an extant representative of a group of the most ancient vertebrates.

    Hiroshi Kawauchi;Kunimasa Suzuki;Tomohide Yamazaki;Shunsuke Moriyama

  • Effects of tank color on melanin-concentrating hormone levels in the brain, pituitary gland, and plasma of the barfin flounder as revealed by a newly developed time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay.

    Noriko Amiya;Masafumi Amano;Akiyoshi Takahashi;Takeshi Yamanome

  • Amino acid sequence and relative biological activity of eel atrial natriuretic peptide

    Y. Takei;A. Takahashi;T.X. Watanabe;K. Nakajima

  • A Homolog of Mammalian PRL-Releasing Peptide (Fish Arginyl-Phenylalanyl-Amide Peptide) Is a Major Hypothalamic Peptide of PRL Release in Teleost Fish

    Shunsuke Moriyama;Toshihiro Ito;Akiyoshi Takahashi;Masafumi Amano

  • A newly characterized melanotropin in proopiomelanocortin in pituitaries of an elasmobranch, Squalus acanthias.

    Yutaka Amemiya;Akiyoshi Takahashi;Nobuo Suzuki;Yuichi Sasayama

  • Human mannose-binding protein is identical to a component of Ra-reactive factor.

    Misao Matsushita;Akiyoshi Takahashi;Hiromi Hatsuse;Masaya Kawakami

  • Isolation and characterization of melanotropins from lamprey pituitary glands

    Akiyoshi Takahashi;Yutaka Amemiya;Masumi Nozaki;Stacia A. Sower

  • Sturgeon proopiomelanocortin has a remnant of gamma-melanotropin.

    Yutaka Amemiya;Akiyoshi Takahashi;Robert M. Dores;Hiroshi Kawauchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroshi Kawauchi
Hiroshi Kawauchi Kitasato University
Seiji Shioda
Seiji Shioda Shonan University of Medical Sciences
Masahiro Sakai
Masahiro Sakai University of Miyazaki
Yoshitaka Oka
Yoshitaka Oka University of Tokyo
Yoshio Takei
Yoshio Takei University of Tokyo
Helgi B. Schiöth
Helgi B. Schiöth Uppsala University
Katsumi Aida
Katsumi Aida University of Tokyo
Misao Matsushita
Misao Matsushita Tokai University
E. Gordon Grau
E. Gordon Grau University of Hawaii at Manoa
Craig V. Sullivan
Craig V. Sullivan North Carolina State University

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