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Hiroki Yamanaka is affiliated with Hyogo College of Medicine in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and neuroscience, contributing 19 publications in medicine and 6 in neuroscience. Yamanaka's work spans several subfields including physiology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, pharmacology, molecular biology, and gastroenterology, with significant attention to pain mechanisms and treatments, inflammatory mediators, and neuropharmacology.

Their research covers key topics such as:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Hormonal and reproductive studies
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases

Yamanaka has collaborated frequently with coauthors including Kimiko Kobayashi, Koichi Noguchi, Masamichi Okubo, Hirosato Kanda, and Yi Dai. These collaborations have supported research output largely focused on pain and neurological processes.

Some of their recent publications include:

  • Role of Rho-associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase in the spinal cord injury induced neuropathic pain, 2020, The Spine Journal
  • Localization of prostaglandin E2 synthases and E-prostanoid receptors in the spinal cord in a rat model of neuropathic pain, 2020, Brain Research
  • Hippocalcin-like 4, a neural calcium sensor, has a limited contribution to pain and itch processing, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Analgesic effect of gastrin-releasing peptide in the dorsal horn, 2022, Molecular Pain
  • The Anterior Cingulate Cortex is Critical for Acute Stress-induced Hypersensitivity in Mice, 2023, Neuroscience

Yamanaka has published across venues including The Spine Journal, Brain Research, Molecular Pain, Neuroscience, and PLoS ONE, reflecting a broad engagement with neuroscience and medical research communities.

Best Publications

  • Distinct expression of TRPM8, TRPA1, and TRPV1 mRNAs in rat primary afferent neurons with aδ/c‐fibers and colocalization with trk receptors

    Kimiko Kobayashi;Tetsuo Fukuoka;Koichi Obata;Hiroki Yamanaka

  • TRPA1 induced in sensory neurons contributes to cold hyperalgesia after inflammation and nerve injury

    Koichi Obata;Hirokazu Katsura;Toshiyuki Mizushima;Hiroki Yamanaka

  • Sensitization of TRPA1 by PAR2 contributes to the sensation of inflammatory pain

    Yi Dai;Shenglan Wang;Makoto Tominaga;Satoshi Yamamoto

  • Trpv1 reporter mice reveal highly restricted brain distribution and functional expression in arteriolar smooth muscle cells

    Daniel J. Cavanaugh;Alexander T. Chesler;Alexander C. Jackson;Yaron M. Sigal

  • Phosphorylation of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase in Primary Afferent Neurons by Noxious Stimuli and Its Involvement in Peripheral Sensitization

    Yi Dai;Koichi Iwata;Tetsuo Fukuoka;Eiji Kondo

  • Role of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation in Injured and Intact Primary Afferent Neurons for Mechanical and Heat Hypersensitivity after Spinal Nerve Ligation

    Koichi Obata;Hiroki Yamanaka;Kimiko Kobayashi;Yi Dai

  • Proteinase-activated receptor 2-mediated potentiation of transient receptor potential vanilloid subfamily 1 activity reveals a mechanism for proteinase-induced inflammatory pain.

    Yi Dai;Tomoko Moriyama;Tomohiro Higashi;Kazuya Togashi

  • P2Y12 Receptor Upregulation in Activated Microglia Is a Gateway of p38 Signaling and Neuropathic Pain

    Kimiko Kobayashi;Hiroki Yamanaka;Tetsuo Fukuoka;Yi Dai

  • Phospholipase C and protein kinase A mediate bradykinin sensitization of TRPA1: a molecular mechanism of inflammatory pain.

    Shenglan Wang;Yi Dai;Tetsuo Fukuoka;Hiroki Yamanaka

  • Contribution of injured and uninjured dorsal root ganglion neurons to pain behavior and the changes in gene expression following chronic constriction injury of the sciatic nerve in rats.

    Koichi Obata;Hiroki Yamanaka;Tetsuo Fukuoka;Dai Yi

  • Differential Activation of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Protein Kinase in Primary Afferent Neurons Regulates Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Expression after Peripheral Inflammation and Nerve Injury

    Koichi Obata;Hiroki Yamanaka;Yi Dai;Toshiya Tachibana

  • Antisense knock down of TRPA1, but not TRPM8, alleviates cold hyperalgesia after spinal nerve ligation in rats.

    Hirokazu Katsura;Koichi Obata;Toshiyuki Mizushima;Hiroki Yamanaka

  • VR1, but not P2X3, increases in the spared L4 DRG in rats with L5 spinal nerve ligation

    Tetsuo Fukuoka;Atsushi Tokunaga;Toshiya Tachibana;Yi Dai

  • Comparative study of the distribution of the α‐subunits of voltage‐gated sodium channels in normal and axotomized rat dorsal root ganglion neurons

    Tetsuo Fukuoka;Kimiko Kobayashi;Hiroki Yamanaka;Koichi Obata

  • Neurons and glial cells differentially express P2Y receptor mRNAs in the rat dorsal root ganglion and spinal cord

    Kimiko Kobayashi;Tetsuo Fukuoka;Hiroki Yamanaka;Yi Dai

  • Activation of Src-Family Kinases in Spinal Microglia Contributes to Mechanical Hypersensitivity after Nerve Injury

    Hirokazu Katsura;Koichi Obata;Toshiyuki Mizushima;Jun Sakurai

  • Differential activation of MAPK in injured and uninjured DRG neurons following chronic constriction injury of the sciatic nerve in rats.

    Koichi Obata;Hiroki Yamanaka;Yi Dai;Toshiyuki Mizushima

  • Expression of neurotrophic factors in the dorsal root ganglion in a rat model of lumbar disc herniation

    Koichi Obata;Hiroaki Tsujino;Hiroki Yamanaka;Dai Yi

  • Differential expression patterns of mRNAs for P2X receptor subunits in neurochemically characterized dorsal root ganglion neurons in the rat

    Kimiko Kobayashi;Tetsuo Fukuoka;Hiroki Yamanaka;Yi Dai

  • Induction of the P2X7 receptor in spinal microglia in a neuropathic pain model.

    Kimiko Kobayashi;Emiko Takahashi;Yasuko Miyagawa;Hiroki Yamanaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Koichi Noguchi
Koichi Noguchi Hyogo College of Medicine
Yi Dai
Yi Dai Hyogo University of Health Sciences
Koichi Obata
Koichi Obata Hyogo College of Medicine
Atsushi Tokunaga
Atsushi Tokunaga Hyogo College of Medicine
Takashi Mashimo
Takashi Mashimo Osaka University
Allan I. Basbaum
Allan I. Basbaum University of California, San Francisco
Kazue Mizumura
Kazue Mizumura Nihon University
Koichi Iwata
Koichi Iwata Nihon University
David Julius
David Julius University of California, San Francisco
Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition

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