Kazuo Sasaki

Kazuo Sasaki publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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Kazuo Sasaki D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kazuo Sasaki sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Leptin facilitates learning and memory performance and enhances hippocampal CA1 long-term potentiation and CaMK II phosphorylation in rats.

  Y. Oomura;N. Hori;T. Shiraishi;K. Fukunaga

  384
  Citations

• Effects of leptin and orexin-A on food intake and feeding related hypothalamic neurons

  Takemasa Shiraishi;Yutaka Oomura;Kazuo Sasaki;Matthew J Wayner

  178
  Citations

• Neuronal activity in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) during motivated bar press feeding in the monkey

  Hitoo Nishino;Taketoshi Ono;Kenichiro Muramoto;Masaji Fukuda

  175
  Citations

• Orexin-A (hypocretin-1) impairs Morris water maze performance and CA1-Schaffer collateral long-term potentiation in rats.

  S. Aou;X.-L. Li;A.-J. Li;Y. Oomura

  126
  Citations

• Effects of orexins/hypocretins on neuronal activity in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus in rats in vitro.

  Masaru Ishibashi;Shinobu Takano;Hiroki Yanagida;Masafumi Takatsuna

  126
  Citations

• Glucoresponsive neurons in rat ventromedial hypothalamic tissue slices in vitro

  Taketoshi Ono;Hitoo Nishino;Masaji Fukuda;Kazuo Sasaki

  120
  Citations

• Effects of chronic acetyl-L-carnitine treatment on brain lipid hydroperoxide level and passive avoidance learning in senescence-accelerated mice.

  Fumihiko Yasui;Seiichi Matsugo;Masaru Ishibashi;Takahiro Kajita

  107
  Citations

• Leptin effects on feeding-related hypothalamic and peripheral neuronal activities in normal and obese rats

  Takemasa Shiraishi;Kazuo Sasaki;Akira Niijima;Yutaka Oomura

  104
  Citations

• A new brain glucosensor and its physiological significance.

  Yuiaka Oomura;Kazuo Sasaki;Kenji Suzuki;Tadashi Muto

  96
  Citations

• Monkey lateral hypothalamic neuron response to sight of food, and during bar press and ingestion

  Taketoshi Ono;Hitoo Nishino;Kazuo Sasaki;Masaji Fukuda

  92
  Citations

• Senescence-accelerated mouse. Neurochemical studies on aging.

  Yasuyuki Nomura;Yojiro Yamanaka;Yoshihisa Kitamura;Yoshihisa Kitamura;Takashi Arima

  90
  Citations

• Acidic fibroblast growth factor prevents death of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells following ischemia.

  Kazuo Sasaki;Yutaka Oomura;Kenji Suzuki;Kazumitsu Hanai

  82
  Citations

• Age-dependent changes in lipid peroxide levels in peripheral organs, but not in brain, in senescence-accelerated mice.

  Seiichi Matsugo;Takahiro Kitagawa;Seiken Minami;Yoshiharu Esashi

  82
  Citations

• Electrophysiological effects of orexin/hypocretin on nucleus accumbens shell neurons in rats: an in vitro study.

  Katsuyuki Mukai;Juhyon Kim;Kazuki Nakajima;Yutaka Oomura

  74
  Citations

• Role of the lateral hypothalamus and the amygdala in feeding behavior

  Taketoshi Ono;Hitoo Nishino;Kazuo Sasaki;Masaji Fukuda

  71
  Citations

• Brain lipid hydroperoxide level increases in senescence-accelerated mice at an early age.

  Fumihiko Yasui;Masaru Ishibashi;Seiichi Matsugo;Shosuke Kojo

  70
  Citations

• Production of antisera to acidic fibroblast growth factor and their application to immunohistochemical study in rat brain.

  I. Tooyama;Y. Hara;O. Yasuhara;Y. Oomura

  69
  Citations

• Caudate unit activity during operant feeding behavior in monkeys and modulation by cooling prefrontal cortex

  Hitoo Nishino;Taketoshi Ono;Kazuo Sasaki;Masaji Fukuda

  68
  Citations

• Alterations in acetylcholine, NMDA, benzodiazepine receptors and protein kinase C in the brain of the senescence-accelerated mouse: an animal model useful for studies on cognitive enhancers

  Yasuyuki Nomura;Yoshihisa Kitamura;Toshio Ohnuki;Takashi Arima

  66
  Citations

• Morphine and enkephalin effects on hypothalamic glucoresponsive neurons

  T. Ono;Y. Oomura;H. Nishino;K. Sasaki

  64
  Citations