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Ken-ichi Honma

Ken-ichi Honma

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Neuroscience

D-Index
74
Citations
15692
World Ranking
2143
National Ranking
52

Overview

Ken-ichi Honma is a researcher affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan, specializing in neuroscience and medicine. Their research primarily focuses on circadian rhythm and melatonin, exploring the mechanisms of sleep and wakefulness, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, neuroendocrine regulation of behavior, dietary effects on health, spaceflight effects on biology, and neural dynamics and brain function.

The scientist has contributed significantly to the fields of endocrinology, cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, social psychology, and physiology. Studies often examine the endocrine and autonomic systems, reflecting a deep engagement with the biological underpinnings of circadian processes.

Ken-ichi Honma's work has been published in various scientific venues, including multiple publications in the Journal of Biological Rhythms and the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. Other journals featuring their research include Frontiers in Neuroscience, Journal of Neurochemistry, and Scientific Reports.

Recent papers include:

  • "Roles of Neuropeptides, VIP and AVP, in the Mammalian Central Circadian Clock" (2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience)
  • "GABAergic mechanisms in the suprachiasmatic nucleus that influence circadian rhythm" (2020, Journal of Neurochemistry)
  • "The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus at 50: Looking Back, Then Looking Forward" (2024, Journal of Biological Rhythms)
  • "CHRONO and DEC1/DEC2 compensate for lack of CRY1/CRY2 in expression of coherent circadian rhythm but not in generation of circadian oscillation in the neonatal mouse SCN" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Phase Gradients and Anisotropy of the Suprachiasmatic Network: Discovery of Phaseoids" (2021, eNeuro)

Frequent collaborators in their work include researchers such as Sato Honma, Daisuke Ono, Rae Silver, T. Yoshikawa, and Y. Yamanaka, indicating a collaborative approach to investigating circadian and neural dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Dec1 and Dec2 are regulators of the mammalian molecular clock

    Sato Honma;Takeshi Kawamoto;Yumiko Takagi;Katsumi Fujimoto

  • Melatonin induces γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase mediated by activator protein-1 in human vascular endothelial cells

    Yoshishige Urata;Sato Honma;Shinji Goto;Sachiko Todoroki

  • Two distinct oscillators in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus in vitro

    Kazuyuki Shinohara;Sato Honma;Yumiko Katsuno;Hiroshi Abe

  • Separate oscillating cell groups in mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus couple photoperiodically to the onset and end of daily activity.

    Natsuko Inagaki;Sato Honma;Daisuke Ono;Yusuke Tanahashi

  • Cellular clocks in AVP neurons of the SCN are critical for interneuronal coupling regulating circadian behavior rhythm.

    Michihiro Mieda;Daisuke Ono;Emi Hasegawa;Hitoshi Okamoto

  • Human blood metabolite timetable indicates internal body time

    Takeya Kasukawa;Masahiro Sugimoto;Masahiro Sugimoto;Akiko Hida;Yoichi Minami

  • Circadian periods of single suprachiasmatic neurons in rats

    Sato Honma;Tetsuo Shirakawa;Yumiko Katsuno;Masakazu Namihira

  • Effects of exposure to a circularly polarized 50-Hz magnetic field on plasma and pineal melatonin levels in rats.

    Masamichi Kato;Ken-Ichi Honma;Tsukasa Shigemitsu;Yoichi Shiga

  • Phase-advance shifts of human circadian pacemaker are accelerated by daytime physical exercise

    Toshihiko Miyazaki;Satoko Hashimoto;Satoru Masubuchi;Sato Honma

  • A human phase response curve for bright light pulses

    K. Honma

  • Circadian oscillation of BMAL1, a partner of a mammalian clock gene Clock, in rat suprachiasmatic nucleus

    Sato Honma;Masaaki Ikeda;Hiroshi Abe;Yusuke Tanahashi

  • Clock genes outside the suprachiasmatic nucleus involved in manifestation of locomotor activity rhythm in rats.

    Satoru Masubuchi;Sato Honma;Hiroshi Abe;Kouji Ishizaki

  • Activity rhythms in the circadian domain appear in suprachiasmatic nuclei lesioned rats given methamphetamine

    Ken-Ichi Honma;Sato Honma;Tsutomu Hiroshige

  • Seasonal variation in the human circadian rhythm: dissociation between sleep and temperature rhythm.

    K.-I. Honma;S. Honma;M. Kohsaka;N. Fukuda

  • Response Curve, Free-running Period, and Activity Time in Circadian Locomotor Rhythm of Rats

    Ken-ichi Honma;Sato Honma;Tsutomu Hiroshige

  • Diversity in the circadian periods of single neurons of the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus depends on nuclear structure and intrinsic period.

    Sato Honma;Wataru Nakamura;Tetsuo Shirakawa;Ken-ichi Honma

  • Effects of restricted daily feeding on freerunning circadian rhythms in rats.

    Ken-Ichi Honma;Christiana von Goetz;Jürgen Aschoff

  • Synchronization of circadian firing rhythms in cultured rat suprachiasmatic neurons.

    Tetsuo Shirakawa;Sato Honma;Yumiko Katsuno;Haruhisa Oguchi

  • A novel autofeedback loop of Dec1 transcription involved in circadian rhythm regulation

    Takeshi Kawamoto;Mitsuhide Noshiro;Fuyuki Sato;Koji Maemura

  • Zeitgebers, Entrainment, and Masking: Some Unsettled Questions

    J. Aschoff;S. Daan;K.-I. Honma

  • Clock mutation lengthens the circadian period without damping rhythms in individual SCN neurons.

    Wataru Nakamura;Sato Honma;Tetsuo Shirakawa;Ken-ichi Honma

Frequent Co-Authors

Sato Honma
Sato Honma Hokkaido University
Shigenobu Shibata
Shigenobu Shibata Waseda University
Rae Silver
Rae Silver Columbia University
Akihiro Yamanaka
Akihiro Yamanaka Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuchio Yanagawa
Yuchio Yanagawa Gunma University
Robert W. McCarley
Robert W. McCarley Harvard Medical School
Ritchie E. Brown
Ritchie E. Brown Harvard University
Robert E. Strecker
Robert E. Strecker VA Boston Healthcare System
Takashi Kanbayashi
Takashi Kanbayashi University of Tsukuba
Michihiro Mieda
Michihiro Mieda Kanazawa University

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