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Overview

Michihiro Yoshimura is affiliated with the Jikei University School of Medicine in Japan. Their research spans primarily across the fields of medicine and neuroscience, with subfields including physiology, urology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, surgery, and neurology.

The main topics addressed in Yoshimura's work cover a range of specialized areas, notably:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Anesthesia and Pain Management
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Pelvic floor disorders treatments
  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders

Yoshimura has published several papers in key scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets for their work include:

  • International Neurourology Journal
  • Anesthesiology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Yoshimura encompass the following:

  • L-bupivacaine Inhibition of Nociceptive Transmission in Rat Peripheral and Dorsal Horn Neurons, 2020, Anesthesiology
  • Effect of Alpha 1-Adrnoceptor Antagonists on Postsynaptic Sensitivity in Substantia Gelatinosa Neurons From Lumbosacral Spinal Cord in Rats Using Slice Patch-Clamp Technique for mEPSC, 2020, International Neurourology Journal
  • Differential Effects of Alpha 1-Adrenoceptor Antagonists on the Postsynaptic Sensitivity: Using Slice Patch-Clamp Technique for Inhibitory Postsynaptic Current in Substantia Gelatinosa Neurons From Lumbosacral Spinal Cord in Rats, 2020, International Neurourology Journal
  • Analyses of the Mode of Action of an Alpha-Adrenoceptor Blocker in Substantia Gelatinosa Neurons in Rats, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Neuropathic and inflammatory pain increases glutamatergic excitatory postsynaptic current on adult rat spinal dorsal horn neurons., 2020, Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society

Their research collaborations involve frequent coauthors such as Daisuke Uta, Tsuyoshi Hattori, Kohei Koga, Hidemasa Furue, and Keiji Imoto. Daisuke Uta stands out as a recurrent collaborator with multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Localization and mechanism of secretion of B-type natriuretic peptide in comparison with those of A-type natriuretic peptide in normal subjects and patients with heart failure.

    Hirofumi Yasue;Michihiro Yoshimura;Hitoshi Sumida;Koichi Kikuta

  • T−786→C Mutation in the 5′-Flanking Region of the Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Is Associated With Coronary Spasm

    Masafumi Nakayama;Hirofumi Yasue;Michihiro Yoshimura;Yukio Shimasaki

  • Different secretion patterns of atrial natriuretic peptide and brain natriuretic peptide in patients with congestive heart failure.

    Michihiro Yoshimura;Hirofumi Yasue;Ken Okumura;Hisao Ogawa

  • Increased plasma levels of brain natriuretic peptide in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

    Etsuo Morita;Hirofumi Yasue;Michihiro Yoshimura;Hisao Ogawa

  • Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Is Positively Associated With Essential Hypertension

    Yoshihiro Miyamoto;Yoshihiko Saito;Noboru Kajiyama;Michihiro Yoshimura

  • Hemodynamic, renal, and hormonal responses to brain natriuretic peptide infusion in patients with congestive heart failure

    Michihiro Yoshimura;Hirofumi Yasue;Etsuo Morita;Naritsugu Sakaino

  • A missense Glu298Asp variant in the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene is associated with coronary spasm in the Japanese

    Michihiro Yoshimura;Hirofumi Yasue;Masafumi Nakayama;Yukio Shimasaki

  • JCS 2017/JHFS 2017 Guideline on Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure ― Digest Version ―

    Hiroyuki Tsutsui;Mitsuaki Isobe;Hiroshi Ito;Ken Okumura

  • Nitric Oxide Activity Is Deficient in Spasm Arteries of Patients With Coronary Spastic Angina

    Kiyotaka Kugiyama;Hirofumi Yasue;Ken Okumura;Hisao Ogawa

  • Association of the Missense Glu298Asp Variant of the Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene With Myocardial Infarction

    Yukio Shimasaki;Hirofumi Yasue;Michihiro Yoshimura;Masafumi Nakayama

  • Aldosterone Production Is Activated in Failing Ventricle in Humans

    Yuji Mizuno;Michihiro Yoshimura;Hirofumi Yasue;Tomohiro Sakamoto

  • Elevated levels of VE-cadherin-positive endothelial microparticles in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease

    Hidenobu Koga;Seigo Sugiyama;Kiyotaka Kugiyama;Keisuke Watanabe

  • Remnant Lipoprotein Levels in Fasting Serum Predict Coronary Events in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

    Kiyotaka Kugiyama;Hideki Doi;Keiji Takazoe;Hiroaki Kawano

  • The Japanese Society of Hypertension Committee for Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension

    Toshio Ogihara;Kenjiro Kikuchi;Toshiro Fujita;Jitsuo Higaki

  • Gender and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system.

    Kimiaki Komukai;Seibu Mochizuki;Michihiro Yoshimura

  • Replication protein A1 reduces transcription of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene containing a -786T-->C mutation associated with coronary spastic angina.

    Yoshihiro Miyamoto;Yoshihiko Saito;Masafumi Nakayama;Yukio Shimasaki

  • Echolucent carotid plaques predict future coronary events in patients with coronary artery disease.

    Osamu Honda;Seigo Sugiyama;Kiyotaka Kugiyama;Hironobu Fukushima

  • Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Vasospastic Angina (Coronary Spastic Angina) (JCS 2008) : Digest Version

    Hisao Ogawa;Takashi Akasaka;Ryuichi Hattori;Seinosuke Kawashima

  • Heightened Tissue Factor Associated With Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor and Prognosis in Patients With Unstable Angina

    Hirofumi Soejima;Hisao Ogawa;Hirofumi Yasue;Koichi Kaikita

  • The variation of plasma concentrations of a novel, adipocyte derived protein, adiponectin, in patients with acute myocardial infarction

    S. Kojima;T. Funahashi;T. Sakamoto;S. Miyamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Hisao Ogawa
Hisao Ogawa Kumamoto University
Hirofumi Yasue
Hirofumi Yasue Kumamoto University
Kazuwa Nakao
Kazuwa Nakao Kyoto University
Yoshihiko Saito
Yoshihiko Saito Nara Medical University
Shota Nakamura
Shota Nakamura Osaka University
Ken Okumura
Ken Okumura Hirosaki University
Toyoaki Murohara
Toyoaki Murohara Nagoya University
Tohru Funahashi
Tohru Funahashi Osaka University
Koji Abe
Koji Abe Okayama University
Issei Komuro
Issei Komuro University of Tokyo

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