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Nobuyuki Yanagihara is affiliated with the University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Health Professions, and Neuroscience, with publications focusing on General Health Professions, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main research topics involve Workplace Health and Well-being, Health, Psychology, and Well-being, Healthcare Professionals' Stress and Burnout, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, and Ion Channel Regulation and Function.

Recent published papers include:

  • Effects of participatory workplace improvement program on stress-related biomarkers and self-reported stress among university hospital nurses: a preliminary study (2021, Industrial Health)
  • Spontaneous pulmonary emphysema in mice lacking all three nitric oxide synthase isoforms (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Carvacrol inhibits the neuronal voltage-gated sodium channels Nav1.2, Nav1.6, Nav1.3, Nav1.7, and Nav1.8 expressed in Xenopus oocytes with different potencies (2020, Journal of Pharmacological Sciences)
  • Local Anesthetics Inhibit Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Subtype 3 Channel Function in Xenopus Oocytes (2021, Anesthesia & Analgesia)
  • Giving social support at work may reduce inflammation on employees themselves: a participatory workplace intervention study among Japanese hospital nurses (2021, Industrial Health)

Frequent co-authors of Yanagihara include:

  • Noriaki Satoh (3 joint publications)
  • Tsukumi Tondokoro (2 joint publications)
  • Akinori Nakata (2 joint publications)
  • Yasumasa Otsuka (2 joint publications)
  • Ayumi ANAN (2 joint publications)

Yanagihara has contributed regularly to several academic venues, notably:

  • Industrial Health (2 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (1 publication)
  • Journal of Pharmacological Sciences (1 publication)
  • Anesthesia & Analgesia (1 publication)
  • Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Impaired Insulin Signaling in Endothelial Cells Reduces Insulin-Induced Glucose Uptake by Skeletal Muscle

    Tetsuya Kubota;Naoto Kubota;Hiroki Kumagai;Shinichi Yamaguchi

  • Asymmetric Dimethylarginine Produces Vascular Lesions in Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase-Deficient Mice Involvement of Renin-Angiotensin System and Oxidative Stress

    Osamu Suda;Masato Tsutsui;Tsuyoshi Morishita;Hiromi Tasaki

  • Staurosporine: an effective inhibitor for Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II.

    Nobuyuki Yanagihara;Eiichi Tachikawa;Futoshi Izumi;Setsuko Yasugawa

  • Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus in mice lacking all nitric oxide synthase isoforms

    Tsuyoshi Morishita;Masato Tsutsui;Hiroaki Shimokawa;Ken Sabanai

  • Crucial role of nitric oxide synthases system in endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization in mice

    Aya Takaki;Keiko Morikawa;Masato Tsutsui;Yoshinori Murayama

  • Spontaneous Myocardial Infarction in Mice Lacking All Nitric Oxide Synthase Isoforms

    Sei Nakata;Masato Tsutsui;Hiroaki Shimokawa;Osamu Suda

  • Dopamine Induces IL-6–Dependent IL-17 Production via D1-Like Receptor on CD4 Naive T Cells and D1-Like Receptor Antagonist SCH-23390 Inhibits Cartilage Destruction in a Human Rheumatoid Arthritis/SCID Mouse Chimera Model

    Kazuhisa Nakano;Kunihiro Yamaoka;Kentaro Hanami;Kazuyoshi Saito

  • Influx of 22Na through acetylcholine receptorassociated Na channels: relationship between 22Na influx, 45Ca influx and secretion of catecholamines in cultured bovine adrenal medulla cells

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  • ATP activates DNA synthesis by acting on P2X receptors in human osteoblast-like MG-63 cells.

    Ei'Ichiro Nakamura;Yasuhito Uezono;Ken'Ichiro Narusawa;Izumi Shibuya

  • Vasculoprotective Roles of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase

    Tsuyoshi Morishita;Masato Tsutsui;Hiroaki Shimokawa;Masataka Horiuchi

  • Development of genetically engineered mice lacking all three nitric oxide synthases.

    Masato Tsutsui;Hiroaki Shimokawa;Tsuyoshi Morishita;Yasuhide Nakashima

  • Muscarinic receptor‐mediated increase in cyclic GMP level in isolated bovine adrenal medullary cells

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  • Statin Treatment Upregulates Vascular Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Through Akt/NF-κB Pathway

    Sei Nakata;Masato Tsutsui;Hiroaki Shimokawa;Takahiro Yamashita

  • Nitric oxide synthases and cardiovascular diseases: insights from genetically modified mice.

    Masato Tsutsui;Hiroaki Shimokawa;Yutaka Otsuji;Yoichi Ueta

  • Pathophysiological relevance of NO signaling in the cardiovascular system: novel insight from mice lacking all NO synthases.

    Masato Tsutsui;Hiroaki Shimokawa;Yutaka Otsuji;Nobuyuki Yanagihara

  • Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase‐Activating Polypeptide Causes Ca2+ Release from Ryanodine/Caffeine Stores Through a Novel Pathway Independent of Both Inositol Trisphosphates and Cyclic AMP in Bovine Adrenal Medullary Cells

    Keiko Tanaka;Izumi Shibuya;Yasuhito Uezono;Yoichi Ueta

  • Long-term dietary nitrite and nitrate deficiency causes the metabolic syndrome, endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular death in mice.

    Mika Kina-Tanada;Mayuko Sakanashi;Akihide Tanimoto;Tadashi Kaname

  • Parathyroid hormone-related peptide-(1-34) [PTHrP-(1-34)] induces vasopressin release from the rat supraoptic nucleus in vitro through a novel receptor distinct from a type I or type II PTH/PTHrP receptor.

    Shigeki Yamamoto;Isao Morimoto;Nobuyuki Yanagihara;Kazuya Zeki

  • Significance of nitric oxide synthases: Lessons from triple nitric oxide synthases null mice.

    Masato Tsutsui;Akihide Tanimoto;Masahito Tamura;Hiroshi Mukae

  • Trifluoperazine inhibits 45Ca2+ uptake and catecholamine secretion and synthesis in adrenal medullary cells.

    Akihiko Wada;Nobuyuki Yanagihara;Futoshi Izumi;Seishi Sakurai

  • The receptor, metabolism and effects of androgen in osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells

    Yoichiro Nakano;Isao Morimoto;Osamu Ishida;Takashi Fujihira

  • Relationship between activation and phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase by 56 mm K+ in PC12 cells in culture.

    N Yanagihara;A W Tank;N Weiner

Frequent Co-Authors

Han Zhang
Han Zhang Shenzhen University
Yoichi Ueta
Yoichi Ueta University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan
Hiroshi Mukae
Hiroshi Mukae Nagasaki University
Hiroshi Yamashita
Hiroshi Yamashita Yamaguchi University

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