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Ryusuke Yoshida

Ryusuke Yoshida

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Neuroscience

D-Index
32
Citations
4197
World Ranking
9529
National Ranking
357

Overview

Ryusuke Yoshida is a researcher affiliated with Okayama University in Japan, specializing primarily in neuroscience and nursing. Their work focuses on biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, olfactory and sensory function studies, and advanced chemical sensor technologies. Additional areas of study include regulation of appetite and obesity, sleep and wakefulness research, probiotics and fermented foods, and sleep and related disorders.

Yoshida's research outputs span several subfields such as nutrition and dietetics, sensory systems, biomedical engineering, endocrine and autonomic systems, and cognitive neuroscience. The scholar has contributed notably to the understanding of sweet reception mechanisms and taste responses, often exploring how biochemical signals influence physiological and behavioral responses.

Frequent coauthors working with Yoshida include Yoshihiro Mitoh, Yuzo Ninomiya, Kengo Horie, Keiko Yasumatsu, and Hai Huang. Their collaborative efforts have resulted in publications across multiple scientific venues, including:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of Neurochemistry
  • Archives of Oral Biology
  • Acta Physiologica
  • The Journal of Physiological Sciences

Recent and notable publications by Yoshida are:

  • Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase mediates the sweet suppressive effect of leptin in mouse taste cells, 2020, Journal of Neurochemistry
  • Mechanisms and Functions of Sweet Reception in Oral and Extraoral Organs, 2024, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Other papers where Yoshida has contributed authorship include studies on taste responses and ingestive behaviors as well as on sugar signals eliciting cephalic-phase insulin release. These works were published between 2020 and 2024 in various journals such as Acta Physiologica, The Journal of Physiological Sciences, and Foods.

  • Sodium-glucose cotransporter 1 as a sugar taste sensor in mouse tongue, 2020, Acta Physiologica
  • Sugar signals from oral glucose transporters elicit cephalic-phase insulin release in mice, 2023, The Journal of Physiological Sciences
  • Taste Responses and Ingestive Behaviors to Ingredients of Fermented Milk in Mice, 2023, Foods

Yoshida's extensive publication record covers a broad intersection of sensory biology, molecular mechanisms of taste, and metabolic regulation. Their research contributions are positioned at the interface of experimental neuroscience and nutritional sciences, addressing fundamental questions regarding how chemical sensing and signaling impact behavior and physiology.

Best Publications

  • Taste Preference for Fatty Acids Is Mediated by GPR40 and GPR120

    Cristina Cartoni;Keiko Yasumatsu;Tadahiro Ohkuri;Noriatsu Shigemura

  • Trpm5 Null Mice Respond to Bitter, Sweet, and Umami Compounds

    Sami Damak;Minqing Rong;Minqing Rong;Keiko Yasumatsu;Zaza Kokrashvili

  • Endocannabinoids selectively enhance sweet taste

    Ryusuke Yoshida;Tadahiro Ohkuri;Masafumi Jyotaki;Toshiaki Yasuo

  • Abnormal Taste Perception in Mice Lacking the Type 3 Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor

    Chihiro Hisatsune;Keiko Yasumatsu;Hiromi Takahashi-Iwanaga;Naoko Ogawa

  • Sour Taste Responses in Mice Lacking PKD Channels

    Nao Horio;Ryusuke Yoshida;Keiko Yasumatsu;Keiko Yasumatsu;Yuchio Yanagawa

  • Genetic and molecular basis of individual differences in human umami taste perception.

    Noriatsu Shigemura;Shinya Shirosaki;Keisuke Sanematsu;Ryusuke Yoshida

  • Discrimination of taste qualities among mouse fungiform taste bud cells

    Ryusuke Yoshida;Aya Miyauchi;Toshiaki Yasuo;Masafumi Jyotaki

  • Taste responses in mice lacking taste receptor subunit T1R1

    Yoko Kusuhara;Ryusuke Yoshida;Tadahiro Ohkuri;Keiko Yasumatsu

  • Umami taste in mice uses multiple receptors and transduction pathways

    Keiko Yasumatsu;Yoko Ogiwara;Shingo Takai;Ryusuke Yoshida

  • The taste transduction channel TRPM5 is a locus for bitter-sweet taste interactions

    Karel Talavera;Keiko Yasumatsu;Ryusuke Yoshida;Robert F. Margolskee

  • Action potential-enhanced ATP release from taste cells through hemichannels

    Yoshihiro Murata;Toshiaki Yasuo;Ryusuke Yoshida;Kunihiko Obata

  • Taste Responsiveness of Fungiform Taste Cells With Action Potentials

    Ryusuke Yoshida;Noriatsu Shigemura;Keisuke Sanematsu;Keiko Yasumatsu

  • Glucagon-like peptide-1 is specifically involved in sweet taste transmission

    Shingo Takai;Keiko Yasumatsu;Mayuko Inoue;Shusuke Iwata

  • Angiotensin II Modulates Salty and Sweet Taste Sensitivities

    Noriatsu Shigemura;Shusuke Iwata;Keiko Yasumatsu;Tadahiro Ohkuri

  • Variation in umami perception and in candidate genes for the umami receptor in mice and humans

    Noriatsu Shigemura;Shinya Shirosaki;Tadahiro Ohkuri;Keisuke Sanematsu

  • NaCl responsive taste cells in the mouse fungiform taste buds.

    R. Yoshida;N. Horio;Y. Murata;K. Yasumatsu

  • Taste Transductions in Taste Receptor Cells: Basic Tastes and Moreover

    Shusuke Iwata;Ryusuke Yoshida;Yuzo Ninomiya

  • Leptin Suppresses Mouse Taste Cell Responses to Sweet Compounds

    Ryusuke Yoshida;Kenshi Noguchi;Noriatsu Shigemura;Masafumi Jyotaki

  • Involvement of multiple taste receptors in umami taste: analysis of gustatory nerve responses in metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 knockout mice

    Keiko Yasumatsu;Tomohiro Manabe;Ryusuke Yoshida;Ken Iwatsuki

  • Amiloride-sensitive NaCl taste responses are associated with genetic variation of ENaC α-subunit in mice

    Noriatsu Shigemura;Tadahiro Ohkuri;Chiharu Sadamitsu;Chiharu Sadamitsu;Keiko Yasumatsu

  • Recognizing taste: coding patterns along the neural axis in mammals

    Kathrin Ohla;Ryusuke Yoshida;Ryusuke Yoshida;Stephen D Roper;Patricia M Di Lorenzo

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuzo Ninomiya
Yuzo Ninomiya Kyushu University
Yuchio Yanagawa
Yuchio Yanagawa Gunma University
Kunihiko Obata
Kunihiko Obata The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Donald B. Katz
Donald B. Katz Brandeis University
Nirupa Chaudhari
Nirupa Chaudhari University of Miami
Jonathan D. Victor
Jonathan D. Victor Cornell University

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