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Shigenobu Shibata

Shigenobu Shibata

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Neuroscience

D-Index
81
Citations
21405
World Ranking
1585
National Ranking
33

Overview

Shigenobu Shibata is affiliated with Waseda University in Japan and has a research portfolio concentrated in the fields of medicine and neuroscience. Their work extensively covers subfields such as physiology, endocrine and autonomic systems, public health, environmental and occupational health, experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist's key research topics include circadian rhythm and melatonin, dietary effects on health, diet and metabolism studies, sleep and related disorders, obesity, physical activity, diet, nutritional studies, and sleep and wakefulness research.

Recent papers by Shigenobu Shibata include:

  • Screen time duration and timing: effects on obesity, physical activity, dry eyes, and learning ability in elementary school children (2021, BMC Public Health)
  • Time-of-Day-Dependent Physiological Responses to Meal and Exercise (2020, Frontiers in Nutrition)
  • Distribution of dietary protein intake in daily meals influences skeletal muscle hypertrophy via the muscle clock (2021, Cell Reports)
  • The circadian clock is disrupted in mice with adenine-induced tubulointerstitial nephropathy (2020, Kidney International)
  • Circadian rhythm and its association with birth and infant outcomes: research protocol of a prospective cohort study (2020, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth)

Shibata frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable coauthors including Yu Tahara, Masaki Takahashi, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Atsushi Haraguchi, and Hyeon-Ki Kim.

Publications by Shibata are often found in journals and proceedings such as:

  • Nutrients
  • Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society
  • Frontiers in Nutrition
  • Research Square
  • Chronobiology International

Best Publications

  • Light-induced resetting of a mammalian circadian clock is associated with rapid induction of the mPer1 transcript.

    Yasufumi Shigeyoshi;Kouji Taguchi;Shuzo Yamamoto;Seiichi Takekida

  • Restricted feeding entrains liver clock without participation of the suprachiasmatic nucleus

    Reiko Hara;Keiko Wan;Hisanori Wakamatsu;Reiko Aida

  • Restricted-feeding-induced anticipatory activity rhythm is associated with a phase-shift of the expression of mPer1 and mPer2 mRNA in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus but not in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of mice.

    Hisanori Wakamatsu;Yuko Yoshinobu;Reiko Aida;Takahiro Moriya

  • Adrenergic regulation of clock gene expression in mouse liver

    Hideyuki Terazono;Tatsushi Mutoh;Shun Yamaguchi;Masaki Kobayashi

  • Circadian rhythmic changes of neuronal activity in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the rat hypothalamic slice

    Shigenobu Shibata;Yutaka Oomura;Hitoshi Kita;Kiichi Hattori

  • Inhibition of Light- or Glutamate-Induced mPer1 Expression Represses the Phase Shifts into the Mouse Circadian Locomotor and Suprachiasmatic Firing Rhythms

    Masashi Akiyama;Yasuko Kouzu;Satomi Takahashi;Hisanori Wakamatsu

  • Crosstalk between the circadian clock circuitry and the immune system.

    Nicolas Cermakian;Tanja Lange;Diego Golombek;Dipak Sarkar

  • Gut Microbiota-Derived Short Chain Fatty Acids Induce Circadian Clock Entrainment in Mouse Peripheral Tissue

    Yu Tahara;Mayu Yamazaki;Haruna Sukigara;Hiroaki Motohashi

  • Nonphotic entrainment by 5-HT1A/7 receptor agonists accompanied by reduced Per1 and Per2 mRNA levels in the suprachiasmatic nuclei.

    Kazumasa Horikawa;Shin Ichi Yokota;Kazuyuki Fuji;Masashi Akiyama

  • Neurochemical organization of circadian rhythm in the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

    Shin Ichi T. Inouye;Shigenobu Shibata

  • Reduced food anticipatory activity in genetically orexin (hypocretin) neuron-ablated mice

    Masashi Akiyama;Tomoyo Yuasa;Naomi Hayasaka;Kazumasa Horikawa

  • Effects of 5-HT1A receptor agonists on the circadian rhythm of wheel-running activity in hamsters

    Keiko Tominaga;Shigenobu Shibata;Showa Ueki;Shigenori Watanabe

  • Optic nerve stimulation-induced increase of release of 3h-glutamate and 3h-aspartate but not 3h-gaba from the suprachiasmatic nucleus in slices of rat hypothalamus

    Shyh Yuh Liou;Shigenobu Shibata;Katsunori Iwasaki;Katsunori Iwasaki;Showa Ueki

  • Postnatal development of a GABA deficit and disturbance of neural functions in mice lacking GAD65

    Oliver Stork;Feng Yun Ji;Koichi Kaneko;Simone Stork

  • Circadian rhythms of liver physiology and disease: experimental and clinical evidence

    Yu Tahara;Shigenobu Shibata

  • The midpoint of sleep is associated with dietary intake and dietary behavior among young Japanese women.

    Natsuko Sato-Mito;Satoshi Sasaki;Kentaro Murakami;Hitomi Okubo

  • The mammalian circadian clock and its entrainment by stress and exercise

    Yu Tahara;Shinya Aoyama;Shigenobu Shibata

  • Effects of melatonin on neuronal activity in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus in vitro

    Shigenobu Shibata;Vincent M. Cassone;Robert Y. Moore;Robert Y. Moore

  • The 5' upstream region of mPer1 gene contains two promoters and is responsible for circadian oscillation.

    S. Yamaguchi;S. Mitsui;S. Miyake;L. Yan

  • In Vivo Monitoring of Peripheral Circadian Clocks in the Mouse

    Yu Tahara;Yu Tahara;Hiroaki Kuroda;Keisuke Saito;Yoshihiro Nakajima

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigenori Watanabe
Shigenori Watanabe Kyushu University
Takahiro Moriya
Takahiro Moriya Tohoku University
Yutaka Oomura
Yutaka Oomura Kyushu University
Michihiro Fujiwara
Michihiro Fujiwara Fukuoka University
Hitoshi Kita
Hitoshi Kita University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Hiroshi Nakanishi
Hiroshi Nakanishi Yasuda Women's University
Masuo Ohno
Masuo Ohno Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Atsuo Takanishi
Atsuo Takanishi Waseda University
Sato Honma
Sato Honma Hokkaido University
Ken-ichi Honma
Ken-ichi Honma Hokkaido University

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