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Shinobu Sakurada is affiliated with Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a total of 35 publications in Medicine and 20 in Neuroscience. Within these disciplines, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as Physiology, Sensory Systems, Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Food Science.

The scientist's work focuses on a range of interconnected topics. These include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research, Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies.

Shinobu Sakurada has published in various scientific venues, most notably Pharmaceutics with four publications, followed by the Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society also with four contributions. Other frequent venues include Frontiers in Pharmacology with three papers, The Journal of Sexual Medicine with two, and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences with one publication.

The scientist's recent papers demonstrate a focus on essential oils and their pharmacological effects, especially regarding bergamot essential oil. Notable publications include:

  • Role of 5-HT1A Receptor in the Anxiolytic-Relaxant Effects of Bergamot Essential Oil in Rodent, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Development and Translation of NanoBEO, a Nanotechnology-Based Delivery System of Bergamot Essential Oil Deprived of Furocumarins, in the Control of Agitation in Severe Dementia, 2021, Pharmaceutics
  • Efficacy of Essential Oils in Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Preclinical Evidence, 2021, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Preclinical Characterization of Antinociceptive Effect of Bergamot Essential Oil and of Its Fractions for Rational Translation in Complementary Therapy, 2022, Pharmaceutics
  • Impact of nutraceuticals on glaucoma: A systematic review, 2020, Progress in brain research

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including Chizuko Watanabe, Tsukasa Sakurada, Damiana Scuteri, Giacinto Bagetta, and Maria Tiziana Corasaniti, each contributing to multiple joint publications. These collaborations have supported cross-disciplinary efforts particularly in pharmacology and neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • The capsaicin test in mice for evaluating tachykinin antagonists in the spinal cord.

    T. Sakurada;K. Katsumata;K. Tan-No;S. Sakurada

  • Neuropharmacology of the essential oil of bergamot.

    Giacinto Bagetta;Luigi Antonio Morrone;Laura Rombolà;Diana Amantea

  • Role of histamine H1 receptor in pain perception: a study of the receptor gene knockout mice

    Jalal Izadi Mobarakeh;Shinobu Sakurada;Sou Katsuyama;Motoharu Kutsuwa

  • Involvement of peripheral cannabinoid and opioid receptors in β‐caryophyllene‐induced antinociception

    S. Katsuyama;H. Mizoguchi;H. Kuwahata;T. Komatsu

  • Differential involvement of μ-opioid receptor subtypes in endomorphin-1- and -2-induced antinociception

    Shinobu Sakurada;James E Zadina;Abba J Kastin;Sou Katsuyama

  • Enhanced antinociception by intracerebroventricularly and intrathecally-administered orexin A and B (hypocretin-1 and -2) in mice.

    Jalal Izadi Mobarakeh;Kazuhiro Takahashi;Shinobu Sakurada;Seiji Nishino

  • Differential effects of intraplantar capsazepine and ruthenium red on capsaicin-induced desensitization in mice

    Tsukasa Sakurada;Toshihiro Matsumura;Tomoko Moriyama;Chikai Sakurada

  • Characterization of the hyperalgesic effect induced by intrathecal injection of substance P.

    H. Matsumura;T. Sakurada;A. Hara;S. Sakurada

  • Antinociception induced by CP 96,345, a non-peptide NK-1 receptor antagonist, in the mouse formalin and capsaicin tests

    Tsukasa Sakurada;Kazushige Katsumata;Hiromichi Yogo;Koichi Tan-No

  • Differential antinociceptive effects induced by intrathecally administered endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 in the mouse

    Shinobu Sakurada;Takafumi Hayashi;Masayuki Yuhki;Tohru Orito

  • Differential antagonism of endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 spinal antinociception by naloxonazine and 3-methoxynaltrexone.

    Shinobu Sakurada;Takafumi Hayashi;Masayuki Yuhki;Tsutomu Fujimura

  • Involvement of nitric oxide in spinally mediated capsaicin- and glutamate-induced behavioural responses in the mouse.

    Tsukasa Sakurada;Akinori Sugiyama;Chikai Sakurada;Koichi Tanno

  • Intraplantar injection of bergamot essential oil induces peripheral antinociception mediated by opioid mechanism.

    Tsukasa Sakurada;Hirokazu Mizoguchi;Hikari Kuwahata;Soh Katsuyama

  • The effects of substance P analogues on the scratching, biting and licking response induced by intrathecal injection of N-methyl-D-aspartate in mice.

    Tsukasa Sakurada;Yoichi Manome;Koichi Tan-No;Shinobu Sakurada

  • 17β-Estradiol prevents retinal ganglion cell loss induced by acute rise of intraocular pressure in rat

    Rossella Russo;Federica Cavaliere;Chizuko Watanabe;Carlo Nucci

  • Strong antinociceptive effect of incarvillateine, a novel monoterpene alkaloid from Incarvillea sinensis.

    Motoyuki Nakamura;Yu-Ming Chi;Wen-Mei Yan;Yumiko Nakasugi

  • Differential effects of substance P analogs on neurokinin 1 receptor agonists in the mouse spinal cord.

    T Sakurada;T Yamada;K Tan-no;Y Manome

  • Nociceptin‐induced scratching, biting and licking in mice: involvement of spinal NK1 receptors

    Tsukasa Sakurada;Sou Katsuyama;Shinobu Sakurada;Makoto Inoue

  • Substance P analogues containing D-histidine antagonize the behavioural effects of intrathecally co-administered substance P in mice.

    Sakurada T;Yamada T;Sakurada S;Kisara K

  • D-Arg2-dermorphin tetrapeptide analogs: A potent and long-lasting analgesic activity after subcutaneous administration

    Yusuke Sasaki;Michiko Matsui;Masumi Taguchi;Kenji Suzuki

  • Activation of RXR/PPARγ underlies neuroprotection by bexarotene in ischemic stroke.

    Michelangelo Certo;Yasuyuki Endo;Kiminori Ohta;Shinobu Sakurada

  • Bergamot essential oil attenuates anxiety-like behaviour in rats

    Laura Rombolà;Laura Tridico;Damiana Scuteri;Tsukasa Sakurada

Frequent Co-Authors

Tsukasa Sakurada
Tsukasa Sakurada Daiichi University of Pharmacy
Giacinto Bagetta
Giacinto Bagetta University of Calabria
Kazuhiko Yanai
Kazuhiko Yanai Tohoku University
Lars Terenius
Lars Terenius Karolinska Institute
Ichiro Sora
Ichiro Sora Kobe University
Georgy Bakalkin
Georgy Bakalkin Uppsala University
James E. Zadina
James E. Zadina Tulane University
Massimo Cugno
Massimo Cugno University of Milan
Carlo Nucci
Carlo Nucci University of Rome Tor Vergata

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