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Takashi Yamamoto

Takashi Yamamoto

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Neuroscience

D-Index
53
Citations
7800
World Ranking
5180
National Ranking
164

Overview

Takashi Yamamoto is affiliated with Kio University in Japan and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of materials science and engineering. Their work spans various subfields including polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, civil and structural engineering, mechanics of materials, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

Their research topics cover a broad range of materials-related subjects such as polymer crystallization and properties, material dynamics and properties, concrete corrosion and durability, aluminum alloys composites properties, advanced ceramic materials synthesis, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, and rheology and fluid dynamics studies.

Yamamoto's recent published papers include the following:

  • "Orientation control of carbon fibers and enhanced thermal/mechanical properties of hot-extruded carbon fibers/aluminum composites" (2021) in Diamond and Related Materials
  • "Microstructure and thermal properties of nickel-coated carbon fibers/aluminum composites" (2020) in Journal of Composite Materials
  • "Chain-Level Analysis of Reinforced Polyethylene through Stretch-Induced Crystallization" (2024) in ACS Macro Letters
  • "Engineering of Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal proteins" (2022) in Journal of Pesticide Science
  • "Alcohol drinking and brain morphometry in apparently healthy community-dwelling Japanese men" (2020) in Alcohol

Yamamoto frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Mohammed Althaf Hussain
  • Shigeru Yao
  • Syed Farooq Adil
  • Satoshi Takaya
  • Kazumichi Uemizu

Publications by Yamamoto appear repeatedly in notable venues such as:

  • Polymers
  • Japanese Journal of JSCE
  • Diamond and Related Materials
  • ACS Macro Letters
  • Journal of Pesticide Science

Best Publications

  • Neural substrates for conditioned taste aversion in the rat

    Takashi Yamamoto;Tsuyoshi Shimura;Noritaka Sako;Yasunobu Yasoshima

  • Receptor that leaves a sour taste in the mouth

    Shinya Ugawa;Shinya Ugawa;Yuki Minami;Wei Guo;Wei Guo;Yoshitsugu Saishin;Yoshitsugu Saishin

  • Taste responses of cortical neurons in freely ingesting rats

    T. Yamamoto;R. Matsuo;Y. Kiyomitsu;R. Kitamura

  • Nav2/NaG channel is involved in control of salt-intake behavior in the CNS.

    Eiji Watanabe;Akihiro Fujikawa;Haruyuki Matsunaga;Yasunobu Yasoshima

  • Conditioned taste aversion in rats with excitotoxic brain lesions

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  • Gustatory responses of cortical neurons in rats. I. Response characteristics.

    T. Yamamoto;N. Yuyama;T. Kato;Y. Kawamura

  • Representation of hedonics and quality of taste stimuli in the parabrachial nucleus of the rat

    Takashi Yamamoto;Tsuyoshi Shimura;Nobuyuki Sakai;Norimi Ozaki

  • Amiloride-insensitive currents of the acid-sensing ion channel-2a (ASIC2a)/ASIC2b heteromeric sour-taste receptor channel.

    Shinya Ugawa;Takashi Yamamoto;Takashi Ueda;Yusuke Ishida

  • C-fos expression in the rat brain after intraperitoneal injection of lithium chloride

    T Yamamoto;T Shimura;N Sako;S Azuma

  • Brain mechanisms of taste aversion learning in the rat.

    Takashi Yamamoto;Yoshiyuki Fujimoto

  • Electrophysiological and behavioral studies on the taste of umami substances in the rat.

    Takashi Yamamoto;Ryuji Matsuo;Yoshiyuki Fujimoto;Isao Fukunaga

  • Neural mechanisms of taste aversion learning.

    Takashi Yamamoto

  • The medial preoptic area is involved in both sexual arousal and performance in male rats: re-evaluation of neuron activity in freely moving animals

    Tsuyoshi Shimura;Takashi Yamamoto;Minoru Shimokochi

  • Gustatory responses of cortical neurons in rats. II: Information processing of taste quality

    T. Yamamoto;N. Yuyama;T. Kato;Y. Kawamura

  • Conditioned taste aversion and c‐fos expression in the rat brainstem after administration of various USs

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  • Sensory inputs from the oral region to the cerebral cortex in behaving rats: an analysis of unit responses in cortical somatosensory and taste areas during ingestive behavior.

    T. Yamamoto;R. Matsuo;Y. Kiyomitsu;R. Kitamura

  • Functional relations between the cortical gustatory area and the amygdala: electrophysiological and behavioral studies in rats.

    T. Yamamoto;S. Azuma;Y. Kawamura

  • Cortical neurons responding to tactile, thermal and taste stimulations of the rat's tongue

    Takashi Yamamoto;Takashi Yamamoto;Noriyuki Yuyama;Noriyuki Yuyama;Yojiro Kawamura;Yojiro Kawamura

  • Gustatory responses of cortical neurons in rats. III. Neural and behavioral measures compared

    T. Yamamoto;N. Yuyama;T. Kato;Y. Kawamura

  • Taste effects of ‘umami’ substances in hamsters as studied by electrophysiological and conditioned taste aversion techniques

    Takashi Yamamoto;Ryuji Matsuo;Yoshitaka Kiyomitsu;Ryuji Kitamura

  • Studies on gustatory responses of amygdaloid neurons in rats.

    S. Azuma;T. Yamamoto;Y. Kawamura

  • substrates for conditioned taste aversion in the rat

    Takashi Yamamoto;Tsuyoshi Shimura;Noritaka Sako;Yasunobu Yasoshima

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas R. Scott
Thomas R. Scott San Diego State University
Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni
Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni National Autonomous University of Mexico
Yuchio Yanagawa
Yuchio Yanagawa Gunma University
Jan Bures
Jan Bures Czech Academy of Sciences
Yukihiro Noda
Yukihiro Noda Meijo University
Masanobu Kano
Masanobu Kano University of Tokyo

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