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Yasufumi Shigeyoshi

Yasufumi Shigeyoshi

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Neuroscience

D-Index
38
Citations
8992
World Ranking
8451
National Ranking
299

Overview

Yasufumi Shigeyoshi is affiliated with Kindai University in Japan. Their research spans multiple disciplines including Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these fields, Shigeyoshi has contributed extensively to several subfields such as Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Aging.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics related to circadian rhythm and melatonin, muscle physiology and disorders, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms, muscle metabolism and nutrition, adipose tissue and metabolism, and sleep and wakefulness research.

Notable recent publications by Shigeyoshi include:

  • Bright light improves sleep in patients with Parkinson's disease: possible role of circadian restoration (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Circadian Regulation of IOP Rhythm by Dual Pathways of Glucocorticoids and the Sympathetic Nervous System (2020, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science)
  • cAMP response element induces Per1 in vivo (2020, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications)
  • Effects of aging on basement membrane of tibialis anterior muscle during recovery following muscle injury in rats (2022, Microscopy)
  • Circadian rhythms of sorting nexin 25 in the mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus (2020, Neuroscience Letters)

Shigeyoshi frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors, with several notable collaborators including Mamoru Nagano, Satoshi Koinuma, Yuji Kanazawa, T. Yoshikawa, and Yoichi Minami. These collaborations have contributed to a sustained output of research published in journals such as the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, European Journal of Neuroscience, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Scientific Reports, and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

The scientist's body of work demonstrates a strong focus on understanding complex biological rhythms, particularly circadian processes, and their implications for health and disease. The integration of molecular biology and neuroscience in their research provides insights into mechanisms underlying muscle physiology, aging, and endocrine regulation.

Best Publications

  • Circadian oscillation of a mammalian homologue of the Drosophila period gene.

    Hajime Tei;Hitoshi Okamura;Yasufumi Shigeyoshi;Chiaki Fukuhara

  • 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

  • A transcription factor response element for gene expression during circadian night

    Hiroki R. Ueda;Wenbin Chen;Akihito Adachi;Hisanori Wakamatsu

  • System-level identification of transcriptional circuits underlying mammalian circadian clocks.

    Hiroki R Ueda;Satoko Hayashi;Wenbin Chen;Motoaki Sano

  • Abnormal development of the olfactory bulb and reproductive system in mice lacking prokineticin receptor PKR2

    Shun-ichiro Matsumoto;Chihiro Yamazaki;Koh-hei Masumoto;Mamoru Nagano

  • Per1 and Per2 gene expression in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus: circadian profile and the compartment-specific response to light

    L. Yan;S. Takekida;Y. Shigeyoshi;H. Okamura

  • An Abrupt Shift in the Day/Night Cycle Causes Desynchrony in the Mammalian Circadian Center

    Mamoru Nagano;Akihito Adachi;Ken-ichi Nakahama;Toru Nakamura

  • Development of the circadian oscillator during differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells in vitro

    Kazuhiro Yagita;Kyoji Horie;Satoshi Koinuma;Wataru Nakamura

  • A new mammalian period gene predominantly expressed in the suprachiasmatic nucleus

    Toru Takumi;Chiaki Matsubara;Yasufumi Shigeyoshi;Kouji Taguchi

  • Melanopsin-dependent photo-perturbation reveals desynchronization underlying the singularity of mammalian circadian clocks

    Hideki Ukai;Tetsuya J Kobayashi;Mamoru Nagano;Koh-hei Masumoto

  • Acute induction of Eya3 by late-night light stimulation triggers TSHβ expression in photoperiodism

    Koh-hei Masumoto;Maki Ukai-Tadenuma;Takeya Kasukawa;Mamoru Nagano

  • Development of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide mRNA Rhythm in the Rat Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

    Yuriko Ban;Yasufumi Shigeyoshi;Hitoshi Okamura

  • LARK activates posttranscriptional expression of an essential mammalian clock protein, PERIOD1.

    Shihoko Kojima;Ken Matsumoto;Matsumi Hirose;Miyuki Shimada

  • Functional Morphology of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

    Yasuhiko Ibata;Hitoshi Okamura;Masaki Tanaka;Yoshitaka Tamada

  • Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors Chrm1 and Chrm3 Are Essential for REM Sleep

    Yasutaka Niwa;Genki N. Kanda;Rikuhiro G. Yamada;Shoi Shi

  • Expression of the Per1 gene in the hamster: Brain atlas and circadian characteristics in the suprachiasmatic nucleus

    Shuzo Yamamoto;Yasufumi Shigeyoshi;Yasufumi Shigeyoshi;Yoshiki Ishida;Tsuyoshi Fukuyama

  • Tissue-specific posttranslational modification allows functional targeting of thyrotropin.

    Keisuke Ikegami;Xiao-Hui Liao;Yuta Hoshino;Hiroko Ono

  • Differential entrainment of peripheral clocks in the rat by glucocorticoid and feeding.

    Mitsugu Sujino;Keiichi Furukawa;Satoshi Koinuma;Atsuko Fujioka

  • Analysis and synthesis of high-amplitude Cis-elements in the mammalian circadian clock

    Yuichi Kumaki;Maki Ukai-Tadenuma;Ken-ichiro D. Uno;Junko Nishio

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel Gq-coupled orphan receptor GPRg1 exclusively expressed in the central nervous system.

    Ayako Matsuo;Shun-ichiro Matsumoto;Mamoru Nagano;Koh-hei Masumoto;Koh-hei Masumoto

  • Variations in PROKR2, but not PROK2, are associated with hypopituitarism and septo-optic dysplasia.

    Mark J. McCabe;Carles Gaston-Massuet;Louise C. Gregory;Kyriaki S. Alatzoglou

  • Two types of VIP neuronal components in rat suprachiasmatic nucleus.

    Kunihiko Kawamoto;Mamoru Nagano;Fumio Kanda;Kazuo Chihara

  • Quantitative expression profile of distinct functional regions in the adult mouse brain.

    Takeya Kasukawa;Koh hei Masumoto;Itoshi Nikaido;Mamoru Nagano

Frequent Co-Authors

Toru Takumi
Toru Takumi Kobe University
Yoshiyuki Sakaki
Yoshiyuki Sakaki Toyohashi University of Technology
Peter Koopman
Peter Koopman University of Queensland
Koichi Kawakami
Koichi Kawakami National Institute of Genetics
Mitsuyuki Matsumoto
Mitsuyuki Matsumoto Astellas Pharma (Japan)
Shigenobu Shibata
Shigenobu Shibata Waseda University
Amita Sehgal
Amita Sehgal University of Pennsylvania
Takahiro Moriya
Takahiro Moriya Tohoku University
Takashi Kanbayashi
Takashi Kanbayashi University of Tsukuba

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