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Overview

Yasuo Sakuma is affiliated with Nippon Medical School in Japan and has contributed to multiple fields within neuroscience and psychology. Their research primarily focuses on neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, circadian rhythm and melatonin, stress responses and cortisol, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, as well as infant health and development.

Their recent publications include:

  • Preoptic and hypothalamic regulation of multi-tiered, chronologically arranged female rat sexual behavior, 2023, The Journal of Physiological Sciences
  • Oxytocin facilitates human touch-induced play behavior in rats, 2025, Current Biology

Yasuo Sakuma often collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Himeka Hayashi
  • Sayaka Tateishi
  • Ayumu Inutsuka
  • Sho Maejima
  • Daisuke Hagiwara

Their work has been published in venues such as:

  • The Journal of Physiological Sciences
  • Current Biology

Main fields of study for Sakuma include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Subfields that are a focus of their research cover:

  • Social Psychology
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Pharmacy

Their research topics also explore:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Infant health and development

Best Publications

  • Oxytocin-Gaze Positive Loop and the Coevolution of Human-Dog Bonds

    Miho Nagasawa;Shouhei Mitsui;Shiori En;Nobuyo Ohtani

  • Facilitation of the lordosis reflex of female rats from the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus.

    D W Pfaff;Y Sakuma

  • Deficit in the lordosis reflex of female rats caused by lesions in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus.

    D W Pfaff;Y Sakuma

  • Laser-Captured Single Digoxigenin-Labeled Neurons of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Types Reveal a Novel G Protein-Coupled Receptor (Gpr54) during Maturation in Cichlid Fish

    Ishwar S. Parhar;Satoshi Ogawa;Yasuo Sakuma

  • Facilitation of female reproductive behavior from mesensephalic central gray in the rat

    Y. Sakuma;D. W. Pfaff

  • Mesencephalic mechanisms for integration of female reproductive behavior in the rat.

    Y. Sakuma;D. W. Pfaff

  • LH-RH in the mesencephalic central grey can potentiate lordosis reflex of female rats

    Yasuo Sakuma;Donald W. Pfaff

  • Sexually dimorphic expression of estrogen receptor β in the anteroventral periventricular nucleus of the rat preoptic area: Implication in luteinizing hormone surge

    Chitose Orikasa;Yasuhiko Kondo;Shinji Hayashi;Bruce S. McEwen

  • Axon-sparing lesion of the preoptic area enhances receptivity and diminishes proceptivity among components of female rat sexual behavior

    Yuko Hoshina;Teruko Takeo;Kyoko Nakano;Tatsusuke Sato

  • Importance of the medial amygdala in rat penile erection evoked by remote stimuli from estrous females

    Yasuhiko Kondo;Benjamin D Sachs;Yasuo Sakuma

  • Using a customized DNA microarray for expression profiling of the estrogen-responsive genes to evaluate estrogen activity among natural estrogens and industrial chemicals.

    Shunichi Terasaka;Yukie Aita;Akio Inoue;Shinichi Hayashi

  • Modulation of the Lordosis Reflex of Female Rats by LHRH, Its Antiserum and Analogs in the Mesencephalic Central Gray

    Yasuo Sakuma;Donald W. Pfaff

  • Ghrelin gene in cichlid fish is modulated by sex and development

    Ishwar S Parhar;Hideki Sato;Yasuo Sakuma

  • Gonadal steroid action and brain sex differentiation in the rat.

    Y. Sakuma

  • Estrogen configures sexual dimorphism in the preoptic area of C57BL/6J and ddN strains of mice

    Chitose Orikasa;Yasuo Sakuma

  • Estrogen excites oxytocinergic, but not vasopressinergic cells in the paraventricular nucleus of female rat hypothalamus

    Takao Akaishi;Yasuo Sakuma

  • Characterization of Voltage-Gated Calcium Currents in Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons Tagged with Green Fluorescent Protein in Rats

    Masakatsu Kato;Kumiko Ui-Tei;Miho Watanabe;Yasuo Sakuma

  • Neuronal activity in female rat preoptic area associated with sexually motivated behavior.

    Akira Kato;Yasuo Sakuma

  • Responses of hypothalamic neurons to the microiontophoresis of LH-RH, LH and FSH under various levels of circulating ovarian hormones.

    M. Kawakami;Y. Sakuma

  • Thyroid hormone and estrogen regulate brain region-specific messenger ribonucleic acids encoding three gonadotropin-releasing hormone genes in sexually immature male fish, Oreochromis niloticus.

    Ishwar S. Parhar;Tomoko Soga;Yasuo Sakuma

Frequent Co-Authors

Ishwar S. Parhar
Ishwar S. Parhar University of Toyama
Donald W. Pfaff
Donald W. Pfaff Rockefeller University
Bruce S. McEwen
Bruce S. McEwen Rockefeller University
Taketoshi Ono
Taketoshi Ono University of Toyama
Takahiro Moriya
Takahiro Moriya Tohoku University
Edward N. Trifonov
Edward N. Trifonov University of Haifa
Hitoo Nishino
Hitoo Nishino Nagoya City University
Hisao Nishijo
Hisao Nishijo University of Toyama
Junichi Nabekura
Junichi Nabekura National Institutes of Natural Sciences

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