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Yutaka Oomura

Yutaka Oomura

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67
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Overview

Yutaka Oomura is a researcher affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan. Their work spans multiple fields including neuroscience and medicine, with a particular focus on the regulation of pancreatic function, appetite, and obesity.

The scientist's recent publication record includes a paper titled "Glucose signaling in the brain and periphery to memory", published in 2020 in the journal Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. This paper explores mechanisms linking glucose signaling between central and peripheral systems and its relationship to memory processes.

Oomura's research topics cover:

  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Regulation of appetite and obesity
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms

The main fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Subfields represented in their work are:

  • Surgery
  • Endocrine and autonomic systems
  • Neurology

Among frequent co-authors, Oomura has collaborated with:

  • Md. Shamim Hossain
  • Takehiko Fujino
  • Koichi Akashi

The body of work has appeared in the publication venue Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.

Best Publications

  • Impairment of long-term potentiation and spatial memory in leptin receptor-deficient rodents

    X.-L Li;S Aou;Y Oomura;N Hori

  • Tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-1 beta: suppression of food intake by direct action in the central nervous system.

    Carlos R. Plata-Salamán;Yutaka Oomura;Yukihiro Kai

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

    Shigenobu Shibata;Yutaka Oomura;Hitoshi Kita;Kiichi Hattori

  • Leptin facilitates learning and memory performance and enhances hippocampal CA1 long-term potentiation and CaMK II phosphorylation in rats.

    Y. Oomura;N. Hori;T. Shiraishi;K. Fukunaga

  • Glucose Inhibition of the Glucose-sensitive Neurone in the Rat Lateral Hypothalamus

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  • Intracellular calcium ions decrease the affinity of the GABA receptor.

    M. Inoue;Y. Oomura;T. Yakushiji;N. Akaike

  • Glucose responding neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius of the rat: In vitro study

    Yuji Mizuno;Yutaka Oomura

  • Mechanism of the rapid effect of 17 beta-estradiol on medial amygdala neurons.

    Junichi Nabekura;Yutaka Oomura;Taketsugu Minami;Yuji Mizuno

  • Neural network of glucose monitoring system

    Yutaka Oomura;Hironobu Yoshimatsu

  • Reciprocal Activities of the Ventromedial and Lateral Hypothalamic Areas of Cats

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  • An HRP study of the afferent connections to rat medial hypothalamic region

    Hitoshi Kita;Yutaka Oomura

  • Glucose as a regulator of neuronal activity.

    Yutaka Oomura

  • Functional correlations between lateral hypothalamic glucose-sensitive neurons and hepatic portal glucose-sensitive units in rat

    Nobuaki Shimizu;Yutaka Oomura;Donald Novin;Carlos V. Grijalva

  • Orexin-A (Hypocretin-1) and leptin enhance LTP in the dentate gyrus of rats in vivo

    M. J. Wayner;Deborah L Armstrong;Clyde F Phelix;Y. Oomura

  • Convergence of hepatoportal glucose-sensitive afferent signals to glucose-sensitive units within the nucleus of the solitary tract.

    A. Adachi;A. Adachi;N. Shimizu;N. Shimizu;Y. Oomura;Y. Oomura;M. Kobáshi;M. Kobáshi

  • Effects of hypothalamic lesion on pancreatic autonomic nerve activity in the rat.

    Hironobu Yoshimatsu;Akira Niijima;Yutaka Oomura;Kazutoshi Yamabe

  • Prostaglandin D2, a cerebral sleep-inducing substance in monkeys

    Hirotaka Onoe;Ryuji Ueno;Ichiro Fujita;Hitoo Nishino

  • The effects of interleukin-1β on the activity of adrenal, splenic and renal sympathetic nerves in the rat

    Akira Niijima;Akira Niijima;Tetsuro Hori;Tetsuro Hori;Shuji Aou;Shuji Aou;Yutaka Oomura;Yutaka Oomura

  • Interleukin-6 inhibits long-term potentiation in rat hippocampal slices

    Ai Jun Li;Toshihiko Katafuchi;Shinichiro Oda;Tetsuro Hori

  • gamma‐Aminobutyric‐acid‐ and pentobarbitone‐gated chloride currents in internally perfused frog sensory neurones.

    N Akaike;K Hattori;N Inomata;Y Oomura

  • Expression of nesfatin-1/NUCB2 in rodent digestive system.

    Ai Qing Zhang;Xue Liang Li;Chun Ying Jiang;Lin Lin

  • Effects of leptin and orexin-A on food intake and feeding related hypothalamic neurons

    Takemasa Shiraishi;Yutaka Oomura;Kazuo Sasaki;Matthew J Wayner

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuo Sasaki
Kazuo Sasaki University of Toyama
Hitoo Nishino
Hitoo Nishino Nagoya City University
Ikuo Tooyama
Ikuo Tooyama Shiga University of Medical Science
Toshihiko Katafuchi
Toshihiko Katafuchi Kyushu University
Hironobu Yoshimatsu
Hironobu Yoshimatsu Oita University
Carlos R. Plata-Salamán
Carlos R. Plata-Salamán Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Hitoshi Kita
Hitoshi Kita University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Atsuo Fukuda
Atsuo Fukuda Hamamatsu University
Shigenobu Shibata
Shigenobu Shibata Waseda University
Ichiro Fujita
Ichiro Fujita Osaka University

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