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Yuzo Ninomiya

Yuzo Ninomiya

Kyushu University
Japan

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
70
Citations
15119
World Ranking
2547
National Ranking
59

Yuzo Ninomiya publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yuzo Ninomiya sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 257 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Yuzo Ninomiya D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yuzo Ninomiya sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yuzo Ninomiya is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan and has contributed research primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Nursing. Their work encompasses various subfields including Nutrition and Dietetics, Sensory Systems, Biomedical Engineering, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Their research focuses extensively on topics related to biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, olfactory and sensory function studies, and advanced chemical sensor technologies. Additional areas of study include the regulation of appetite and obesity, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, pancreatic function and diabetes, as well as growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors.

Recent notable publications by Yuzo Ninomiya include:

  • "Sodium-glucose cotransporter 1 as a sugar taste sensor in mouse tongue" (2020) published in Acta Physiologica
  • "Comparative analysis of enteroendocrine cells and their hormones between mouse intestinal organoids and native tissues" (2020) published in Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry
  • "Identification of characteristic compounds of moderate volatility in breast cancer cell lines" (2020) published in PLoS ONE
  • "Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase mediates the sweet suppressive effect of leptin in mouse taste cells" (2020) published in Journal of Neurochemistry
  • "Lipopolysaccharide increases bitter taste sensitivity via epigenetic changes in Tas2r gene clusters" (2023) published in iScience

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ninomiya include:

  • Ryusuke Yoshida
  • Robert F. Margolskee
  • Keiko Yasumatsu
  • Peihua Jiang
  • Kengo Horie

Key publication venues where Ninomiya's work appears consist of:

  • Acta Physiologica
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry
  • PLoS ONE
  • iScience

Best Publications

  • T1R3 and gustducin in gut sense sugars to regulate expression of Na+-glucose cotransporter 1

    Robert F. Margolskee;Jane Dyer;Zaza Kokrashvili;Kieron S. H. Salmon

  • Detection of Sweet and Umami Taste in the Absence of Taste Receptor T1r3

    Sami Damak;Minqing Rong;Keiko Yasumatsu;Zaza Kokrashvili

  • Heat activation of TRPM5 underlies thermal sensitivity of sweet taste

    Karel Talavera;Keiko Yasumatsu;Thomas Voets;Guy Droogmans

  • Molecular genetic identification of a candidate receptor gene for sweet taste.

    Michinori Kitagawa;Yuko Kusakabe;Hirohito Miura;Yuzo Ninomiya

  • Taste Preference for Fatty Acids Is Mediated by GPR40 and GPR120

    Cristina Cartoni;Keiko Yasumatsu;Tadahiro Ohkuri;Noriatsu Shigemura

  • Leptin as a modulator of sweet taste sensitivities in mice

    Kirio Kawai;Kumiko Sugimoto;Kiyohito Nakashima;Hirohito Miura

  • Trpm5 Null Mice Respond to Bitter, Sweet, and Umami Compounds

    Sami Damak;Minqing Rong;Minqing Rong;Keiko Yasumatsu;Zaza Kokrashvili

  • Sweet taste receptor expressed in pancreatic β-cells activates the calcium and cyclic AMP signaling systems and stimulates insulin secretion

    Yuko Nakagawa;Masahiro Nagasawa;Satoko Yamada;Akemi Hara

  • Amiloride inhibition of responses of rat single chorda tympani fibers to chemical and electrical tongue stimulations.

    Yuzo Ninomiya;Masaya Funakoshi

  • Leptin modulates behavioral responses to sweet substances by influencing peripheral taste structures.

    Noriatsu Shigemura;Rie Ohta;Yuko Kusakabe;Hirohito Miura

  • Endocannabinoids selectively enhance sweet taste

    Ryusuke Yoshida;Tadahiro Ohkuri;Masafumi Jyotaki;Toshiaki Yasuo

  • Abnormal Taste Perception in Mice Lacking the Type 3 Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor

    Chihiro Hisatsune;Keiko Yasumatsu;Hiromi Takahashi-Iwanaga;Naoko Ogawa

  • Gustatory sensation of (L)- and (D)-amino acids in humans.

    Misako Kawai;Misako Kawai;Yuki Sekine-Hayakawa;Atsushi Okiyama;Yuzo Ninomiya

  • Regional expression patterns of taste receptors and gustducin in the mouse tongue

    Mi-Ryung Kim;Yuko Kusakabe;Hirohito Miura;Yoichiro Shindo

  • Sensing of amino acids by the gut-expressed taste receptor T1R1-T1R3 stimulates CCK secretion

    Kristian Daly;Miran Al-Rammahi;Andrew William Moran;Marco Marcello

  • Umami Taste Responses Are Mediated by α-Transducin and α-Gustducin

    Wei He;Keiko Yasumatsu;Vijaya Varadarajan;Ayako Yamada

  • Diurnal Variation of Human Sweet Taste Recognition Thresholds Is Correlated With Plasma Leptin Levels

    Yuki Nakamura;Keisuke Sanematsu;Rie Ohta;Shinya Shirosaki

  • Primate Sense of Taste: Behavioral and Single Chorda Tympani and Glossopharyngeal Nerve Fiber Recordings in the Rhesus Monkey, Macaca mulatta

    Göran Hellekant;Vicktoria Danilova;Yuzo Ninomiya

  • High-resolution genetic mapping of the saccharin preference locus (Sac) and the putative sweet taste receptor (T1R1) gene (Gpr70) to mouse distal Chromosome 4.

    Xia Li;Masashi Inoue;Danielle R. Reed;Taufiqul Huque

  • Sour Taste Responses in Mice Lacking PKD Channels

    Nao Horio;Ryusuke Yoshida;Keiko Yasumatsu;Keiko Yasumatsu;Yuchio Yanagawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryusuke Yoshida
Ryusuke Yoshida Okayama University
Robert F. Margolskee
Robert F. Margolskee Monell Chemical Senses Center
Hiroshi Honda
Hiroshi Honda Kyushu University
Yuchio Yanagawa
Yuchio Yanagawa Gunma University
Gary K. Beauchamp
Gary K. Beauchamp Monell Chemical Senses Center
Kunihiko Obata
Kunihiko Obata The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Karel Talavera
Karel Talavera KU Leuven
Thomas Voets
Thomas Voets KU Leuven
Bernd Nilius
Bernd Nilius KU Leuven
Soraya P. Shirazi-Beechey
Soraya P. Shirazi-Beechey University of Liverpool

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