2026 Yuzo Ninomiya: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	70	2547	2328	59	55	257	15119

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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

1028
Citations
Detection of Sweet and Umami Taste in the Absence of Taste Receptor T1r3

Sami Damak;Minqing Rong;Keiko Yasumatsu;Zaza Kokrashvili

795
Citations
Heat activation of TRPM5 underlies thermal sensitivity of sweet taste

Karel Talavera;Keiko Yasumatsu;Thomas Voets;Guy Droogmans

597
Citations
Molecular genetic identification of a candidate receptor gene for sweet taste.

Michinori Kitagawa;Yuko Kusakabe;Hirohito Miura;Yuzo Ninomiya

580
Citations
Taste Preference for Fatty Acids Is Mediated by GPR40 and GPR120

Cristina Cartoni;Keiko Yasumatsu;Tadahiro Ohkuri;Noriatsu Shigemura

442
Citations
Leptin as a modulator of sweet taste sensitivities in mice

Kirio Kawai;Kumiko Sugimoto;Kiyohito Nakashima;Hirohito Miura

441
Citations
Trpm5 Null Mice Respond to Bitter, Sweet, and Umami Compounds

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

382
Citations
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

370
Citations
Amiloride inhibition of responses of rat single chorda tympani fibers to chemical and electrical tongue stimulations.

Yuzo Ninomiya;Masaya Funakoshi

254
Citations
Leptin modulates behavioral responses to sweet substances by influencing peripheral taste structures.

Noriatsu Shigemura;Rie Ohta;Yuko Kusakabe;Hirohito Miura

237
Citations
Endocannabinoids selectively enhance sweet taste

Ryusuke Yoshida;Tadahiro Ohkuri;Masafumi Jyotaki;Toshiaki Yasuo

228
Citations
Abnormal Taste Perception in Mice Lacking the Type 3 Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor

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

222
Citations
Gustatory sensation of (L)- and (D)-amino acids in humans.

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

221
Citations
Regional expression patterns of taste receptors and gustducin in the mouse tongue

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

221
Citations
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

214
Citations
Umami Taste Responses Are Mediated by α-Transducin and α-Gustducin

Wei He;Keiko Yasumatsu;Vijaya Varadarajan;Ayako Yamada

208
Citations
Diurnal Variation of Human Sweet Taste Recognition Thresholds Is Correlated With Plasma Leptin Levels

Yuki Nakamura;Keisuke Sanematsu;Rie Ohta;Shinya Shirosaki

201
Citations
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

190
Citations
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

177
Citations
Sour Taste Responses in Mice Lacking PKD Channels

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

169
Citations