GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY 171(1) 33-38 2011年3月 [査読有り]
Neurotensin, a tridecapeptide, is distributed in a wide range of tissues and exhibits multiple functions through its receptors. Hitherto molecular characterization of the neurotensin receptor has been reported in mammalian, amphibian, and fish spe...
Takahiro J. Nakamura   Michael T. Sellix   Takashi Kudo   Nobuhiro Nakao   Takashi Yoshimura   Shizufumi Ebihara   Christopher S. Colwell   Gene D. Block   
STEROIDS 75(3) 203-212 2010年3月 [査読有り]
Circadian rhythms in physiology and behavior are known to be influenced by the estrous cycle in female rodents. The clock genes responsible for the generation of circadian oscillations are widely expressed both within the central nervous system an...
Hiroko Ono   Nobuhiro Nakao   Takashi Yoshimura   
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY 163(1-2) 2-6 2009年8月 [査読有り]
Animals measure photoperiod (daylength) and adapt to seasonal changes in the environment by altering their physiology and behavior accordingly. Although this photoperiodic response has long been of interest, the underlying mechanism has only recen...
Photoperiodism is an adaptation mechanism that enables animals to predict seasonal changes in the environment. Japanese quail is the best model organism for studying photoperiodism. Although the recent availability of chicken genome sequences has ...
The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 71(5) 641-644 2009年5月 [査読有り]
GPR39 is an orphan G protein-coupled receptor that is thought to be involved in gastrointestinal and metabolic function. In this study, we cloned bovine GPR39 cDNA that encoded 462 amino acids showing high sequence homology to other mammalian GPR3...