Yuko Maejima

Nesfatin-1-Regulated Oxytocinergic Signaling in the Paraventricular Nucleus Causes Anorexia through a Leptin-Independent Melanocortin Pathway

Yuko Maejima, Udval Sedbazar, Shigetomo Suyama et al. · Cell Metabolism · 2009 · 313 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +16

Nesfatin-1 Neurons in Paraventricular and Supraoptic Nuclei of the Rat Hypothalamus Coexpress Oxytocin and Vasopressin and Are Activated by Refeeding

Daisuke Kohno, Masanori Nakata, Yuko Maejima et al. · Endocrinology · 2007 · 253 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

Peripheral oxytocin treatment ameliorates obesity by reducing food intake and visceral fat mass

Yuko Maejima, Yusaku Iwasaki, Yui Yamahara et al. · Aging · 2011 · 220 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Physiology +17

TAK-242, a specific inhibitor of Toll-like receptor 4 signalling, prevents endotoxemia-induced skeletal muscle wasting in mice

Yuko Ono, Yuko Maejima, Masafumi Saito et al. · Scientific Reports · 2020 · 154 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Pharmacology +17

Peripheral oxytocin activates vagal afferent neurons to suppress feeding in normal and leptin-resistant mice: a route for ameliorating hyperphagia and obesity

Yusaku Iwasaki, Yuko Maejima, Shigetomo Suyama et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology · 2014 · 151 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17