Thyrotrophin in the pars tuberalis triggers photoperiodic response

Nobuhiro Nakao, Hiroko Ono, Takashi Yamamura, +19

Nature

OptogeneticsPhysiologyThyroid HormoneHealth Sciences

A mammalian neural tissue opsin (Opsin 5) is a deep brain photoreceptor in birds

Yusuke Nakane, Keisuke Ikegami, Hiroko Ono, +6

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Involvement of thyrotropin in photoperiodic signal transduction in mice

Hiroko Ono, Yuta Hoshino, Shinobu Yasuo, +6

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Nocturnal Melatonin SecretionMelatonin AdministrationCellular PhysiologyHigh DensityNeuroendocrine Mechanism +16

The saccus vasculosus of fish is a sensor of seasonal changes in day length

Yusuke Nakane, Keisuke Ikegami, Masayuki Iigo, +18

Nature Communications

Screening of Clock Gene Polymorphisms Demonstrates Association of a PER3 Polymorphism with Morningness–Eveningness Preference and Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder

Akiko Hida, Shingo Kitamura, Yasuko Katayose, +10

Scientific Reports

Origins and genetic features of the Okhotsk people, revealed by ancient mitochondrial DNA analysis

Takehiro Sato, Tetsuya Amano, Hiroko Ono, +5

Journal of Human Genetics

BiologyOkhotsk PeoplePhylogeneticsMolecular EvidenceNatural Sciences +9

Tissue-Specific Posttranslational Modification Allows Functional Targeting of Thyrotropin

Keisuke Ikegami, Xiao-Hui Liao, Yuta Hoshino, +12

Cell Reports

Progesterone Is a Sperm-Releasing Factor from the Sperm-Storage Tubules in Birds

Tomomi Ito, Norio Yoshizaki, Toshinobu Tokumoto, +5

Endocrinology

Mitochondrial DNA haplogrouping of the Okhotsk people based on analysis of ancient DNA: an intermediate of gene flow from the continental Sakhalin people to the Ainu

Takehiro Sato, Tetsuya Amano, Hiroko Ono, +5

Anthropological Science

GeneticsArchaeologyPhylogenetic AnalysisPhylogeneticsMolecular Ecology +19

Differential response of type 2 deiodinase gene expression to photoperiod between photoperiodic Fischer 344 and nonphotoperiodic Wistar rats

Shinobu Yasuo, Miwa Watanabe, Masayuki Iigo, +6

American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology

PhotobiologyMolecular BiologyDeiodinase Gene ExpressionReproductive BiologyPhotoperiodic Fischer 344 +19