Akira Niijima

Ghrelin is an appetite-stimulatory signal from stomach with structural resemblance to motilin

Akihiro Asakawa, Akio Inui, Oshihiro Kaga et al. · Gastroenterology · 2001 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Energy Homeostasis, Appetite Control, Biochemistry +8

The hepatic vagal nerve is receptive to incretin hormone glucagon-like peptide-l, but not to glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide, in the portal vein

Makoto Nishizawa, Hajime Nakabayashi, Kenzo Uchida et al. · Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System · 1996 · 93 citations

Neuropeptides, Medicine, Liver Physiology +12

Leptin effects on feeding-related hypothalamic and peripheral neuronal activities in normal and obese rats

Takemasa Shiraishi, Kazuo Sasaki, Akira Niijima et al. · Nutrition · 1999 · 75 citations

Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Nutrition +14

An Electrophysiological Study on Amino Acid Sensors in the Hepato‐Portal System in the Rat

Akira Niijima, Michael M. Meguid · Obesity Research · 1995 · 64 citations · Full text

Cephalic-phase insulin release induced by taste stimulus of monosodium glutamate (umami taste)

Akira Niijima, Tomoko Togiyama, Akira Adachi · Physiology & Behavior · 1990 · 56 citations

Umami Taste, Cephalic-phase Insulin Release, Taste Stimulus +3