Shigeru Matsukura

A role for ghrelin in the central regulation of feeding

Masamitsu Nakazato, Noboru Murakami, Yukari Date et al. · Nature · 2001 · 3.4K citations

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Physiology +12

Ghrelin, a Novel Growth Hormone-Releasing Acylated Peptide, Is Synthesized in a Distinct Endocrine Cell Type in the Gastrointestinal Tracts of Rats and Humans¹

Yukari Date, Masayasu Kojima, Hiroshi Hosoda et al. · Endocrinology · 2000 · 1.8K citations

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Physiology +17

Plasma Ghrelin Levels in Lean and Obese Humans and the Effect of Glucose on Ghrelin Secretion

Masamitsu Nakazato, Masanari Mizuta, Yukari Date et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2002 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Physiology +16

The role of the gastric afferent vagal nerve in ghrelin-induced feeding and growth hormone secretion in rats

Yukari Date, Noboru Murakami, Koji Toshinai et al. · Gastroenterology · 2002 · 1.1K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Physiology +15

Orexins, orexigenic hypothalamic peptides, interact with autonomic, neuroendocrine and neuroregulatory systems

Yukari Date, Yoichi Ueta, Hiroshi Yamashita et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1999 · 1K citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17