Hirokazu Tanaka

Orexins and Orexin Receptors: A Family of Hypothalamic Neuropeptides and G Protein-Coupled Receptors that Regulate Feeding Behavior

S. Carr, D. Bergsma, Shelagh Wilson, 1998, Cell.

Aromatic D-amino acids act as chemoattractant factors for human leukocytes through a G protein-coupled receptor, GPR109B

T. Sakurai, M. Yanagisawa, Hirokazu Tanaka, 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Endothelin-1 Stimulates Leptin Production in Adipocytes*

C. Slaughter, J. Richardson, Motonao Nakamura, 2001, The Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Characterization of a family of endogenous neuropeptide ligands for the G protein-coupled receptors GPR7 and GPR8

A. Yamanaka, T. Sakurai, B. O'dowd, 2003, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Analysis of two pharmacologically predicted endothelin B receptor subtypes by using the endothelin B receptor gene knockout mouse

T. Masaki, S. Kimura, Hirokazu Tanaka, 1997, British journal of pharmacology.

Distribution of neuropeptide W immunoreactivity and mRNA in adult rat brain

T. Sakurai, M. Yanagisawa, T. Motoike, 2006, Brain Research.

Novel Mutations of the Endothelin B Receptor Gene in Patients with Hirschsprung’s Disease and Their Characterization*

M. Yanagisawa, S. Sekiya, T. Masaki, 1998, The Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Neuropeptide B induces slow wave sleep in mice.

A. Yamanaka, N. Hirashima, Hirokazu Tanaka, 2011, Sleep.

Variants of the orexin2/hcrt2 receptor gene identified in patients with excessive daytime sleepiness and patients with Tourette's syndrome comorbidity

D. Comings, H. Moldofsky, T. Sakurai, 2004, American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics.

Mesolimbic neuropeptide W coordinates stress responses under novel environments

R. Hammer, T. Sakurai, M. Yanagisawa, 2016, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Sensitivity of orexin-A binding to phospholipase C inhibitors, neuropeptide Y, and secretin.

S. L. Parker, H. Tanaka, Hirokazu Tanaka, 2000, Biochemical and biophysical research communications.