Yasuo Sakuma

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
164 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Yasuo Sakuma is a scholar working on Reproductive Medicine, Social Psychology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yasuo Sakuma has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Reproductive Medicine, 69 papers in Social Psychology and 35 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yasuo Sakuma's work include Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones (80 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (69 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (26 papers). Yasuo Sakuma is often cited by papers focused on Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones (80 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (69 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (26 papers). Yasuo Sakuma collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Yasuo Sakuma's co-authors include Donald W. Pfaff, Ishwar S. Parhar, Yasuhiko Kondo, Satoshi Ogawa, Tomoko Soga, Chitose Orikasa, Masakatsu Kato, Hirotaka Ishii, Teruko Takeo and Takefumi Kikusui and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yasuo Sakuma

161 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Oxytocin-gaze positive loop and the coevolution of human-dog bonds

2015 479 citations Yasuo Sakuma, Tatsushi Onaka et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yasuo Sakuma Japan	40	2.7k	2.3k	1.7k	1.1k	926	164	5.8k
Stuart Tobet United States	46	2.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	677 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	170	5.8k
Lance J. Kriegsfeld United States	50	3.1k 1.2×	1.7k 0.7×	992 0.6×	3.1k 2.8×	1.1k 1.2×	131	7.1k
Ei Terasawa United States	46	4.9k 1.8×	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	147	7.0k
Joan I. Morrell United States	48	1.9k 0.7×	3.2k 1.4×	730 0.4×	1.3k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	108	5.9k
Charles E. Roselli United States	43	2.4k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	426 0.4×	521 0.6×	130	5.4k
Jon E. Levine United States	46	4.2k 1.6×	1.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.4×	929 1.0×	123	6.8k
Henryk F. Urbanski United States	35	2.0k 0.8×	787 0.3×	822 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	570 0.6×	157	4.3k
Lothar Jennes United States	35	1.8k 0.7×	925 0.4×	496 0.3×	920 0.8×	1.8k 2.0×	97	4.7k
Suzanne M. Moenter United States	53	7.0k 2.6×	2.4k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	1.9k 1.7×	1.2k 1.3×	133	9.2k
Paul E. Micevych United States	56	3.0k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	2.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	3.4k 3.6×	190	8.8k

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Inutsuka, Ayumu, Sho Maejima, Daisuke Hagiwara, et al.. (2025). Oxytocin facilitates human touch-induced play behavior in rats. Current Biology. 35(12). 2916–2926.e3.

Terada, Misao, et al.. (2018). Oxytocin is indispensable for conspecific-odor preference and controls the initiation of female, but not male, sexual behavior in mice. Neuroscience Research. 148. 34–41. 9 indexed citations

Hattori, Yujiro, Hirotaka Ishii, Hiroshi Watanabe, et al.. (2016). Human C-terminally truncated ERα variants resulting from the use of alternative exons in the ligand-binding domain. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 425. 111–122. 16 indexed citations

Hattori, Yujiro, Hirotaka Ishii, Akio Morita, Yasuo Sakuma, & Hitoshi Ozawa. (2015). Characterization of the fundamental properties of the N-terminal truncation (Δ exon 1) variant of estrogen receptor α in the rat. Gene. 571(1). 117–125. 17 indexed citations

Xiao, Kai, Atsuhiko Chiba, Yasuo Sakuma, & Yasuhiko Kondo. (2015). Transient reversal of olfactory preference following castration in male rats: Implication for estrogen receptor involvement. Physiology & Behavior. 152(Pt A). 161–167. 5 indexed citations

Yin, Changcheng, Hirotaka Ishii, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Yasuo Sakuma, & M. Kato. (2008). Activation of A‐Type γ‐Amino Butyric Acid Receptors Excites Gonadotrophin‐Releasing Hormone Neurones Isolated from Adult Rats. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 20(5). 566–575. 56 indexed citations

Kondo, Yasuhiko & Yasuo Sakuma. (2005). The Medial Amygdala Controls the Coital Access of Female Rats: A Possible Involvement of Emotional Responsiveness. The Japanese Journal of Physiology. 55(6). 345–353. 31 indexed citations

Inoue, Akio, Shinichi Hayashi, Kazuhiko Aoyagi, et al.. (2004). Using a customized DNA microarray for expression profiling of the estrogen-responsive genes to evaluate estrogen activity among natural estrogens and industrial chemicals.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 112(7). 773–781. 83 indexed citations

Xiao, Kai, Yasuhiko Kondo, & Yasuo Sakuma. (2004). Sex-specific effects of gonadal steroids on conspecific odor preference in the rat. Hormones and Behavior. 46(3). 356–361. 54 indexed citations

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Rho, Jeung-Yon, Yuko Wada‐Kiyama, Yoshiaki Onishi, Ryoiti Kiyama, & Yasuo Sakuma. (2004). Expressional Regulation of Neuronal and Cancer‐Related Genes by Estrogen in Adult Female Rats. Endocrine Research. 30(2). 257–267. 8 indexed citations

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Kondo, Yasuhiko, et al.. (2003). Activation of accessory olfactory bulb neurons during copulatory behavior after deprivation of vomeronasal inputs in male rats. Brain Research. 962(1-2). 232–236. 26 indexed citations

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Ohnishi, Hideo, Yasuhiko Kondo, & Yasuo Sakuma. (2003). Oestrogen‐Induced Vigorous Mounting in Female Rats Carrying Hypothalamic Knife Cuts. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 15(6). 602–606. 4 indexed citations

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Sakuma, Yasuo, et al.. (2000). Angiotensin II increases intracellular Ca2+ concentration in folliculo-stellate cells of the rat anterior pituitary in primary culture. Brain Research. 859(1). 167–168. 6 indexed citations

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Kondo, Yasuhiko, Kazuya Tomihara, & Yasuo Sakuma. (1999). Sensory requirements for noncontact penile erection in the rat.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 113(5). 1062–1070. 30 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Naomasa, et al.. (1998). Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) innervation of the pituitary in a cichlid fish, Oreochromis niloticus: a brain lesion study.. PubMed. 73(1). 55–57. 7 indexed citations

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Kato, Masakatsu & Yasuo Sakuma. (1997). Regulation by Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone and Somatostatin of a Na+ Current in the Primary Cultured Rat Somatotroph*. Endocrinology. 138(12). 5096–5100. 27 indexed citations

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Parhar, Ishwar S., Tomoko Soga, & Yasuo Sakuma. (1996). In situ hybridization for two differentially expressed GnRH genes following estrogen and triiodothyronine treatment in the brains of juvenile tilapia (cichlid). Neuroscience Letters. 218(2). 135–138. 17 indexed citations

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Sakuma, Yasuo. (1994). Estrogen-Induced Changes in the Neural Impulse Flow from the Female Rat Preoptic Region. Hormones and Behavior. 28(4). 438–444. 29 indexed citations

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Hasegawa, Naoya, Teruko Takeo, & Yasuo Sakuma. (1991). Differential regulation of estrogen-dependent sexual development of rat brain by growth factors. Neuroscience Letters. 123(2). 183–186. 10 indexed citations

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Sakuma, Yasuo & Donald W. Pfaff. (1982). Properties of ventromedial hypothalamic neurons with axons to midbrain central gray. Experimental Brain Research. 46(2). 292–300. 41 indexed citations

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