We have achieved numerous research results in the field of chemosensory research.

The Touhara Group has been conducting olfactory research since its establishment in 1999.
We have published our research results in various forms, including papers and reviews.

The activity of a research group is measured by how much of the work that the group has done is published. Therefore, group members are marked in bold and corresponding authors are marked with an asterisk. Please refer to the profile page for Kazunari Touhara's complete work.

Original articles with peer review
corresponding authors are marked with an asterisk

1. 1. Yusuke Ihara, Chiori Ijichi, Yasuko Nogi, Masayuki Sugiki, Yuko Kodama, Sayoko Ihara, Mika Shirasu, Takatsugu Hirokawa, Kazushige Touhara
   Predicting human olfactory perception by odorant structure and receptor activation profile
   Chemical Senses, online (2025)
2. 2. MoreHiro Kondo, Tetsuo Iwata, Koji Sato, Riseru Koshiishi, Hikoyu Suzuki, Ken Murata, Marc Spehr, Kazushige Touhara, Masato Nikaido*, and Junji Hirota*
   Impaired pheromone detection and abnormal sexual behavior in female mice deficient for the putative vomeronasal receptor ancV1R
   Current Biology 35, p21-35.e8 (2025)
3. 3. MoreOkumura T., Kida I., Yokoi A., Nakai T., Nishimoto S., Touhara K.*, Okamoto M.*
   "Semantic context-dependent neural representations of odors in the human piriform cortex revealed by 7T MRI"
   Human Brain Mapping 45(6), e26681 (2024)
4. 4. Niimura Y., Biswa B.B., Kishida T., Toyoda A., Fujiwara K., Ito M., Touhara K., Inoue-Murayama M., Jenkins S.H., Adenyo C., Kayang B.B., Koide T.
   "Synchronized Expansion and Contraction of Olfactory, Vomeronasal, and Taste Receptor Gene Families in Hystricomorph Rodents"
   Mol. Biol. Evol. 41, msae071 (2024)
5. 5. MoreMasuda M, Ihara S, Mori N, Koide T, Miyasaka N, Wakisaka N, Yoshikawa K, Watanabe H, Touhara K, Yoshihara Y.*
   "Identification of olfactory alarm substances in zebrafish"
   Current Biology 34, 1377-1389.E7 (2024)

Reviews and Book Chapters

1. 1. Murata K, Itakura T, Touhara K*
   "Neural basis for pheromone signal transduction in mice"
   Frontiers in Neural Circuits (2024)
2. 2. Niimura Y.*, Ihara S.*, Touhara K.
   "Mammalian Olfactory and Vomeronasal Receptor Families"
   The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference (2nd Edition) (Fritzsch, B., ed) Academic PressVol.3, 516-535 (2020)
3. 3. Ishii, K.K. and Touhara, K.*
   "Neural circuits regulating sexual behaviors via the olfactory system in mice"
   Neurosci. Res. 140, 59-76 (2019)
4. 4. Ihara, S. and Touhara, K.*
   "G protein-coupled receptor kinase 3 (GRK3) in olfaction"
   In Olfactory Receptors (Methods and Protocols) (Simoes de Souza, F.M. and Antunes, G. ed) Chapter 3, pp. 33-41, Humana Press (2018)
5. 5. Touhara, K.*, Niimura, Y. and Ihara, S.
   "Vertebrate Odorant Receptors"
   In Chemosensory Trasnduction (Zufall, F. and Munger, S.D. ed) Chapter II-3, pp. 49-66, Academic Press (2016)

Japanese Reviews and Book Chapters

1. 1. 板倉拓海、東原和成
   第Ⅵ部嗅覚　第１章
   感覚・知覚心理学ハンドブック,1454-1463, 誠信書房（2025）
2. 2. ステラ・チャプマン、東原和成
   "嗅覚の分子メカニズム"
   In おいしさを創るフードテックの新展開 page12-18 (都甲・小柳監修、シーエムシー出版）(2024)
3. 3. 加藤麦彦、東原和成、岡本雅子
   "脳波を用いたヒトの脳における嗅覚情報処理の時空間ダイナミクスの解明"
   ソフトドリンク技術資料 201, 397-414 (2023)
4. 4. 岡本雅子、東原和成
   "匂いを感じるメカニズム"
   Consultant 299, 12-15 (2023)
5. 5.  伊原さよ子、岡本雅子、白須未香、東原和成
   "香りのヒューメインな有効活用に向けた嗅覚基礎研究の進展"
    アロマリサーチ 23, 3-8 (2022)