1. Masuda 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)
2. Jo-Watanabe A, Inaba T, Osada T, Hashimoto R, Nishizawa T, Okuno T, Ihara S, Touhara K, Hattori N, Oh-Hora M, Nureki O, Yokomizo T.* "Bicarbonate signalling via G protein-coupled receptor regulates ischaemia-reperfusion injury" Nature Communs15, 1530 (2024)
3. Fukuda, N.*, Fukuda, T., Percipalle, P., Oda, K., Takei, N., Czaplinski, K., Touhara, K., Yoshihara, Y., Sasaoka, T. "Axonal mRNA binding of hnRNP A/B is crucial for axon targeting and maturation of olfactory sensory neurons" Cell Reports 42, 112398 (2023)
4. Morinaga S, Tsubota T, Takasu Y, Sezutsu H, Touhara K.* "Role of a single odorant receptor in the chemotaxis behavior of Bombyx mori." Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 87, 646-648 (2023)
5. Sato-Akuhara, N., Trimmer, C., Keller, A., Niimura, Y., Shirasu, M., Mainland J., Touhara, K* "Genetic variation in the human olfactory receptor OR5AN1 associates with the perception of musks" Chemical Senses 48, bjac037 (2023)
6. Morinaga S, Nagata K, Ihara S*, Yumita T, Niimura Y, Sato K, Touhara K.* "Structural model for ligand binding and channel opening of an insect gustatory receptor" J. Biol. Chem.298,102573 (2022)
7. Snitz K, Honigstein D, Weissgross R, Ravia A, Mishor E, Perl O, Karagach S, Medhanie A, Harel N, Shushan S, Roth Y, Iravani B, Arshamian A, Ernst G, Okamoto M, Poo C, Bonacchi N, Mainen Z, Monteleone E, Dinnella C, Spinelli S, Mariño-Sánchez F, Ferdenzi C, Smeets M, Touhara K, Bensafi M, Hummel T, Lundström JN, Sobel N. "An olfactory self-test effectively screens for COVID-19" Commn Med (Lond) 2, 34 (2022)
8. Asaba A, Nomoto K, Osakada T, Matsuo T, Kobayakawa K, Kobayakawa R, Touhara K, Mogi K, Kikusui T.* "Prelimbic cortex responds to male ultrasonic vocalizations in the presence of a male pheromone in female mice" Front Neural Circuits 16:956201 (2022)
9. Itakura, T., Murata, K., Miyamichi, K., Yoshihara, Y., and Touhara, K.* "A single vomeronasal receptor promotes intermale aggression through dedicated hypothalamic neurons" Neuron110, 2455-2469 (2022)
10. Kato, M., Okumura, T., Tsubo, Y., Honda, J., Sugiyama, M., Touhara, K.* and Okamoto, M.* "Spatiotemporal dynamics of odor representations in the human brain revealed by EEG decoding" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 119, e2114966119 (2022)
11. Akhtar, M.S., Ashino, R., Oota, H., Ishida, H.,Niimura, Y., Touhara, K., Melin, A.D., and Kawamura, S.* "Genetic variation of olfactory receptor gene family in a Japanese population" Anthropological Science 130, 93-106 (2022)
12. Osakada, T., Abe, T., Itakura, T., Mori, H., Ishii, K.K., Eguchi, R., Murata, K., Saito, K., Haga-Yamanaka, S., Kimoto, H., Yoshihara, Y., Miyamichi, K., and Touhara K.* "Hemoglobin in the blood acts as a chemosensory signal via the mouse vomeronasal system" Nature Commun. 13, 556 (2022)
13. Ijichi C, Wakabayashi H, Sugiyama S, Hayashi K, Ihara Y, Nishijima H, Touhara K, and Kondo K.* "Odorant metabolism of theolfactory cleft mucus in idiopathic olfactoryimpairment patients and healthy volunteers" Int. Forum Allergy Rhinol. 12, 293–301 (2022)
14. Mano T., Murata K., Kon K., Shimizu C., Ono H., Shi S., Yamada R.G., Miyamichi K., Susaki E.A., Touhara K., Ueda H.R.* "CUBIC-Cloud provides an integrative computational framework toward community-driven whole-mouse- brain mapping" Cell Reports Methods 1, 100038 (2021)
15. Yoshihara, C., Tokita, K., Maruyama, T., Kaneko, M., Tsuneoka, Y., Fukumitsu, K., Miyazawa, E., Shinozuka, K., Huang, A.J., Nishimori, K., McHugh, T.J., Tanaka, M., Itohara, S., Touhara K., Miyamichi, K.,, and Kuroda, K.O.* "Calcitonin receptor signaling in the medial preoptic area enables risk-taking maternal care" Cell Reports 35, 109204 (2021)
16. Niimura, Y.*, Tsunoda, M., Kato, S., Murata, K., Yanagawa, T., Suzuki, S. and Touhara, K.* "Origin and evolution of the gene family of proteinaceous pheromones, the exocrine gland-secreting peptides, in rodents" Mol. Biol. Evol. 38, 634-649 (2021)
17. Iravani B, Arshamian A, Ravia A, Mishor E, Snitz K, Shushan S, Roth Y, Perl O, Honigstein D, Weissgross R, Karagach S, Ernst G, Okamoto M, Mainen Z, Monteleone E, Dinnella C, Spinelli S, Mariño-Sánchez F, Ferdenzi C, Smeets M, Touhara K, Bensafi M, Hummel T, Sobel N, Lundström JN.* "Relationship between odor intensity estimates and COVID-19 prevalence prediction in a Swedish population" Chem Senses 45, 449-456 (2020)
18. Nikaido, M.*, Kondo, S., Zhang, Z., Wu, J., Nishihara, H., Niimura, Y., Suzuki, S., Touhara K., Suzuki, Y., Noguchi, H., Minakuchi, Y., Toyoda, A., Fujiyama, A., Sugano, S., Yoneda, M., and Kai, C. "Comparative genomic analyses illuminate the distinct evolution of megabats within Chiroptera" DNA Res. 27, dsaa021 (2020)
19. Susaki EA, Shimizu C, Kuno A, Tainaka K, Li X, Nishi K, Morishima K, Ono H, Ode KL, Saeki Y, Miyamichi K, Isa K, Yokoyama C, Kitaura H, Ikemura M, Ushiku T, Shimizu Y, Saito T, Saido TC, Fukayama M, Onoe H, Touhara K, Isa T, Kakita A, Shibayama M, Ueda HR.* "Versatile whole-organ/body staining and imaging based on electrolyte-gel properties of biological tissues" Nature Communications 11, 1982 (2020)
20. Shirasu, M., Ito, S., Itoigawa, A., Hayakawa, T., Kinoshita, K., Munechika, I., Imai, H.*, Touhara, K.* "Key Male Glandular Odorants Attracting Female Ring-Tailed Lemurs" Current Biol. 30, 2131-2138 (2020)
