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. 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. 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. 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. 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)
6. MoreJo-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)
7. MoreFukuda, 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)
8. 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)
9. MoreSato-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)
10. More 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)
11. 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)
12. 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)
13. MoreItakura, 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)
14. More 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)
15. 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)
16. More 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)
17. 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)
18. 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)
19. MoreYoshihara, 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)
20. MoreNiimura, 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)
