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Megumi Shibahara
Researcher at University of Tsukuba
Publications - 4
Citations - 547
Megumi Shibahara is an academic researcher from University of Tsukuba. The author has contributed to research in topics: Orexin & Gene. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 511 citations.
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Orexins (hypocretins) directly interact with neuropeptide Y, POMC and glucose‐responsive neurons to regulate Ca2+ signaling in a reciprocal manner to leptin: orexigenic neuronal pathways in the mediobasal hypothalamus
Shinji Muroya,Shinji Muroya,Hisayuki Funahashi,Akihiro Yamanaka,Daisuke Kohno,Kazuhide Uramura,Kazuhide Uramura,Tadahiro Nambu,Megumi Shibahara,Motoki Kuramochi,Morikuni Takigawa,Masashi Yanagisawa,Takeshi Sakurai,Seiji Shioda,Toshihiko Yada +14 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that orexins directly regulate NPY, POMC and glucose‐responsive neurons in the ARC and VMH, in a manner reciprocal to leptin, as well as neural pathways and intracellular signaling mechanisms that may play key roles in the orexigenic action of orexlins.
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Orexin receptor type-1 couples exclusively to pertussis toxin-insensitive G-proteins, while orexin receptor type-2 couples to both pertussis toxin-sensitive and -insensitive G-proteins.
Yun Zhu,Yoshihiro Miwa,Akihiro Yamanaka,Toshihiko Yada,Megumi Shibahara,Yoichiro Abe,Takeshi Sakurai,Katsutoshi Goto +7 more
TL;DR: It is found that a phospholipase C (PLC)-inhibitor, U73122, inhibits orexin-mediated neuronal activation, but PTX showed no effect on it, which suggests that although OX2R couples to multiple G-proteins, activation of neurons by orexins through Ox2R is mediated via a PTX-insensitive, PLC dependent pathway.
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Structure, tissue distribution, and pharmacological characterization of xenopus orexins
Megumi Shibahara,Takeshi Sakurai,Tadahiro Nambu,Takato Takenouchi,Hisashi Iwaasa,Shin-Ichiro Egashira,Masaki Ihara,Katsutoshi Goto +7 more
TL;DR: Results suggest that Xenopus orexin-B might be a useful pharmacological tool as an OX2R selective high-affinity agonist in submammalian chordates.
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Ectopic Overexpression of Orexin Alters Sleep/Wakefulness States and Muscle Tone Regulation during REM Sleep in Mice
Jon T. Willie,Hitomi Takahira,Megumi Shibahara,Junko Hara,Junko Hara,Mika Nomiyama,Masashi Yanagisawa,Takeshi Sakurai,Takeshi Sakurai +8 more
TL;DR: Sleep/wakefulness abnormalities in transgenic mice that exhibit widespread overexpression of a rat prepro-orexin transgene driven by a β-actin/cytomegalovirus hybrid promoter are reported, suggesting that endogenous orexinergic activity should be appropriately regulated for normal maintenance of sleep states.