Selected Publications
Sakuta, H., Lin, C.H., Hiyama, T.Y., Matsuda, T., Yamaguchi, K., Shigenobu, S., Kobayashi. K., and Noda, M. (2020). SLC9A4 in the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis is a [Na+] sensor for the control of water intake. Pflugers Arch.-Eur. J. Physiol. 472, 609-624.
Sakuta, H., Lin, C.H., Yamada, M., Kita, Y., Tokuoka, S.M., Shimizu, T., and Noda, M. (2020). Nax-positive glial cells in the organum vasculosum laminae terminalis produce epoxyeicosatrienoic acids to induce water intake in response to increases in [Na+] in body fluids. Neurosci. Res. 154, 45-51.
Nomura, K., Hiyama, T.Y., Sakuta, H., Matsuda, T., Lin, C.-H., Kobayashi, K., Kobayashi, K., Kuwaki, T., Takahashi, K., Matsui, S., and Noda, M. (2019). [Na+] increases in body fluids sensed by central Nax induce sympathetically mediated blood pressure elevations via H+-dependent activation of ASIC1a. Neuron 101, 60-75.
Sakuta, H., Nishihara, E., Hiyama, T.Y., Lin, C.-H., and Noda, M. (2016). Nax signaling evoked by an increase in [Na+] in CSF induces water intake via EET-mediated TRPV4 activation. Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 311, R299-R306.
Noda, M., and Sakuta,H. (2013). Central regulation of body-fluid homeostasis. Trends Neurosci. 36, 661-673.