Publications

Molecular and functional diversity of the autonomic nervous system
Tongtong Wang, Avedis Tufenkjian, Olujimi A. Ajijola, Yuki Oka*
Nature Reviews Neuroscience (2025)

Body fluid regulation
Yameng Zhang, Yuki Oka*
Current Opinion in Neurobiology (2025)

In Vivo Cytosolic Delivery of Biomolecules into Neurons for Super-Resolution Imaging and Genome Modification
Ge, X., Wekselblatt, J. B., Elmore, S., Wang, B., Wang, T., Dai, R., Zhang, T., Dave, H., Ghaderi, M., Anilkumar, A. R., Wang, B., Sirsi, S. R., Ahn, J.-M., Shapiro, M. G., Oka, Y., Lois, C., Qin, Z.
Advanced Science (2025)

Organ-specific sympathetic innervation defines visceral functions
Tongtong Wang, Bochuan Teng, Dickson R. Yao, Wei Gao, Yuki Oka*
Nature (2024)

Parallel neural pathways control sodium consumption and taste valence
Zhang, Y., Pool, A.H., Wang, T., Liu, L., Kang, E., Zhang, B., Ding, L., Frieda, K., Palmiter, R., Oka, Y.*
Cell 186, 1–15 (2023)

Enhanced recovery of single-cell RNA-sequencing reads for missing gene expression data
Allan-Hermann Pool, Helen Poldsam, Sisi Chen, Matt Thomson, Yuki Oka*
Nature methods 20, 1506–1515 (2023)

A sex-specific thermogenic neurocircuit induced by predator smell recruiting cholecystokinin neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus
Jovanovic, P., Pool, A.H., Morones, N., Wang, Y., Novinbakht, E., Keshishian, N., Jang, K., Oka, Y., Riera, C.
Nature Communications 14, 4937 (2023)

Chondroitin 4-O-sulfation regulates hippocampal perineuronal nets and social memory
Huang, H., Joffrin, M. A., Zhao Y., Miller M. G., Zhang C. G., Oka, Y., Hsieh-Wilson C. L.
PNAS 120 (24) e2301312120 (2023)

Serotonergic fast lane from taste detection to preparatory digestive actions
Tongtong Wang, Allan-Hermann Pool, Yuki Oka*
Neuron (preview) 110 (6), 907–909 (2022)

Sensory representation and detection mechanisms of gut osmolality change
Ichiki, T., Wang, T., Kennedy, A., Pool, A.H., Ebisu, H., Anderson, D.J., Oka, Y.*
Nature 602, 486–474 (2022)

Predicting changes in osmolality
Zhe Yang, Tongtong Wang, Yuki Oka*
eLife 10.7554/eLife.74551 (2021)

The cellular basis of distinct thirst modalities.
Pool, A.H., Wang, T., Stafford, D., Chance, R., Lee, S., Ngai, J., Oka, Y.*
Nature 10.1038/s41586-020-2821-8 (2020)

Neural control and modulation of thirst, sodium appetite, and hunger.
Vineet Augustine^†, Sangjun Lee^†, Yuki Oka*
Cell 180, 25-32 (2020)

Multidimensional analysis of cell types in a hypothalamic node controlling social behavior.
Kim, D-W., Yao, Z., Graybuck, L., Kim, T., Nguyen, T., Smith, K., Fong, O., Yi, L., Koulena, N., Pierson, N., Shah, A., Lo, L., Pool, A.H., Oka, Y. Pachter, L., Cai, L., Tasic, B., Zeng, H., Anderson, D.
Cell 179, 713–728 (2019)

Temporally and spatially distinct thirst satiation signals.
Augustine, V.^†, Ebisu, H.^†, Zhao, Y., Lee, S., Ho, B., Mizuno, G., Tian, L., Oka, Y.*
Neuron 103, 242–249 (2019)

Chemosensory modulation of neural circuits for sodium appetite.
Lee, S., Augustine, V., Zhao, Y., Ebisu, H., Ho, B., Kong, D., Oka, Y.*
Nature 568, 93–97 (2019)

Neural populations for maintaining body fluid balance.
Takako Ichiki, Vineet Augustine, Yuki Oka*
Current Opinion in Neurobiology 57, 134–140 (2019)

Peripheral and central nutrient sensing underlying appetite regulation.
Vineet Augustine, Sertan Kutal Gokce, Yuki Oka*
Trends in Neurosciences 41, issue 8, 526–539 (2018)

Opening a "wide" window onto taste signal transmission.
Yuki Oka*
Neuron 98 (3), 456–458 (2018)

Hierarchical neural architecture underlying thirst regulation.
Augustine, V., Gokce, S.K.^†, Lee, S.^†, Wang, B., Davidson, T.J., Reimann, F., Gribble, F., Deisseroth, K., Lois, C., Oka, Y.*
Nature 555, 204–209 (2018)

The cellular mechanism for water detection in the mammalian taste system.
Dhruv Zocchi, Gunther Wennemuth, Yuki Oka*
Nature Neuroscience 20, 927–933 (2017)

Thirst Driving and Suppressing Signals Encoded by Distinct Neural Populations in the Brain.
Yuki Oka*, Mingyu Ye & Charles S. Zuker
Nature 520, 349–352 (2015)

High salt recruits aversive taste pathways.
Yuki Oka, Matthew Butnaru, Lars von Buchholtz, Nicholas J. P. Ryba, Charles S. Zuker
Nature 494, 472–475 (2013)

The cells and peripheral representation of sodium taste in mice.
Chandrashekar, J., Kuhn, C.^†, Oka, Y.^†, Yarmolinsky, DA., Hummler, E., Ryba, NJ., and Zuker, CS.
Nature 464, 297–301 (2010)

The taste of carbonation.
Chandrashekar, J., Yarmolinsky, D., von Buchholtz, L., Oka, Y., Sly, W., Ryba, NJ., and Zuker, CS.
Science 326, 443–445 (2009)

Odorant receptor map in the mouse olfactory bulb: in vivo sensitivity and specificity of receptor-defined glomeruli.
Oka, Y., Katada, S., Omura, M., Suwa, M., Yoshihara, Y., and Touhara, K.
Neuron 52, 857–869 (2006)

Olfactory receptor antagonism between odorants.
Yuki Oka, Masayo Omura, Hiroshi Kataoka, and Kazushige Touhara
EMBO J 23, 120–126 (2004)

*corresponding author | ^†equal contributor