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SASAKI Ken |
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- Changes in biogenic amine levels and physiological traits of the reproductive caste during caste-specific life events in temperate paper wasps/Journal of Insect Physiology/Yoshimura, H.*, Sasaki, K./2026/04
- Age-related changes of biogenic amines in the abdominal and thoracic ganglia during the sexual maturation in Apis cerana japonica males/Apidologie/Sasaki, K.*, Yamamoto, T., Ueda, S./2026/03
- Tribolium castaneum with longer duration of tonic immobility have more variations corresponding to the human Parkinson's disease genomic region/Scientific Reports/Tanaka, K., Sasaki, K., Yajima, S. Miyatake, T.*/2026/03
- Caste- and age-specific venom composition of biogenic amines and the influence of diet in honey bees/PLoS ONE/Hamano, M., Niki, K., Imamura, K., Sasaki, K.*/2025/12
- Impact of a worker bee thoracic ganglion RIC-3 variant on the actions of acetylcholine and neonicotinoids on nicotinic receptors in Apis mellifera/Pest Management Science/Takebayashi, M., Mori, S., Ito, R., Takayama, K., Ojima, H., Takeuchi, M., Takahashi, H., Yamamoto, N., Egawa, R., Kimura, Y., Ihara, M., Sasaki, K., Sattelle, D. B., Matsuda, K.*/2025/04
- Activation of mate-related behavior by serotonin in males of the Japanese yellow hornet Vespa simillima/Journal of Insect Physiology/Watanabe, T., Onuma, T., Nishimura, M., Morigami, A., Ono, M., Sasaki, K.*/2025/03
- Plasticity in caste-fate determination during the adult stage in temperate Polistes wasps/Insects/Yoshimura, H., Sasaki, K.*/2025/03
- Brain physiology during photoperiod-related caste determination in the primitively eusocial wasp Polistes jokahamae./Scientific Reports/Sasaki, K.*, Yoshimura, H., Yokoi, K./2024/12
- Caste-specific development of the dopaminergic system in bumble bees (Bombus ignitus)/Journal of Insect Physiology/Onuma, T., Sasaki, K.*/2024/06
- Physiological specialization of the brain in bumble bee castes: Roles of dopamine in mating-related behaviors in female bumble bees/PLoS ONE/Morigami, A., Sasaki, K.*/2024/03
- Transcriptomic comparison between strains selected for higher and lower mobility in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum/Scientific Reports/Matsumura, K.*, Onuma, T., Kondo, S., Noguchi, H., Uchiyama, H., Yajima, S., Sasaki, K., Miyatake, T./2024/01
- Caste-specific storage of dopamine-related substances in the brains of four Polistes paper wasp species/PLoS ONE/Sasaki, K.*, Yoshimura, H., Nishimura, M./2023/01
- Behavioral roles of biogenic amines in bumble bee males/Scientific Reports/T. Watanabe, K. Sasaki*/2022/12
- Responses to artificial selection for locomotor activity: A focus on death feigning in red flour beetle/Journal of Evolutionary Biology/K. Matsumura*, K. Sasaki, T. Miyatake/2022/06
- Sex-specific regulatory systems for dopamine production in the honey bee/Insects/Sasaki, K.*, Watanabe, T./2022/01
- Genomic characterization between strains selected for death-feigning duration for avoiding attack of a beetle/Scientific Reports/K. Tanaka, K. Sasaki, K. Matsumura, S. Yajima, T. Miyatake*/2021/11
- Regulation of dopamine production in the brains during sexual maturation in male honey bees/Journal of Insect Physiology/T. Watanabe, K. Sasaki*/2021/07
- Ultrasensitive detection by maxillary palp neurons allows non-host recognition without consumption of harmful allelochemicals/Journal of Insect Physiology/F. Shii, D. Mang, M. Kasubuchi, K. Tsuneto, K. Sasaki, R. Sato*/2021/06
- Identification of biogenic amines involved in photoperiod-dependent caste-fate determination during the adult stage in a temperate paper wasp/Journal of Insect Physiology/H. Yoshimura, Y. Y. Yamada, K. Sasaki*/2021/05
- Social evolution with decoupling of multiple roles of biogenic amines into different phenotypes in Hymenoptera/Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution/K. Sasaki*, Y. Okada, H. Shimoji, H. Aonuma, T. Miura, K. Tsuji/2021/05
- Bumble bee queens activate dopamine production and gene expression in nutritional signaling pathways in the brain/Scientific Reports/K. Sasaki*, K. Yokoi, K. Toga/2021/03
- Caste differentiation of spermatheca and organs related to sperm use and oviposition in the honeybee, Apis mellifera/Apidologie/A. Gotoh*, K. Sasaki/2021/02
- Dopamine production in the brain is associated with caste-specific morphology and behavior in an artificial intermediate honey bee caste/PLoS ONE/K. Sasaki*, M. Harada/2020/12
- Diet choice: The two-factor host acceptance system of silkworm larvae/PLoS Biology/K. Tsuneto, H. Endo*, F. Shii, K. Sasaki, S. Nagata, R. Sato*/2020/09
- Timing of male territorial flight and foraging of the large carpenter bee Xylocopa appendiculata related to serotonin in the brain/The Science of Nature/K. Sasaki*, K. Goto, K. Harano/2020/06
- Reproductive workers insufficiently signal their reproductive ability in a paper wasp/Behavioral Ecology/K. Tsuchida*, T. Saigo, K. Asai, T. Okamoto, M. Ando, T. Ando, K. Sasaki, K. Yokoi, D. Watanabe, Y. Sugime, T. Miura/2020/03
- Suppression of flight activity by a dopamine receptor antagonist in honey bee (Apis mellifera) virgin queens and workers/Journal of Insect Behavior/S. I. Farkhary*, K. Sasaki, S. Hayashi, K. Harano, S. Koyama, T. Satoh/2019/11
- Transcriptomic comparison between beetle strains selected for short and long durations of death feigning/Scientific Reports/H. Uchiyama, K. Sasaki, S. Hinosawa, K. Tanaka, K. Matsumura, S. Yajima, T. Miyatake*/2019/09
- Functional gene expression of dopamine receptors in the male reproductive organ during sexual maturation in the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.)/Journal of Insect Physiology/K. Matsushima, T. Watanabe, K. Sasaki*/2019/01
- Caste-specific development of the dopaminergic system during metamorphosis in female honey bees/PLoS ONE/K. Sasaki*, A. Ugajin, K. Harano/2018/10
- Uptake of plant-derived specific alkaloids allows males of a butterfly to copulate/Scientific Reports/K. Honda*, J. Matsumoto, K. Sasaki, Y. Tsuruta, Y. Honda/2018/04
- Caste differences in the association between dopamine and reproduction in the bumble bee Bombus ignitus/Journal of Insect Physiology/K. Sasaki*, H. Matsuyama, N. Morita, M. Ono/2017
- Fighting and stinging responses are affected by a dopamine receptor blocker flupenthixol in honey bee virgin queens/Journal of Insect Behavior/S.I. Farkhary, K. Sasaki, S. Hayashi, K. Harano, S. Koyama, T. Satoh*/2017
- Queen contact and among-worker interactions dually suppress worker brain dopamine as a potential regulator of reproduction in an ant/Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology/H. Shimoji*, H. Aonuma, T. Miura, K. Tsuji, K. Sasaki, Y. Okada*/2017
- Correlated responses in death-feigning, activity, and biogenic amine of strains selected for walking distance in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum/Journal of Ethology/K. Matsumura, K. Sasaki, T. Miyatake*/2016
- Dopamine regulates termite soldier differentiation through trophallactic behaviors/Royal Society Open Science/H. Yaguchi, T. Inoue, K. Sasaki, K. Maekawa*/2016
- Honey bee males use highly concentrated fuel for successful mating/Journal of Insect Physiology/M. Hayashi, J. Nakamura, K. Sasaki, K. Harano*/2016
- Nutrition and dopamine: an intake of tyrosine in royal jelly can affect the brain levels of dopamine in male honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)/Journal of Insect Physiology/K. Sasaki*/2016
- Tyraminergic and octopaminergic modulation of defensive behavior in termite soldier/PLoS ONE/Y. Ishikawa*, H. Aonuma, K. Sasaki, T. Miura/2016
- Comsumption of tyrosine in royal jelly increases brain levels of dopamine and tyramine and promotes transition from normal to reproductive workers in queenless honey bee colonies./General and Comparative Endocrinology/S. Matsuyama, T. Nagao, K. Sasaki*/2015
- Octopamine and cooperation: octopamine regulates the disapperance of cooperative behaviours between genetically unrelated founding queens in the ant/Biology Letters/S. Koyama, S. Matsui, T. Satoh, K. Sasaki*/2015
- Social dominance and reproductive differentiation mediated by the dopaminergic signaling in a queenless ant/Journal of Experimental Biology/Y. Okada*, K. Sasaki, S. Miyazaki, Shimoji, H., K. Tsuji, T. Miura/2015
- Effects of dietary inositol with sucrose stimulation on chewing and swallowing motor patterns in larvae of the silkworm, Bombyx mori/Physiological Entomology/K. Sasaki*, Y. Ooki, Y. Endo, K. Asaoka/2013
- Food exchange behavior between multiple founding queens of Polyrhachis moesta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) changes during hibernation/Applied Entomology and Zoology/A. Hashimoto, K. Sasaki, S. Koyama*, T. Satoh/2013
- Juvenile hormone-dopamine systems for the promotion of flight activity in males of the large carpenter bee Xylocopa appendiculata/Naturwissenschaften/K. Sasaki*, T. Nagao/2013
- Neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying regulation of mating flight behaviors in male honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)/General and Comparative Endocrinology/R. Mezawa, S. Akasaka, T. Nagao, K. Sasaki*/2013
- Caste differences in dopamine-related substances and dopamine supply in the brains of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)/General and Comparative Endocrinology/K. Sasaki*, S. Matsuyama, K. Harano, T. Nagao/2012
- Dopaminergic system as the mechanism underlying personality in a beetle/Journal of Insect Physiology/S. Nakayama*, K. Sasaki, K. Matsumura, Z. Lewis, T. Miyatake/2012
- Regulation of the brain dopaminergic system by juvenile hormone in honey bee males (Apis mellifera L.)/Insect Molecular Biology/K. Sasaki*, S. Akasaka, R. Mezawa, K. Shimada, K. Maekawa/2012
- Serotonin-induced mate rejection in the female cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae crucivora/Naturwissenschaften/Y. Obara, Y. Fukano, K. Watanabe, G. Ozawa, K. Sasaki*/2011
- Biogenic amines, caffeine and tonic immobility in Tribolium castaneum/Journal of Insect Physiology/Y. Nishi, K. Sasaki, T. Miyatake*/2010
- Dopamine enhances locomotor activity for mating in male honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)/Journal of Insect Physiology/S. Akasaka, K. Sasaki*, K. Harano, T. Nagao/2010
- Multiple regulatory roles of dopamine in behaviors and reproduction of social insects/Trends in Entomology/K. Sasaki*, K. Harano/2010
- A homeotic mutation influences the wing vibration patterns during mating in males of the silkworm moth Bombyx mori/Journal of Insect Physiology/K. Sasaki*, T. Abe, Y. Yoshida, K. Asaoka/2009
- Gonadotrophic effects of dopamine in isolated workers of the primitively eusocial wasp, Polistes chinensis/Naturwissenschaften/K. Sasaki*, K. Yamasaki, K. Tsuchida, T. Nagao/2009
- Dopamine influences locomotor activitiy in honeybee queens: implications for a behavioural change after mating/Physiological Entomology/K. Harano*, M. Sasaki, T. Nagao, K. Sasaki/2008
- Influence of age and juvenile hormone on brain dopamine level in male honeybee (Apis mellifera): association with reproductive maturation/Journal of Insect Physiology/K. Harano*, K. Sasaki, T. Nagao, M. Sasaki/2008
- Pleiotropic anti-predator strategies, fleeing and feigning death, correlated with dopamine levels in Tribolium castaneum/Animal Behaviour/T. Miyatake*, K. Tabuchi, K. Sasaki, K. Okada, Y. Nishi, K. Katayama, S. Moriya/2008
- Effects of reproductive states on rhythmicity, locomotor activity and body weight in the European honeybee, Apis mellifera queens (Hymenoptera, Apini)/Sociobiology/K. Harano*, M. Sasaki, K. Sasaki/2007
- Neuro-endocrine correlates of ovarian development and egg-laying behaviors in the primitively eusocial wasp (Polistes chinensis)/Journal of Insect Physiology/K. Sasaki*, K. Yamasaki, T. Nagao/2007
- Potential effects of tyramine on the transition of reproductive workers in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)/Physiological Entomology/K. Sasaki*, K. Harano/2007
- Reorganization of the central nervous systems in response to changes of social environment in insects/Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics/K. Sasaki*, T. Nagao/2007
- Swallowing motor pattern triggered and modified by taste information in larvae of the silkworm, Bombyx mori/Journal of Insect Physiology/K. Sasaki*, K. Asaoka/2006
- Depression of brain dopamine and its metabolite after mating in European honeybee (Apis mellifera) queens/Naturwissenschaften/K. Harano*, K. Sasaki, T. Nagao/2005
- Different physiological properties in a pool of mandibular closer motor neurons in a caterpillar, Bombyx mori/Neuroscience Letters/K. Sasaki*, K. Asaoka/2005
- Queen phenotype and behaviour during cooperative colony founding in Polyrhachis moesta/Insectes Sociaux/K. Sasaki*, E. Jibiki, T. Satoh, Y. Obara/2005
- Discrimination of larval sex and timing of male brood elimination by workers in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)/Applied Entomology and Zoology/K. Sasaki*, H. Kitamura, Y. Obara/2004
- Substantial changes in central nervous system neurotransmitters and neuromodulators accompany phase change in the locust/Journal of Experimental Biology/S.M. Rogers*, T. Matheson, K. Sasaki, K. Kendrick, S.J. Simpson, M. Burrows/2004
- Proprioceptors monitoring forces in a locust hind leg during kicking form negative feedback loops with the flexor tibiae motor neurons/Journal of Experimental Biology/K. Sasaki, M. Burrows*/2003
- Brain tyramine and reproductive states of workers in honeybees/Journal of Insect Physiology/K. Sasaki*, T. Nagao/2002
- Egg activation and timing of sperm acceptance by an egg in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)/Insectes Sociaux/K. Sasaki*, Y. Obara/2002
- Distribution and levels of dopamine and its metabolites in brains of reproductive workers in honeybees/Journal of Insect Physiology/K. Sasaki*, T. Nagao/2001
- Nutritional factors affecting the egg sex ratio adjustment by a honeybee queen/Insectes Sociaux/K. Sasaki*, Y. Obara/2001
- Honeybee queens lay fertilized eggs when no comb cells for oviposition are available/Zoological Science/K. Sasaki*, Y. Obara/1999
- Innervation pattern of a pool of nine excitatory motor neurons in the flexor tibiae muscle of a locust hind leg/Journal of Experimental Biology/K. Sasaki, M. Burrows*/1998
- Activation in vitro of unfertilized egg development in honeybee queens/Naturwissenschaften/K. Sasaki*, H. Sobajima, T. Satoh, Y. Obara/1997
- The cooperative foundation of colonies by unrelated foundresses in the ant, Polyrhachis moesta/Insectes Sociaux/K. Sasaki*, T. Satoh, Y. Obara/1996
- The honeybee queen has the potential ability to regulate the primary sex ratio/Applied Entomology and Zoology/K. Sasaki*, T. Satoh, Y. Obara/1996
- Sperm utilization by honey bee queens; DNA fingerprinting analysis/Applied Entomology and Zoology/K. Sasaki*, T. Satoh, Y. Obara/1995
- Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science, 2nd Edition/Oguchi,K., Miyazaki, S., Maekawa, K., Sasaki, K., Miura, T./Elsevier/2025/11/Shared writing
- 動物の行動と心の事典/2025/10/Shared writing
- 教養としての脳：環境に適応する昆虫の微小脳（坂上・小松・武藤 編）/2024/04/Shared writing
- Factors that affect reproductive states in female eusocial Hymenoptera. Advances in Animal Science and Zoology, (ED.) Owen P. Jenkins/H. Yoshimura, K. Sasaki*/NOVA Science Publishers/Chapter 3 (p133-161)/2020/Shared writing
- Reproductive physiology of male honey bees. Advances in Animal Science and Zoology, (ED.) Owen P. Jenkins/K. Sasaki*/NOVA Science Publishers/Chapter 2 (p37-59)/2019/Shared writing
- Monogyny and polygyny: plasticity of a number of queens in a colony in arboreal species. Advances in Animal Science and Zoology, (Ed.) Owen P. Jenkins/K. Sasaki*, S. Koyama, T. Satoh/NOVA Science Publishers/Chapter 4 (p153-173)/2018/Shared writing
- Social behaviors modulated by tyramine and octopamine in insects. Biogenic Amines (BA): Origins, Biological Importance and Human Health Implications, (Ed.) Joanna Standnik/K. Sasaki*/NOVA Science Publishers/Chapter 9 (p313-336)/2017/Shared writing
- Sex differences of dopamine control systems associated with reproduction in honey bees. Honeybees: Foraging Behavior, Reproductive Biology and Diseases, (Ed.) Cameron Malloy/K. Sasaki*/NOVA Science Publishers/Chapter 5 (p137-152)/2014/Shared writing
- Sexual maturation, mating strategies and the neuroendocrinology in social insects. Human and Animal Mating: Strategies, Gender Differences and Environmental Influences, (Eds.) M. Nakamura, T. Ito/K. Harano, K. Sasaki*/NOVA Science Publishers/Chapter 2 (p31-54)/2013/Shared writing
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- -/p136-141/2012/Shared writing
- -/p149-150/2012/Shared writing
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- Regulation of reproductive states and control of sex of eggs by reproductive females in eusocial Hymenoptera. Social Insect: Structure, Function, Behavior, (Ed.) Emily M. Stewart/K. Sasaki*/NOVA Science Publishers/Chapter 3 (p51-71)/2011/Shared writing
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- Biogenic amines and division of reproduction in social insects. Insect Physiology: New Research, (Ed.) R.P. Maes/K. Sasaki*/NOVA Science Publishers/Chapter 5 (p185-209)/2008/Shared writing
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