M. Iwashita

Possible role of left-right asymmetry in the sensory system and behavior during adaptation to food-sparse cave environments

The study investigates how left-right asymmetry in sensory systems and behavior adapts to food-sparse cave environments in Mexican tetras using machine learning and sensory ablation.

Metabolic shift toward ketosis in asocial cavefish increases social-like affinity.

This study shows that a ketogenic diet increases social affinity in asocial cavefish, suggesting a link between metabolic shifts and social behavior.

Social-like responses are inducible in asocial Mexican cavefish despite the exhibition of strong repetitive behaviour

This study shows that asocial Mexican cavefish can exhibit social-like behaviors in familiar settings but suppress them in stressful unfamiliar environments, with drug treatment reversing this suppression.