Aakriti Rastogi

The paper compares microglial cell biology between surface and cave populations of Astyanax mexicanus, finding increased microglia numbers and altered lysosomal activity in cavefish.

This study creates a single-cell atlas of Mexican cavefish brains, revealing differences in cell types and gene expression linked to evolved disease resilience.

The paper investigates genetic repeatability in cavefish traits using QTL mapping, finding shared genomic regions for eye loss but less repeatability for sleep and metabolic traits.

The paper investigates DNA damage and cellular stress in short-sleeping Mexican cavefish, finding elevated DNA damage markers and reduced DNA repair responses compared to surface fish.

This study examines sleep loss in cavefish populations and finds it is widespread and evolutionarily convergent across multiple lineages.

The paper investigates postprandial sleep in Mexican cavefish and surface fish, finding that larvae exhibit postprandial sleep while adults do not, suggesting its role in energy conservation.