Academic Staff and Fellows
- KAGAWA Nao
- Professor PhD of Fisheries Science
- Department/Life Science Graduate school/Science
How are social behaviors regulated in animals? Focusing on genes expressed in the brain, we are investigating the mechanisms that control social behaviors and emotional responses using fish as a model.
GFP expression in the vt-gfp transgenic medaka
| Research Area | Fish Physiology, Behavioral Neuroendocrinology |
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| Research Interests | 1. Behavioral changes depend on social hierarchy in fish 2. Neuroendocrinological and genomic responses to social behaviors 3. Studies on physiological and behavioral responses to social stress |
| Selected Publications |
1）Hayashi, S., Fujiuchi, M., Oshiden, M., Honda, A., Kagawa, N. (2024) Opioid receptor and dopaminergic gene expression increase in the brains of dominant medaka Oryzias latipes males after repeated fights. Journal of Fish Biology, DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15980 2）Tanaami, H., Yamamoto, S., Hayashi, S., Kawamoto, S., Makino, H., Kagawa, N. (2023) Vasotocin expression is associated with social preference development of the medaka fish. General and Comparative Endocrinology, DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2023.114355 3）Kagawa, N., Honda, A., Zenno, A., Omoto, R., Imanaka, S., Takehana, Y., Naruse, K. (2016) Arginine vasotocin neuronal development and its projection in the adult brain of the medaka. Neurosci. Lett., 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.12.049 |
| Research and Achievements |
See "Researchmap".
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| Education (Undergraduate Course) |
Hokkaido University（Faculty of Fisheries） |
| Education (Master's/Doctral Course) |
Hokkaido University（Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences） |
Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics
kagawa（at）life.kindai.ac.jp
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