Sonia Cavigelli

Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health

Sonia Cavigelli

Research Summary

Development of temperament/personality; relationship of temperament and social status to stress and health; individual differences in stress and health in the natural environment.

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Anxiety Corticosterone Glucocorticoids Nicotine Lizards History Maternal Behavior Rodentia Temperament Psychological Stress Population Ants Synaptic Transmission Rats Asthma Ethanol Mothers Alcohols Exploratory Behavior Health Brain Inflammation Nucleus Accumbens Siblings Hemagglutination

Most Recent Papers

Divergent immune responses in behaviorally-inhibited vs. non-inhibited male rats

Kerry C. Michael, Robert H. Bonneau, Rebecca A. Bourne, La Dara Godbolt, Michael J. Caruso, Christine Hohmann, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2020, Physiology and Behavior

Impact of Genetic Variation on Stress-Related Ethanol Consumption

Megan K. Mulligan, Lu Lu, Sonia A. Cavigelli, Pierre Mormède, Elena Terenina, Wenyuan Zhao, Robert W. Williams, Byron C. Jones, 2019, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research on p. 1391-1402

Population history with invasive predators predicts innate immune function response to early-life glucocorticoid exposure in lizards

Gail L. McCormick, Travis R. Robbins, Sonia A. Cavigelli, Tracy Langkilde, 2019, Journal of Experimental Biology

Genetic factors mediate the impact of chronic stress and subsequent response to novel acute stress

Elena E. Terenina, Sonia Cavigelli, Pierre Mormede, Wenyuan Zhao, Cory Parks, Lu Lu, Byron C. Jones, Megan K. Mulligan, 2019, Frontiers in Neuroscience

Timing matters

Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Alexander D. Bao, Rebecca A. Bourne, Michael J. Caruso, Jasmine I. Caulfield, Mary Chen, Joshua Morrison Smyth, 2018, Stress on p. 453-463

Asthma induction during development and adult lung function, behavior and brain gene expression

Jasmine I. Caulfield, Michael J. Caruso, Rebecca A. Bourne, Nicole R. Chirichella, Laura C. Klein, Timothy Craig, Robert H. Bonneau, Avery August, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2018, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Adolescent chronic variable social stress influences exploratory behavior and nicotine responses in male, but not female, BALB/cJ mice

M. J. Caruso, D. E. Reiss, J. I. Caulfield, J. L. Thomas, A. N. Baker, S. A. Cavigelli, H. M. Kamens, 2018, Brain Research Bulletin on p. 37-49

Adolescent Social Stress Increases Anxiety-like Behavior and Alters Synaptic Transmission, Without Influencing Nicotine Responses, in a Sex-Dependent Manner

Michael J. Caruso, Nicole Crowley, Dana E. Reiss, Jasmine I. Caulfield, Bernhard Luscher, Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Helen Marie Kamens, 2018, Neuroscience on p. 182-198

Exposure to chronic variable social stress during adolescence alters affect-related behaviors and adrenocortical activity in adult male and female inbred mice

Michael J. Caruso, Helen M. Kamens, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2017, Developmental psychobiology on p. 679-687

Peri-adolescent asthma symptoms cause adult anxiety-related behavior and neurobiological processes in mice

Jasmine I. Caulfield, Michael J. Caruso, Kerry C. Michael, Rebecca A. Bourne, Nicole R. Chirichella, Laura C. Klein, Timothy Craig, Robert H. Bonneau, Avery August, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2017, Behavioural Brain Research on p. 244-255

Most-Cited Papers

Long-term changes in cognitive bias and coping response as a result of chronic unpredictable stress during adolescence

Lauren E. Chaby, Sonia A. Cavigelli, Amanda White, Kayllie Wang, Victoria A. Braithwaite, 2013, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Chronic unpredictable stress during adolescence causes long-term anxiety

L. E. Chaby, S. A. Cavigelli, A. M. Hirrlinger, M. J. Caruso, V. A. Braithwaite, 2015, Behavioural Brain Research on p. 492-495

Within-litter variance in rat maternal behaviour

Sonia A. Cavigelli, Christina M. Ragan, Catherine E. Barrett, Kerry C. Michael, 2010, Behavioural Processes on p. 696-704

Behavioral responses to physical vs. social novelty in male and female laboratory rats

Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Kerry C. Michael, Sheila Grace West, Laura Klein, 2011, Behavioural Processes on p. 56-59

Temperament moderates the influence of periadolescent social experience on behavior and adrenocortical activity in adult male rats

M. J. Caruso, M. K. McClintock, Sonia Angele Cavigelli, 2014, Hormones and Behavior on p. 517-524

Chronic stress during adolescence impairs and improves learning and memory in adulthood

Lauren E. Chaby, Sonia A. Cavigelli, Amy M. Hirrlinger, James Lim, Kendall M. Warg, Victoria A. Braithwaite, 2015, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Within-litter variance in early rat pup-mother interactions and adult offspring responses to novelty

C. M. Ragan, E. Loken, Cynthia Stifter, Sonia Angele Cavigelli, 2012, Developmental psychobiology on p. 199-206

Ancestry trumps experience

Gail L. McCormick, Travis R. Robbins, Sonia A. Cavigelli, Tracy Langkilde, 2017, Hormones and Behavior on p. 115-121

Exposure to chronic variable social stress during adolescence alters affect-related behaviors and adrenocortical activity in adult male and female inbred mice

Michael J. Caruso, Helen M. Kamens, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2017, Developmental psychobiology on p. 679-687

Adolescent Social Stress Increases Anxiety-like Behavior and Alters Synaptic Transmission, Without Influencing Nicotine Responses, in a Sex-Dependent Manner

Michael J. Caruso, Nicole Crowley, Dana E. Reiss, Jasmine I. Caulfield, Bernhard Luscher, Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Helen Marie Kamens, 2018, Neuroscience on p. 182-198