Sonia Cavigelli

Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Neuroscience; Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health

258B Health and Human Development
University Park, PA
sac34@psu.edu
814-863-0210

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.

Huck Affiliations

Neuroscience Institute

Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition

Neuroscience

Publication Tags

Glucocorticoids Temperament Animals Health Anxiety Ethanol Corticosterone Individuality Alcohols Primates Physiological Stress Personality Population Rodentia Depression Animal Physiology Opioid Analgesics Genes Innate Immunity Sleep Inflammation Morphine Adolescence Sleep Deprivation

Most Recent Publications

Chronic Sleep Deprivation Blocks Voluntary Morphine Consumption but Not Conditioned Place Preference in Mice

Darrell Eacret, Crystal Lemchi, Jasmine I. Caulfield, Sonia A. Cavigelli, Sigrid C. Veasey, Julie A. Blendy, 2022, Frontiers in Neuroscience

A physiological profile approach to animal temperament

Elyse K. McMahon, Elizabeth Youatt, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Next steps in integrative biology: Mapping interactive processes across levels of biological organization.

Sonia Cavigelli, Jeff Leips, Jenny Xiang, Dawn Lemke, Nikolai Konow, 2022, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

The Effect of Stress on Opioid Addiction-Related Behaviors: A Review of Preclinical Literature

Helen M. Kamens, Geneva Flarend, Anna Wickenheisser, William J. Horton, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2022, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Next Steps in Integrative Biology: Mapping Interactive Processes Across Levels of Biological Organization

Sonia Cavigelli, Jeff Leips, Qiu Yun (Jenny) Xiang, Dawn Lemke, Nicolai Konow, 2021, Integrative and Comparative Biology on p. 2066-2074

Gaps to Address in Ecological Studies of Temperament and Physiology

Elyse K. McMahon, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2021, Integrative and Comparative Biology on p. 1917-1932

Peri-adolescent asthma: Acute impacts on innate immune response, corticosterone, and microglia in mice

Jasmine I. Caulfield, Kerri J. Schopf, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2021, Advances in Neuroimmunology

Individual differences in glucocorticoid regulation

Jasmine I. Caulfield, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

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

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

Sex, social status and physiological stress in primates

Sonia A. Cavigelli, Michael J. Caruso, 2015, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

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

Social status, glucocorticoids, immune function, and health

Sonia A. Cavigelli, Hashim S. Chaudhry, 2012, Hormones and Behavior on p. 295-313

Ancestry trumps experience: Transgenerational but not early life stress affects the adult physiological stress response

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

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

Adolescent social stress increases anxiety-like behavior and ethanol consumption in adult male and female C57BL/6J mice

M. J. Caruso, L. R. Seemiller, T. B. Fetherston, C. N. Miller, D. E. Reiss, S. A. Cavigelli, H. M. Kamens, 2018, Scientific Reports

Timing matters: the interval between acute stressors within chronic mild stress modifies behavioral and physiologic stress responses in male rats

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

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

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

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

News Articles Featuring Sonia Cavigelli

Sep 25, 2018

Childhood Asthma Is Linked To Developing Anxiety As An Adult, According To New Research In Mice

Penn State researchers say that chronic lung inflammation associated with childhood asthma is linked to developing anxiety as an adult, according to new research in mice. Published in the journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, the study shows that ongoing exposure to allergens in childhood was associated with chronic lung inflammation, which was also linked to genetic changes related to stress and serotonin production. The study also found that asthma attacks contributed to episodes of anxiety.

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