Scientific Publications

Dr. Lambert has published (along with her students and colleagues) over 80 articles in journals such as Nature, Stress, Neuroscience, Physiology and Behavior, and Brain Research and has made approximately 200 conference presentations at national and international conferences.

Below are publications from research conducted at Randolph-Macon College and the University of Richmond during the past decade (2011-2023).

2021-2023 Publications

  • Lambert, K.  Wild Brains:  The value of neuroethological approaches in preclinical behavioral neuroscience animal models (2023).  Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 11;146:105044. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105044. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36641013.

  • E. Ploppert, J. Jacob, A. Deutsch, S. Watanabe, K. Gillenwater, A. Choe, G.B. Cruz, E.

    Cabañas, M.A. Vasquez, Z. Ayaz, L.S. Neuwirth, K. Lambert (2022).  Influence of effort-based reward training on neuroadaptive cognitive responses: Implications for preclinical behavioral approaches for depressive symptoms, Neuroscience.  (Link to publication).

  •  Kent MH, Jacob JC, Bowen G, Bhalerao J, Desinor S, Vavra D, Leserve D, Ott KR, Angeles B, Martis M, Sciandra K, Gillenwater K, Glory C, Meisel E, Choe A, Olivares-Navarrete R, Puetzer JL, Lambert K. (2022). Disrupted development from head to tail: Pervasive effects of postnatal restricted resources on neurobiological, behavioral, and morphometric outcomes. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 16:910056. (Link to publication). 

  • Kent, M., Kovalev, D., Hart, B., Leserve, D., Handford, G., Vavra, D., & Lambert, K. (2022). The emotional impact of disrupted environmental contexts: Enrichment loss and coping profiles influence stress response recovery in Long-Evans rats. Journal of neuroendocrinology, 34(7), e13179. (Link to publication).

  • Jacob, J., Watanabe, S., Richardson, J., Gonzales, N., Ploppert, E., Lahvis, G., Shiels, A., Wenger, S., Saverino, K., Bhalerao, J., Crockett, B., Burns, E., Harding, O., Fischer-Stenger, K., & Lambert, K. (2022). Divergent neural and endocrine responses in wild-caught and laboratory-bred Rattus norvegicus. Behavioural brain research, 432, 113978.

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  • Lambert, K. & Lambert, G. (2022).  Biology of Leadership.  SAGE Encyclopedia for Leadership Studies (in press).

  • Cruz, G. B., Vasquez, M. A., Cabañas, E., Joseph, J. N., Skeen, J. C., Lynch, K. P., Ahmed, I., Khairi, E. B., Bonitto, J. R., Clarke, E. G., Rubi, S., Hameed, N., Kaur, S., Mathew, N., Dacius, T. F., Jose, T. J., Handford, G., Wolfe, S., Feher, A., Tidwell, K., Tobin, J., Ugalde, E., Fee, S., Choe, A., Gillenwater, K., Hindi, B., Pilout, S., Natale, N.R., Domahoski, N., Kent, M.H, Jacob, J.C., Lambert, K.G., Neuwirth, L. S. (2022). Developmental Lead Exposure in Rats Causes Sex-Dependent Changes in Neurobiological and Anxiety-Like Behaviors that Are Improved by Taurine Co-treatment. Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 1370, 461–479. (Link to publication).

  • Natale, N.R., Kent, M., Fox, N., Vavra, D., & Lambert, K. (2021).  Neurobiological effects of a probiotic-supplemented diet in chronically stressed male Long-Evans rats:  Evidence of enhanced resilience.  IBRO, 11: 207-215.

  • Jacob, J., Kent, M., Benson-Amram, S., Herculano-Houzel, S., Raghanti, M.A., Ploppert, E., Drake, J., Hindi, B., Natale, N.R., Daniels, S., Fanelli, R., Miller, A., Landis, T., Gilbert, A., Johnson, S., Lai, A.,  Hyer, M., Rzucidlo, A., Anchor, C., Gehrt, S., & Lambert, K. (2021).  Cytoarchitectural Characteristics Associated with Cognitive Flexibility in Raccoons.  Journal of Comparative Neurology, 529(14):3375-3388.

2019-2020 Publications

  •  Scarola, S., Kent, M., Neal, S., Perdoma Trejoa, J., Bardi, M., Lambert, K.  (2020).  Postpartum environmental challenges alter maternal responsiveness and offspring development.  Hormones and Behavior, 122; 104761.  doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104761. 

  • Sullivan, E., Kent, M., Thompson, B., Bardi, M. & Lambert, K. (2019).  Maternal-induced shifts in allostatic demands:  Reproductive experience alters emotional and cognitive biobehavioral responses in rats (Rattus norvegicus).  Neuroscience Letters, 701, 1-7.

  •  Kentner, A., Lambert, K., Hannah, A.J., Donaldson, S.T. (2019).  Environmental enrichment:  Enhancing neural plasticity, resilience, and repair.  Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience,  10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00075.

  • Lambert, K., & Byrnes, E. C.  (2019).  Challenges to the Parental Brain:  Neuroethological and Translational Considerations.  Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology,  (Link to publication).

  • Mota, B., Dos Santos, S.E., Ventura-Antunes, L., Jardim-Messeder, D., Neves, K., Kazu, R.S., Noctor, S., Lambert, K., Bertelsen, M.F., manger, P.R., Sherwood, C.C., Kaas, J.H., & Herculano-Houzel, S. (2019).  White matter volume and white/gray matter ratio in mammalian species as a consequence of the universal scaling of cortical folding.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116, 15253-15261.

  • Lambert, K., Eisch, A.J., Galea, L.A.M., Kempermann, G., & Merzenich, M. (2019).  Optimizing Brain Performance:  Identifying mechanisms of adaptive neurobiological plasticity.  Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 105, 60-71. 

  •   Lambert, K., Vavra, D., Kent, M. (2019).  Avoiding Beach’s Boojum Effect: Enhancing bench to bedside translation with field to laboratory considerations in optimal animal models.  Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 104, 191-196. 

     Crawford, L.E., Knouse, L.E., Kent, M., Vavra, D., Harding, O., LeServe, D., Fox, N., Hu, X., Li, P., Glory, C., & Lambert, K.G. (2019).  Enriched environment exposure accelerates rodent driving skills.  Behavioural Brain Research, 378, (Link to publication).

  •  Lambert, K., Hunter, R.G., Bartlett, A.A., Lapp, H.E., & Kent, M. (2019).  In search of optimal resilience ratios:  Differential influences of neurobehavioral factors contributing to stress-resilience spectra. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology,. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2019.100802

     

2018 Publications

Java Macaque at the DuMond Conservancy (Miami, FL)

Java Macaque at the DuMond Conservancy (Miami, FL)

  • Kent, M., Scott, S., Lambert, S., Kirk, E., Terhune-Cotter, B., Thompson, B., Neal, S., Dozier, B. Bardi, M. & Lambert, K (2018).  Contingency training alters neurobiological components of emotional resilience in male and female rats.  Neuroscience, 386, 121-136.

  •  Neal, S., Kent, M., Bardi, M. & Lambert, K.G. (2018).  Enriched environment exposure enhances social interactions and oxytocin responsiveness in male Long-Evans rats.  Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (Link to publication).


2017 Publications

Von Economo neurons in raccoon brain

Von Economo neurons in raccoon brain

  • Kent, M., Bardi, M., Hazelgrove, A., Sewell, K., Kirk, E., Thompson, B., Trexler, K., Terhune-Cotter, B. & Lambert, K.  (2017).  Profiling coping strategies in male and female rats:  Potential neurobehavioral markers of increased resilience to depressive symptoms.  Hormones and Behavior, 95, 33-43.

  •  Bardi, M., Prugh, Adrianna, Eubanks, B., Trexler, K., Bowden, R., Evans, S., Lambert, K.G.,         Huffman, M. (2017).  The emergence of alloparental behavior:  Male-immature interactions in long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis).  Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, 56, 218-228.

  •  Messeder, D.J., Lambert, K., Noctor, S., Pestana, F.M., de Castro Leal, M.E., Bertelsen, M.F.,

  • Alagaili, A.N., Mohammad, O.B., Manger, P.R. & Herculano-Houzel, S. (2017).  Dogs have the most neurons though not the largest brain:  Trade-off between body mass and number of neurons in the cerebral cortex of large carnivoran species.  Frontiers in Neuroanatomy (Link to publication).

2016 Publications

Rat with young

  • Pawluski, J.L., Kinsley, C.H., &  Lambert, K. (2016).  Neuroplasticity in the maternal hippocampus:  Relation to cognition and effects of repeated stress.  Hormones and Behavior, 77, 86-97.

  • Bardi, M., Kaufman, C., Franssen, C., Hyer, M.M., Rzucidlo, A., Brown, M., Tschirhart, M., & Lambert, K.G. (2016).  Paper or plastic?  Exploring the effects of natural enrichment on behavioral and neuroendocrine responses in Long-Evans rats.  Journal of Neuroendocrinology, doi:10.1111/jne.12383.

  • Kinsley, C.H., Bardi, M., Lambert, K.G., & Neigh, G. (2016). Development and Endocrinology.  In: Neigh, G. (ed.).  Sex Differences in Physiology.  New York:  Elsevier.

  • Lambert, K., Hyer, M., Bardi, M., Rzucidlo, A., Scott, S., Terhune-Cotter, b., Hazelgrove, A., Silva, I., & Kinsley, C. (2016).  Natural-enriched environments lead to enhanced environmental engagement and altered neurobiological resilience.  Neuroscience, 330, 386-394.

2015 Publications

Raccoon brain

  • Lambert, K., Nelson, R.J., Jovanovic, T., & Cerda, M. (2015).  Brains in the City:  Neurobiological effects of urbanization.  Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 58, 107-122.

  • Lambert, K. (2015).  Do or DIY.  Royal Society for Arts (RSA) Journal, Issue I, 20-23.

2014 Publications

Rat with pups

  • Lambert, K.G., Hyer, M.M., Rzucidlo, A., Bergeron, T., Landis, T., & Bardi, B. (2014).  Contingency-based emotional resilience:  Effort-based reward training and flexible coping lead to adaptive responses to uncertainty in male rats.  Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, DOI:10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00124

  •  Bardi, M., Eckles, M., Kirk, E., Landis, T., Evans, S., & Lambert, K.G. (2014).  Parity modifies endocrine hormones in urine and problem-solving strategies of captive owl monkeys (Aotus spp.). Comparative Medicine, 64, 486-95.

  • Kinsley C.H., Blair J.C., Karp N.E., Hester N.W., McNamara I.M., Orthmeyer A.L., McSweeney,M.C., Bardi M., Karelina K., Christon L.M., Sirkin M.R., Victoria L.W., Skurka D.J., Fyfe C.R., Hudepohl M.B., Felicio L.F., Franssen R.A., Meyer E.E., da Silva I.S., & Lambert K.G. (2014). The mother as hunter: Significant reduction in foraging costs through enhancements of predation in maternal rats. Hormones and Behavior, 66:649-654. 

2013 Publications

Neurons in rat hippocampus

  • Bardi, M., True, M., Franssen, C.L., Kaufman, C., Rzucidlo, A., & Lambert, K.G. (2013).  Effort-Based Reward (EBR) training enhances neurobiological efficiency in a problem-solving task: Insights for depression therapies.  Brain Research, 1490, 101-110.

  • Lambert, K.G., & Franssen, C. L. (2013).  The dynamic nature of the parental brain.  In: Wilcox, W.B., & Kline, K.K. (Eds).  Gender and Parenthood:  Biological and Social Scientific Perspectives, pp. 19-39.  New York:  Columbia University Press.

  • Lambert, K.G., Franssen, C.L., Hampton, J.E., Rzucidlo, A.M., Hyer, M.M., True, M., Kaufman, C., & Bardi, M.  (2013).  Modeling Paternal Attentiveness:  Distressed Pups Evoke Differential Neurobiological and Behavioral Responses in Paternal and Nonpaternal Mice.  Neuroscience, 234, 1-12.

2012 Publications

Neurons and glia in rat hippocampus

  • Lambert, K.G. & Kinsley, C.H. (2012).  Neurobiological modifications at the onset of parenthood. Invited manuscript submitted to Parenting:  Science and Practice, 54, 16-27.

  • Gerecke, K.M., Kishore, R., Jasnow, A., Quadros-Menella, P., Parker, S., Koob, F.J., Kinsley, C.H. & Lambert, K.G. (2012).  Alterations of sex-typical microanatomy:  Prenatal stress modifies the structure of medial preoptic area neurons in rats.  Developmental Psychobiology, 54, 16-27.

  • Franssen, R.A., Rzucidlo, A.M., Franssen, C.L., Hampton, J.E., Benkovic, S.A., Bardi, M., Kinsley, C.H., & Lambert, K.G. (2012).  Reproductive experience facilitates recovery from kainic acid-induced neural insult in female Long Evans rats.  Brain Research, 1454, 80-89.

  • Lambert, K.G. (2012).  The parental brain:  Transformations and adaptations.  Physiology and Behavior, 107, 792-800.

  • Blakeslee, S., DiChristina, M., Raeburn, P., & Lambert, K. (2012).  Behavioral Neuroscience and the media.  Physiology and Behavior, 107, 617-622.

  • Bardi, M., Rhone, A.P., Franssen, C.L, Hampton, J.E., Shea, E.A., Hyer, M.M., Huber, J., & Lambert, K.G. (2012).  Behavioral training and predisposed coping strategies interact to influence resilience in Long-Evans rats:  Implications for depression.  Stress, 15, 306-317.

2011 Publications

California mouse

  • Bardi, M., Franssen, C.L., Hampton, J.E., Shea, E.A., Fanean, A. P., & Lambert, K.G., (2011). Paternal experience and stress responses in the California mouse (Peromyscus californicus).  Comparative Medicine, 60, 20-30.

  • Lambert, K.G., Franssen, C.L., Bardi, M., Hampton, J.E., Hainley, L., Karsner, S., Tu, E.B., Hyer, M.M., Crockett, A., Baranova, A., Ferguson, T., Ferguson, G., & Kinsley, C.H. (2011).  Characteristic and distinct neurobiological patterns differentiate paternal responsiveness in two Peromyscus species.  Brain, Behavior, and Evolution, 77, 159-175.

  • Lambert, K. G. (Sept/Oct 2011).  A tale of two rodents:  Rats teach a neuroscientist lessons of love  or at least sex.  Scientific American Mind.

  • Franssen, C.L., Bardi, M., Lambert, K.G. (2011).  Using a comparative species approach to investigate the neurobiology of paternal responses.  Journal of Visualized Experiments, 55, e3173

  • Franssen C.L., Bardi M., Shea E.A., Hampton, J.E., Franssen R.A., Kinsley, C.H., Lambert K.G. (2011). Fatherhood Enhances Learning and Associated Neural Responsiveness. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 23, 1177-87.

Learn more about Dr. Lambert's neuroscience research on the Books page and Neuroscience in the Media pages.