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Cara L. Wellman

Neuroscience · Indiana University

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Stress Responses and CortisolNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchNeuroendocrine regulation and behaviorMemory and Neural MechanismsTryptophan and brain disorders

Publications

75

Citations

6,538

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

36

Publishing since 1991

Research summary
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Cara L. Wellman studies how stress affects the brain and behavior, using animal models such as rats and Siberian hamsters. A central focus is the medial prefrontal cortex (a brain region involved in decision-making and emotion regulation) and how chronic or early-life stress reshapes its structure and function, often in ways that differ between males and females. Recent work also examines how maternal stress and the gut microbiome (the community of microbes living in the digestive system) influence offspring brain development and behavior.

Stress and the prefrontal cortexSex differences in stress responsesMaternal stress and the microbiomeNeuronal structure and remodelingBehavior in animal models

Publication activity peaked around 2019 and has slowed over the last five years, with several years showing no publications and roughly one per year recently.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.8/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 7 publications719202021: 3 publications212022: 2 publications2223242025: 1 publication252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Developmental Neurobiology×2
  • Hormones and Behavior×2
  • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology×2
  • PLoS ONE×1
  • Journal of Neuroscience×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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