Prof. Dr. sylvia kaiser (apl.)

• 2025
• 2024
• 2023
• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2001
• 2000
• 1998
• 1997
• 1996

2025

• Richter, SH, Caspers, B, Dammhahn, M, and Kaiser, S. 2025. “Animal research revisited - the case of behavioural studies.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution, № 40 (2): 99–103. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.11.014.
• Bračić, M, Bierbaum, L, Peng, M, Nimalavachchlan, L, Siewert, V, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2025. “The behavioural ecology of optimism: judgement bias and foraging under predation risk in mice.” Animal Behaviour, № 219 122991. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.10.005.

2024

• Schulte, L, Oswald, P, Mühlenhaupt, M, Ossendorf, E, Kruse, S, Kaiser, S, and Caspers, BA. 2024. “Stress response of fire salamander larvae differs between habitat types.” Royal Society Open Science, № 11 (4) 231304. doi: 10.1098/rsos.231304.
• Rystrom, TL, Wesseler, Y, Richter, SH, Sachser, N, and Kaiser, S. 2024. “Shaped by you: The effect of social partner on cortisol and behavior during adolescence in a female rodent.” Ethology, № 130 e13414. doi: 10.1111/eth.13414.
• Kaiser, M, Gadau, J, Kaiser, S, Müller, C, and Richter, SH. 2024. “Individualized social niches in animals: Theoretical clarifications and processes of niche change.” BioScience, № 74: 146–158. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biad122.
• Rystrom, TL, Richter, SH, Sachser, N, and Kaiser, S. 2024. “Social niche shapes social behavior and cortisol concentrations during adolescence in female guinea pigs.” Hormones and Behavior, № 162 (105539) doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105539.
• Kaiser, M.I., Killin, A., Abendroth, A.-K., Back, M.D., Baune, B.T., Bilstein, N., Breitmoser, Y., Caspers, B.A., Gadau, J., Gossmann, T.I., Kaiser, S., Krüger, O., Kurtz, J.Lengersdorf, D., Malsch, A., K. FMüller, C., Rauthmann J.F., Reinhold, K., Richter, S.H., Stummer, C., Trappes, R., Voelcker-Rehage, C., and Wittmann, M.J. 2024. “Individualisation and individualised science across disciplinary perspectives.” European Journal for Philosophy of Science, № 14 (41) 41. doi: 10.1007/s13194-024-00602-8.
• Kaiser, S, Krüger, C, and Sachser, N. 2024. “The guinea pig.” in The UFAW handbook on the care and management of laboratory and other research animals, edited by H Golledge and C Richardson. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Sroka, MGU, Ambree, O, Dohmen, C, Palme, R, Kaiser, S, and Richter, SH. 2024. “Personality matters – The interplay between consistent individual differences and mouse welfare in female C57BL6/J mice.” Frontiers in Animal Science, № 5 (14238) doi: 10.3389/fanim.2024.1423814.
• Göbel, M., Kaiser, S., Richter, S.H., Wagner, P., and Wehrenberg, G. 2024. “Specifically Unspecific – Simple Devices as Feasible and Effective Enrichment for Small Mammals.” Animal Behavior and Cognition, № 11 (3): 305–329. doi: 10.26451/abc.11.03.05.2024.
• Pereira, H, Hoffman, JI, Krüger, O, Czirják, GA, Rinaud, T, Ottensmann, M, Gladow, K-P, . Caspers, BA, Maraci, Ö, Kaiser, S, and Chakarov, N. 2024. “The gut microbiota-immune-brain axis in a wild vertebrate: dynamic interactions and health impacts.” Frontiers in Microbiology, № 15 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1413976.

2023

• Stieger, B, Wesseler, Y, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2023. “Behavioral lateralization of mice varying in serotonin transporter genotype.” Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, № 16 1095567. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1095567.
• Kaiser, S, Korte, A, Wistuba, J, Baldy, M, Wissmann, A, Dubičanac, A, Richter, SH, and Sachser, N. 2023. “Effects of castration and sterilization on cortisol responsiveness – a case study in male guinea pigs.” Frontiers in Veterinary Science, № 9 (1093157) doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1093157.
• Quante, SM, Siewert, V, Palme, R, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and SH, Richter. 2023. “The power of a touch: Regular touchscreen training but not its termination affects hormones and behavior in mice.” Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, № 17 doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1112780.
• Mutwill, AM, Schielzeth, H, Richter, SH, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2023. “Conditional on the social environment? Roots of repeatability in hormone concentrations of male guinea pigs.” Hormones and Behavior, № 155 105423.
• Bohn, L, Bierbaum, L, Kästner, N, von Kortzfleisch, VT, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2023. “Structural enrichment for laboratory mice: exploring the effects of novelty and complexity.” Frontiers in Veterinary Science, № 10 1207332. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1207332.

2022

• Lilie, ND, Riyahi, S, Kalinowski, A, Salazar, SM, Kaiser, S, Schmoll, T, and Korsten, P. 2022. “Male social niche conformance? Effects of manipulated opportunity for extra-pair mating on behavior and hormones of male zebra finches.” Hormones and Behavior, № 146: 105243–105243. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105243.
• Kaiser, S, and Richter, SH. 2022. “Don’t worry, be happy? Ein verhaltensbiologischer Blick auf das Gefühlsleben der Tiere.” in Das unterschätzte Tier, edited by N Sachser, N Kästner and T Zimmermann. Reinbek: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag.
• Stieger, B, Palme, R, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2022. “When left is right: The effects of paw preference training on behaviour in mice.” Behavioural Brain Research, № 430 (113929)
• Von Kortzfleisch, VT, Ambrée, O, Karp, NA, Meyer, N, Novak, J, Palme, R, Rosso, M, Touma, C, Würbel, H, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2022. “Do multiple experimenters improve the reproducibility of animal studies?” PLoS Biology, № 20(3) (e3001564) doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001564.
• Rystrom, TL, Prawitt, RC, Richter, SH, Sachser, N, and Kaiser, S. 2022. “Repeatability of endocrine traits and dominance rank in female guinea pigs.” Frontiers in Zoology, № 19 (1): 4. doi: 10.1186/s12983-021-00449-2.
• Feige-Diller, J, Herrera-Rivero, M, Witten, A, Stoll, M, Kaiser, S, Richter, SH, and Sachser, N. 2022. “The impact of varying food availability on gene expression in the liver: Testing the Match-Mismatch hypothesis.” Frontiers in Nutrition, № 9 (910762)
• Bračić, M, Bohn, L, Siewert, V, von Kortzfleisch, V, Schielzeth, H, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2022. “Once an Optimist, Always an Optimist? Studying Cognitive Judgment Bias in Mice.” Behavioral Ecology, № 33: 775–788.
• Nagel, R., Kaiser, S., Stainfield, C., Toscani, C., Fox-Clarke, C., Paijmans, A.J., Costa, Castro C., Vendrami, D.L.J., Forcada, J., and Hoffman, J.I. 2022. “Low heritability and high phenotypic plasticity of salivary cortisol in response to environmental heterogeneity in a wild pinniped.” Ecology and Evolution, № 12 (3) doi: 10.1002/ece3.8757.
• Herrera-Rivero, M, Bohn, L, Witten, A, Jüngling, K, Kaiser, S, Richter, SH, Stoll, M, and Sachser, N. 2022. “Transcriptional profiles in the mouse amygdala after a cognitive judgment bias test largely depend on the genotype.” Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, № 15 1025389. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.1025389.
• Kappeler, Peter M., Benhaiem, Sarah, Fichtel, Claudia, Fromhage, Lutz, Hoener, Oliver P., Jennions, Michael D., Kaiser, Sylvia, Krueger, Oliver, Schneider, Jutta M., Tuni, Cristina, van Schaik, Jaap, and Goymann, Wolfgang. 2022. “Sex roles and sex ratios in animals.” Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, № 98 (2) doi: 10.1111/brv.12915.

2021

• Feige-Diller, J, Palme, R, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2021. “The impact of varying food availability on health and welfare in mice: Testing the Match-Mismatch hypothesis.” Physiology and Behavior, № 228 (113193) doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113193.
• Mutwill, AM, Schielzeth, H, Zimmermann, TD, Richter, SH, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2021. “Individuality meets plasticity: Endocrine phenotypes across male dominance rank acquisition in guinea pigs living in a complex social environment.” Hormones and Behavior, № 131 104967. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.104967.
• Stieger, B, Melotti, L, Quante, SM, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2021. “A step in the right direction: the effect of context, strain and sex on paw preference in mice.” Animal Behaviour, № 174: 21–30. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.01.012.
• Krakenberg, V, Wewer, M, Palme, R, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2021. “Regular touchscreen training affects faecal corticosterone metabolites and anxiety-like behaviour in mice.” Behavioural Brain Research, № 401: 113080. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.113080.
• Bodden, C, Wewer, M, Kästner, N, Palme, R, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2021. “Not all mice are alike: Mixed-strain housing alters social behaviour.” Physiology and Behavior, № 228 (113220) doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113220.
• Melotti, L, Siestrup, S, Peng, M, Vitali, V, Dowling, D, von Kortzfleisch, VT, Bracic, M, Sachser, N, Kaiser, S, and Richter, SH. 2021. “Individuality, as well as genetic background, affects syntactical features of courtship songs in male mice.” Animal Behaviour, № 180: 179–196.
• Lihoreau, Mathieu, Kaiser, Sylvia, Resende, Briseida, Rodel, Heiko G., and Chaline, Nicolas. 2021. “Editorial: Context-Dependent Plasticity in Social Species: Feedback Loops Between Individual and Social Environment.” Frontiers in Psychology, № 12: 64519. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.645191.

2020

• Feige-Diller, J, Krakenberg, V, Bierbaum, L, Seifert, L, Palme, R, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2020. “The effects of different feeding routines on welfare in laboratory mice.” Frontiers in Veterinary Science, № 6: 479.
• Von Kortzfleisch, VT, Karp, NA, Palme, R, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2020. “Improving reproducibility in animal research by splitting the study population into several ‘mini-experiments’.” Scientific Reports, № 10 (16579) doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73503-4.
• Müller, C, Caspers, BA, Gadau, J, and Kaiser, S. 2020. “The Power of Infochemicals in Mediating Individualized Niches.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution, № 35: 981–989. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.07.001.
• Mutwill, AM, Zimmermann, TD, Hennicke, A, Richter, SH, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2020. “Adaptive reshaping of the hormonal phenotype after social niche transition in adulthood.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, № 287 20200667. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.0667.
• Sachser, N, Zimmermann, TD, Hennessy, MB, and Kaiser, S. 2020. “Sensitive phases in the development of rodent social behavior.” Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, № 36: 63–70. doi: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2020.07.014.
• Krakenberg, Viktoria, Siestrup, Sophie, Palme, Rupert, Kaiser, Sylvia, Sachser, Norbert, and Richter, Sophie Helene. 2020. “Effects of different social experiences on emotional state in mice.” Scientific Reports, № 10 (15255) doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71994-9.

2019

• Mutwill, AM, Zimmermann, TD, Reuland, C, Fuchs, S, Kunert, J, Richter, SH, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2019. “High reproductive success despite queuing – Socio-sexual development of males in a complex social environment.” Frontiers in Psychology, № 10 2810. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02810.
• Krakenberg, V, von Kortzfleisch, V, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2019. “Differential effects of serotonin transporter genotype on anxiety-like behavior and cognitive judgment bias in mice.” Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, № 13: 263.
• Bodden, C, von Kortzfleisch, V, Karwinkel, F, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2019. “Heterogenising study samples across testing time improves reproducibility of behavioural data.” Scientific Reports, № 9: 8247.
• Von Kortzfleisch, V, Kästner, N, Prange, L, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2019. “Have I been here before? Effects of repeated testing and age on the results of behavioural tests.” Behavioural Brain Research, № 367: 143–148.
• Melotti, L, Kästner, N, Eick, AK, Schnelle, AL, Palme, R, Sachser, N, Kaiser, S, and Richter, SH. 2019. “Can live with ‘em, can live without ‘em: pair housed male C57BL/6J mice show low aggression and increasing sociopositive interactions with age, but can adapt to single housing if separated.” Applied Animal Behaviour Science, № 214: 79–88.
• Kästner, N, Richter, SH, Urbanik, S, Kunert, J, Waider, J, Lesch, K-P, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2019. “Brain serotonin deficiency affects female aggression.” Scientific Reports, № 9 (1366)
• Krakenberg, V, Woigk, I, Garcia, Rodriguez L, Kästner, N, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2019. “Technology or ecology? New tools to assess cognitive judgement bias in mice.” Behavioural Brain Research, № 362: 279–287. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.01.021.

2018

• Bodden, C, Siestrup, S, Palme, R, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2018. “Evidence-based severity assessment: Impact of repeated versus single open-field testing on welfare in C57BL/6J mice.” Behavioural Brain Research, № 336: 261–268.
• Sangenstedt, S, Szardenings, C, Sachser, N, and Kaiser, S. 2018. “Does the early social environment prepare individuals for the future? A match-mismatch experiment in female wild cavies.” Frontiers in Zoology, № 15:13 doi: 10.1186/s12983-018-0261-1.
• Kästner, N, Richter, SH, Bodden, C, Palme, R, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2018. “Varying social experiences in adulthood do not differentially affect anxiety-like behavior but stress hormone levels.” Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, № 12: 72.
• Sachser, N, Hennessy, MB, and Kaiser, S. 2018. “The adaptive shaping of social behavioural phenotypes during adolescence.” Biology Letters, № 14 doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0536.
• Sachser, N, Richter, SH, and Kaiser, S. 2018. “Artgerecht/tiergerecht.” in Handbuch Tierethik, edited by JS Ach and D Borchers. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler Verlag.
• Richter, SH, Sachser, N, and Kaiser, S. 2018. “Emotionen.” in Handbuch Tierethik, edited by JS Ach and D Borchers. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler Verlag.

2017

• Sangenstedt, S., Jaljuli, I., Sachser, N., and Kaiser, S. 2017. “Stress responsiveness and anxiety-like behavior: The early social environment differentially shapes stability over time in a small rodent.” Hormones and Behavior, № 90 (null): 90–97. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.02.010.
• Zimmermann, TD, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2017. “The adaptiveness of a queuing strategy shaped by social experiences during adolescence.” Physiology and Behavior, № 181: 29–37. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.08.025.
• Meyer, N, Jenikejew, J, Richter, SH, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2017. “Social experiences during adolescence affect anxiety-like behavior but not aggressiveness in male mice.” Behavioural Brain Research, № 326: 147–153. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.03.017.
• Siegeler, K, Lewejohann, L, Failing, K., Sachser, N, and Kaiser, S. 2017. “Start early! Does social instability during the pre- and early postnatal development prepare male wild cavies for social challenge later in life?” Frontiers in Zoology, № 14:2
• Zimmermann, TD, Kaiser, S, Hennessy, MB, and Sachser, N. 2017. “Adaptive shaping of the behavioural and neuroendocrine phenotype during adolescence.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, № 284 (1849) doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2784.
• Kästner, N, Richter, SH, Gamer, M, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2017. “What a difference a day makes - female behaviour is less predictable near ovulation.” Royal Society Open Science, № 4 doi: 10.1098/rsos.160998.

2016

• Graulich, DM, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, and Richter, SH. 2016. “Looking on the bright side of bias - validation of an affective bias test for laboratory mice.” Applied Animal Behaviour Science, № 181: 173–181.
• Meyer, N, Richter, SH, Schreiber, RS, Kloke, V, Kaiser, S, Lesch, KP, and Sachser, N. 2016. “The Unexpected Effects of Beneficial and Adverse Social Experiences during Adolescence on Anxiety and Aggression and Their Modulation by Genotype.” Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, № 10 (97) doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00097.
• SH, Richter, Kästner, N, Loddenkemper, DH, Kaiser, S, Sachser, and N. 2016. “A time to wean? Impact of weaning age on anxiety-like behaviour and stability of behavioural traits in full adulthood.” PloS one, № 11(12): e0167652. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167652.
• Richter, SH, Kästner, N, Kriwet, M, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2016. “Play matters - the surprising relationship between juvenile playfulness and anxiety in later life.” Animal Behaviour, № 114: 261–271. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.02.003.

2015

• Kaiser, S, Hennessy, MB, and Sachser, N. 2015. “Domestication affects the structure, development and stability of biobehavioural profiles.” Frontiers in Zoology, № 12 (Suppl1): 19
• Kaiser, S, Siegeler, K, Schwerdt, B, and N, Sachser. 2015. “Social instability during pregnancy and lactation alters female wild cavy offsprings endocrine status and behaviour later in life.” Behaviour, № 152 (7-8): 837–859.
• Bodden, C, Richter, SH, Schreiber, RS, Kloke, V, Gerss, J, Palme, R, Lesch, KP, Lewejohann, L, Kaiser, S, and Sacher, N. 2015. “Benefits of adversity?! How life history affects the behavioral profile of mice varying in serotonin transporter genotype.” Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, № 9 (47) doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00047.
• Kästner, N., Richter, S.H., Lesch, K.P., Schreiber, R.S., Kaiser, S., and Sachser, N. 2015. “Benefits of a "vulnerability gene"? A study in serotonin transporter knockout mice.” Behavioural Brain Research, № 283 doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.01.031.
• Hennessy, MB, Kaiser, S, Tiedtke, T, and Sachser, N. 2015. “Stability and change: Stress responses and the shaping of behavioral phenotypes over the life span.” Frontiers in Zoology, № 12 (Suppl 1): 18. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-12-S1_S18.

2014

• Kloke, V., Schreiber, R., Bodden, C., Möllers, J., Ruhmann, H., Kaiser, S., Lesch, K., Sachser, N., and Lewejohann, L. 2014. “Hope for the best or prepare for the worst? Towards a spatial cognitive bias test for mice.” PloS one, № 9 (8) doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105431.
• Zipser, B, Schleking, A, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2014. “Effects of domestication on biobehavioural profiles: a comparison of domestic guinea pigs and wild cavies from early to late adolescence.” Frontiers in Zoology, № 11
• Guenther, A, Palme, R, Dersen, M, Kaiser, S, and Trillmich, F. 2014. “Photoperiodic effects on reproductive development in male cavies (Cavia aperea).” Physiology and Behaviour, № 123: 142–147.

2013

• Sachser, N, Kaiser, S, and Hennessy, MB. 2013. “Behavioural profiles are shaped by social experience: when, how and why.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, № 368 (1618): 20120344. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0344.
• Siegeler, K, Wistuba, J, Damm, OS, von Engelhardt, N, Sachser, N, and Kaiser, S. 2013. “Early social instability affects plasma testosterone during adolescence but does not alter reproductive capacity or measures of stress later in life.” Physiology and Behavior, № 120C: 143–149. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.08.008.
• Kloke, V, Heiming, RS, Bölting, S, Kaiser, S, Lewejohann, L, Lesch, KP, and Sachser, N. 2013. “Unexpected effects of early-life adversity and social enrichment on the anxiety profile of mice varying in serotonin transporter genotype.” Behavioural Brain Research, № 247C: 248–258. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.03.039.
• Karabeg, MM, Grauthoff, S, Kollert, SY, Weidner, M, Heiming, RS, Jansen, F, Popp, S, Kaiser, S, Lesch, KP, Sachser, N, Schmitt, AG, and Lewejohann, L. 2013. “5-HTT Deficiency Affects Neuroplasticity and Increases Stress Sensitivity Resulting in Altered Spatial Learning Performance in the Morris Water Maze but Not in the Barnes Maze.” PloS one, № 8 (10): e78238.
• Hohoff, C, Gorji, A, Kaiser, S, Willscher, E, Korsching, E, Ambree, O, Arolt, V, Lesch, KP, Sachser, N, Deckert, J, and Lewejohann, L. 2013. “Effect of acute stressor and serotonin transporter genotype on amygdala first wave transcriptome in mice.” PloS one, № 8 (3): e58880.
• Zipser, B, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2013. “Dimensions of Animal Personalities in Guinea Pigs.” Ethology, № 119 (11): 970–982.

2012

• Stock, C, and Kaiser, S. 2012. “Humanbiologische Grundlagen der Gesundheitswissenschaften.” in Handbuch Gesundheitswissenschaften., edited by K Hurrelmann and O Razum. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa.
• Albert, FW, Somel, M, Carneiro, M, Aximu-Petri, A, Halbwax, M, Thalmann, O, Blanco-Aguiar, JA, Plyusnina, IZ, Trut, L, Villafuerte, R, Ferrand, N, Kaiser, S, Jensen, P, and Pääbo, S. 2012. “A Comparison of Brain Gene Expression Levels in Domesticated and Wild Animals.” PLOS Genetics, № 8(9): e1002962.

2011

• S, Lürzel, S, Kaiser, Krüger, C., and N, Sachser. 2011. “Inhibiting influence of testosterone on stress responsiveness during adolescence.” Hormones and Behavior, № 60 (5): 691–698.
• Lürzel, S, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2011. “Social interaction decreases stress responsiveness during adolescence.” Psychoneuroendocrinology, № 36 (9): 1370–7. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.03.010.
• Jansen, F, Heiming, RS, Kloke, V, Kaiser, S, Palme, R, Lesch, KP, and Sachser, N. 2011. “Away game or home match: The influence of venue and serotonin transporter genotype on the display of offensive aggression.” Behavioural Brain Research, № 219 (2): 291–301. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.01.029.
• Sachser, N, Hennessy, MB, and Kaiser, S. 2011. “Adaptive Modulation of Behavioural Profiles by Social Stress During Early Phase of Life and Adolescence.” Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, № 35 (7): 1518–1533. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.09.002.
• Heiming, RS, Bodden, C, Jansen, F, Lewejohann, L, Kaiser, S, Lesch, KP, Palme, R, and Sachser, N. 2011. “Living in a dangerous world decreases maternal care: A study in serotonin transporter knockout mice.” Hormones and Behavior, № Volume 60 (4): 397–407. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.07.006.
• Siegeler, K, Sachser, N, and Kaiser, S. 2011. “The social environment during pregnancy and lactation shapes the behavioural and hormonal profile of male offspring in wild cavies.” Developmental Psychobiology, № 53: 575–584.

2010

• Lewejohann, L, Kloke, V, Heiming, RS, Jansen, F, Kaiser, S, Schmitt, A, Lesch, KP, and Sachser, N. 2010. “Social Status and Day-to-Day Behaviour of Male Serotonin Transporter Knockout Mice.” Behavioural Brain Research, № 211 (2): 220–228. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.03.035.
• Kaiser, S, Krüger, C, and Sachser, N. 2010. “The guinea pig.” in The care and management of laboratory and other research animals, edited by R Hubrecht and J. Kirkwood. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781444318777.ch27.
• Sachser, N., and Kaiser, S. 2010. “The social modulation of behavioural development.” in Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms, edited by P. Kappeler. Düsseldorf: Springer VDI Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-02624-9_17.
• Kaiser, S., and Sachser, N. 2010. “Sex-Specific Effects of Early Social Stress in Mammals: A Study in Guinea Pigs.” in Encyclopedia of Stress, Vol. null , edited by G Fink. Amsterdam: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-012373947-6.00478-5.
• Lewejohann, L., Pickel, T., Sachser, N., and Kaiser, S. 2010. “Wild genius - domestic fool? Spatial learning abilities of wild and domestic guinea pigs.” Frontiers in Zoology, № 7 (null) doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-7-9.
• Lurzel, S, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2010. “Social Interaction, Testosterone, and Stress Responsiveness During Adolescence.” Physiology and Behavior, № 99 (1): 40–46. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.10.005.

2009

• Kemme, K, Kaiser, S, von Engelhardt, N, Wewers, D, Groothuis, T, and Sachser, N. 2009. “An Unstable Social Environment Affects Sex Ratio in Guinea Pigs: An Adaptive Maternal Effect?” Behaviour, № 146 (11): 1513–1529. doi: 10.1163/156853909X445579.
• Hennessy, MB, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2009. “Social Buffering of the Stress Response: Diversity, Mechanisms, and Functions.” Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, № 30 (4): 470–482. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2009.06.001.
• Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2009. “Effects of Prenatal Social Stress on Offspring Development: Pathology or Adaptation?” Current Directions in Psychological Science, № 18 (2): 118–121. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01620.x.
• Heiming, RS, Jansen, F, Lewejohann, L, Kaiser, S, Schmitt, A, and Lesch, KPand Sachser N. 2009. “Living in a dangerous world: the shaping of behavioral profile by early environment and 5-HTT genotype.” Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, № 3 (26) doi: 10.3389/neuro.08.026.2009.
• Trillmich, F, Mueller, B, Kaiser, S, and Krause, J. 2009. “Puberty in female cavies (Cavia aperea) is affected by photoperiod and social conditions.” Physiology and Behavior, № 96 (3): 476–480. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.11.014.

2008

• Adrian, O, Kaiser, S, Sachser, N, Jandewerth, P, Lottker, P, Epplen, JT, and Hennessy, MB. 2008. “Female Influences on Pair Formation, Reproduction and Male Stress Responses in a Monogamous Cavy (Galea Monasteriensis).” Hormones and Behavior, № 53 (3): 403–412. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.11.009.
• Kaiser, S, Touma, C, Galert, T, and Würbel, H. 2008. “Animal Suffering - Fact or Fiction?” in Theology meets biology. Anthropological perspectives on animals and human beings, edited by K Müller and N. Sachser. Salzburg: Verlag Anton Pustet.
• Kemme, K, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2008. “Prenatal Stress Does Not Impair Coping with Challenge Later in Life.” Physiology and Behavior, № 93 (1-2): 68–75. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.07.013.

2007

• Kemme, K, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2007. “Prenatal Maternal Programming Determines Testosterone Response During Social Challenge.” Hormones and Behavior, № 51 (3): 387–394. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.12.009.
• Kaiser, S, Harderthauer, S, Sachser, N, and Hennessy, MB. 2007. “Social Housing Conditions Around Puberty Determine Later Changes in Plasma Cortisol Levels and Behavior.” Physiology and Behavior, № 90 (2-3): 405–411. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.10.002.

2006

• Hennessy, MB, Hornschuh, G, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2006. “Cortisol Responses and Social Buffering: A Study Throughout the Life Span.” Hormones and Behavior, № 49 (3): 383–390. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.08.006.
• Hennessy, MB, Bullinger, KL, Neisen, G, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2006. “Social Organization Predicts Nature of Infant-Adult Interactions in Two Species of Wild Guinea Pigs (Cavia aperea and Galea Monasteriensis).” Journal of Comparative Psychology, № 120 (1): 12–18. doi: 10.1037/0735-7036.120.1.12.

2005

• Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2005. “The Effects of Prenatal Social Stress on Behaviour: Mechanisms and Function.” Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, № 29 (2): 283–294. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2004.09.015.
• Wewers, D, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2005. “Application of an Antiandrogen During Pregnancy Infantilizes the Male Offsprings' Behaviour.” Behavioural Brain Research, № 158 (1): 89–95. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.08.009.

2004

• Sachser, N, Künzl, C, and Kaiser, S. 2004. “The welfare of laboratory guinea pigs.” in The welfare of laboratory animals, edited by E Kalista. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.

2003

• Kaiser, S, Nübold, T, Rohlmann, I, and Sachser, N. 2003. “Pregnant female guinea pigs adapt easily to a new social environment irrespective of their rearing conditions.” Physiology and Behavior, № 80 (1): 147–53. doi: 10.1016/S0031-9384(03)00228-2.
• Kaiser, S, Kruijver, FPM, Swaab, DF, and Sachser, N. 2003. “Early Social Stress in Female Guinea Pigs Induces a Masculinization of Adult Behavior and Corresponding Changes in Brain and Neuroendocrine Function.” Behavioural Brain Research, № 144 (1-2): 199–210. doi: 10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00077-9.
• Kaiser, S, Kruijver, FPM, Straub, RH, Sachser, N, and Swaab, DF. 2003. “Early Social Stress in Male Guinea-Pigs Changes Social Behaviour, and Autonomic and Neuroendocrine Functions.” Journal of Neuroendocrinology, № 15 (8): 761–769. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2003.01055.x.
• Kaiser, S, Kirtzeck, M, Hornschuh, G, and Sachser, N. 2003. “Sex-Specific Difference in Social Support - a Study in Female Guinea Pigs.” Physiology and Behavior, № 79 (2): 297–303. doi: 10.1016/S0031-9384(03)00091-X.
• Wewers, D, Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2003. “Maternal Separation in Guinea-Pigs: A Study in Behavioural Endocrinology.” Ethology, № 109 (5): 443–453. doi: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00888.x.
• Kunzl, C, Kaiser, S, Meier, E, and Sachser, N. 2003. “Is A Wild Mammal Kept and Reared in Captivity Still a Wild Animal?” Hormones and Behavior, № 43 (1): 187–196. doi: 10.1016/S0018-506X(02)00017-X.
• Kaiser, S, Heemann, K, Straub, RH, and Sachser, N. 2003. “The Social Environment Affects Behaviour and Androgens, But Not Cortisol in Pregnant Female Guinea Pigs.” Psychoneuroendocrinology, № 28 (1): 67–83. doi: 10.1016/S0306-4530(02)00010-0.

2001

• Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2001. “Social Stress During Pregnancy and Lactation Affects in Guinea Pigs the Male Offsprings' Endocrine Status and Infantilizes their Behaviour.” Psychoneuroendocrinology, № 26 (5): 503–519. doi: 10.1016/S0306-4530(01)00009-9.
• Forkmann, B, Blokhuis, HJ, Broom, DM, Kaiser, S, Koolhaas, JM, Levine, S, Mendl, M, Plotsky, PM, and Schedlowski, M. 2001. “Key sources of variability in coping.” in Coping with challenge: welfare in animals including humans, edited by Broom DM.. N/A: Selbstverlag / Eigenverlag.
• Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 2001. “Stress und Wohlergehen.” Praxis der Naturwissenschaften: Biologie in der Schule, № 50 (5): 15–20.

2000

• Kaiser, S, Brendel, H, and Sachser, N. 2000. “Effects of ACTH Applications During Pregnancy on the Female Offsprings' Endocrine Status and Behavior in Guinea Pigs.” Physiology and Behavior, № 70 (1-2): 157–162. doi: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00248-1.

1998

• Kaiser, S, and Sachser, N. 1998. “The Social Environment During Pregnancy and Lactation Affects the Female Offsprings' Endocrine Status and Behaviour in Guinea Pigs.” Physiology and Behavior, № 63 (3): 361–6. doi: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00435-6.

1997

• Sachser, N, and Kaiser, S. 1997. “The Social Environment, Behaviour and Stress - a Case Study in Guinea Pigs.” Acta physiologica Scandinavica. Supplementum, № 161: 83–87.

1996

• Sachser, N, and Kaiser, S. 1996. “Prenatal Social Stress Masculinizes the Females' Behaviour in Guinea Pigs.” Physiology and Behavior, № 60 (2): 589–94. doi: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)80036-9.