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André Jean is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France and specializes in the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Nutrition and Dietetics, Epidemiology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their research concentrates on topics such as Regulation of Appetite and Obesity, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias, Ion Channel Regulation and Function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, and Congenital Heart Defects Research.

André Jean has contributed to several publications, including:

  • Glial Endozepines Reverse High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity by Enhancing Hypothalamic Response to Peripheral Leptin, 2020, Molecular Neurobiology
  • Ion channel expression in intrinsic cardiac neurons: new players in cardiac channelopathies?, 2025, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research
  • Identification of neural stem-like cells in adult rodent intrinsic cardiac nervous ganglia, 2025, Archives of cardiovascular diseases
  • Prevalence and major cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity in the municipality of Niakhene (Senegal), 2025, Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology

Frequent co-authors with André Jean include Jocelyn Bescond, Patrick Bois, Aurélien Chatelier, Moustapha Ndiaye Mamadou, and Florent Guillebaud.

Their research has been published in venues such as Molecular Neurobiology, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research, Archives of cardiovascular diseases, and Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology.

Best Publications

  • Identification of the medullary swallowing regions in the rat.

    J P Kessler;A Jean

  • Control of the central swallowing program by inputs from the peripheral receptors. A review

    André Jean

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and food intake regulation : A minireview

    Bruno Lebrun;Bruno Bariohay;Emmanuel Moyse;André Jean

  • Inputs to the swallowing medullary neurons from the peripheral afferent fibers and the swallowing cortical area.

    Andre´ Jean;Alexandre Car

  • Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor Plays a Role as an Anorexigenic Factor in the Dorsal Vagal Complex

    Bruno Bariohay;Bruno Lebrun;Emmanuel Moyse;André Jean

  • In vivo neurogenesis in the dorsal vagal complex of the adult rat brainstem.

    S. Bauer;M. Hay;B. Amilhon;A. Jean

  • Central serotonergic projections to the nucleus tractus solitarii: Evidence from a double labeling study in the rat

    N. Schaffar;J.P. Kessler;O. Bosler;A. Jean

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor/tropomyosin-related kinase receptor type B signaling is a downstream effector of the brainstem melanocortin system in food intake control.

    Bruno Bariohay;Julien Roux;Catherine Tardivel;Jérôme Trouslard

  • Central nesfatin-1-expressing neurons are sensitive to peripheral inflammatory stimulus

    Marion S Bonnet;Marion S Bonnet;Emilie Pecchi;Emilie Pecchi;Jérôme Trouslard;Jérôme Trouslard;André Jean;André Jean

  • A pontine primary relay for ascending projections of the superior laryngeal nerve

    A. Car;A. Jean;C. Roman

  • Comparison of activity in pontine versus medullary neurones during swallowing.

    A. Jean;A. Car;C. Roman

  • Le noyau du faisceau solitaire : Aspects neuroanatomiques, neurochimiques et fonctionnels

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  • The food-contaminant deoxynivalenol modifies eating by targeting anorexigenic neurocircuitry.

    Clémence Girardet;Clémence Girardet;Clémence Girardet;Marion S. Bonnet;Marion S. Bonnet;Marion S. Bonnet;Rajae Jdir;Medhi Sadoud

  • Evidence that activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and non-NMDA receptors within the nucleus tractus solitarii triggers swallowing.

    Jean-Pierre Kessler;André Jean

  • Swallowing responses induced by microinjection of glutamate and glutamate agonists into the nucleus tractus solitarius of ketamine-anesthetized rats.

    J. P. Kessler;N. Cherkaoui;D. Catalin;A. Jean

  • NMDA Receptor and Nitric Oxide Synthase Activation Regulate Polysialylated Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Expression in Adult Brainstem Synapses

    Farima Bouzioukh;Farima Bouzioukh;Fabien Tell;André Jean;Geneviève Rougon

  • Central inflammation and sickness-like behavior induced by the food contaminant deoxynivalenol: a PGE2-independent mechanism.

    Clémence Girardet;Marion S. Bonnet;Rajae Jdir;Medhi Sadoud

  • Characterization of neural stem cells in the dorsal vagal complex of adult rat by in vivo proliferation labeling and in vitro neurosphere assay.

    C. Charrier;V. Coronas;J. Fombonne;M. Roger

  • Connections between the ventral medullary swallowing area and the trigeminal motor nucleus of the sheep studied by tracing techniques.

    Andre Jean;Mohamed Amri;Andre Calas

  • Inhibition of the swallowing reflex by local application of serotonergic agents into the nucleus of the solitary tract.

    Jean Pierre Kessler;André Jean

  • Involvement of central microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1 in IL-1β-induced anorexia

    E. Pecchi;M. Dallaporta;S. Thirion;S. Thirion;C. Salvat

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent Prevot
Vincent Prevot University of Lille
André Calas
André Calas University of Bordeaux
Raymond Nowak
Raymond Nowak François Rabelais University
Bruno J. Gonzalez
Bruno J. Gonzalez University of Rouen
Frédéric Lévy
Frédéric Lévy François Rabelais University

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