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Nathalie Castanon

Nathalie Castanon

University of Bordeaux
France

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
44
Citations
9447
World Ranking
7095
National Ranking
317

Nathalie Castanon publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nathalie Castanon sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 80 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Nathalie Castanon D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nathalie Castanon sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nathalie Castanon is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a distinct concentration in subfields including Biological Psychiatry, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Neurology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Saffron Plant Research Studies
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Nathalie Castanon has contributed to numerous scientific papers, with recent publications that include:

  • "Tetrahydrobioterin (BH4) Pathway: From Metabolism to Neuropsychiatry" (2020), published in Current Neuropharmacology
  • "The gut microbiota metabolite indole increases emotional responses and adrenal medulla activity in chronically stressed male mice" (2020), published in Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • "Saffron Extract-Induced Improvement of Depressive-Like Behavior in Mice Is Associated with Modulation of Monoaminergic Neurotransmission" (2021), published in Nutrients
  • "Circulating Human Serum Metabolites Derived from the Intake of a Saffron Extract (Safr'InsideTM) Protect Neurons from Oxidative Stress: Consideration for Depressive Disorders" (2022), published in Nutrients
  • "A new experimental design to study inflammation-related versus non-inflammation-related depression in mice" (2021), published in Journal of Neuroinflammation

The frequent venues where Castanon publishes include:

  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Nutrients
  • Current Neuropharmacology
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Journal of Neuroinflammation

The scientist collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Lucile Capuron
  • Sylvie Vancassel
  • Camille Monchaux de Oliveira
  • Line Pourtau
  • David Gaudout

Best Publications

  • Lipopolysaccharide-induced depressive-like behavior is mediated by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activation in mice

    Jason O'Connor;M. A. Lawson;C. André;M. Moreau

  • Interferon-γ and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Mediate the Upregulation of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase and the Induction of Depressive-Like Behavior in Mice in Response to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin

    Jason C. O'Connor;Caroline André;Yunxia Wang;Marcus A. Lawson

  • Lipopolysaccharide induces delayed FosB/DeltaFosB immunostaining within the mouse extended amygdala, hippocampus and hypothalamus, that parallel the expression of depressive-like behavior

    François Frenois;Maïté Moreau;Jason O’Connor;Marc Lawson

  • Altered depression-related behaviors and functional changes in the dorsal raphe nucleus of serotonin transporter-deficient mice.

    Alena Lira;Mingming Zhou;Nathalie Castanon;Mark S Ansorge

  • Increased vulnerability to cocaine in mice lacking the serotonin-1B receptor.

    Beatriz A. Rocha;Kimberly Scearce-Levie;José J. Lucas;José J. Lucas;Noboru Hiroi;Noboru Hiroi

  • Induction of IDO by bacille Calmette-Guérin is responsible for development of murine depressive-like behavior.

    Jason C. O'Connor;Marcus A. Lawson;Caroline André;Eileen M. Briley

  • Impairment of hippocampal-dependent memory induced by juvenile high-fat diet intake is associated with enhanced hippocampal inflammation in rats.

    Chloé Boitard;Amandine Cavaroc;Julie Sauvant;Agnès Aubert

  • Aging exacerbates depressive-like behavior in mice in response to activation of the peripheral innate immune system.

    Jonathan P. Godbout;Maïté Moreau;Jacques Lestage;Jing Chen

  • Cognitive and Emotional Alterations Are Related to Hippocampal Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Metabolic Syndrome

    Anne-Laure Dinel;Caroline André;Caroline André;Agnès Aubert;Agnès Aubert;Guillaume Ferreira;Guillaume Ferreira

  • Diet-induced obesity progressively alters cognition, anxiety-like behavior and lipopolysaccharide-induced depressive-like behavior: focus on brain indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activation

    Caroline André;Anne-Laure Dinel;Guillaume Ferreira;Sophie Layé

  • Central injection of IL-10 antagonizes the behavioural effects of lipopolysaccharide in rats.

    Rose Marie Bluthé;Nathalie Castanon;Florence Pousset;Adrian Bristow

  • Inoculation of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin to mice induces an acute episode of sickness behavior followed by chronic depressive-like behavior

    Maïté Moreau;Caroline André;Jason C. O'Connor;Sara A. Dumich

  • Role of neuroinflammation in the emotional and cognitive alterations displayed by animal models of obesity

    Nathalie Castanon;Giamal Luheshi;Sophie Laye

  • Neuropsychiatric comorbidity in obesity: role of inflammatory processes.

    Nathalie Castanon;Julie Lasselin;Lucile Capuron;Lucile Capuron

  • Effects of antidepressants on cytokine production and actions.

    Nathalie Castanon;Brian E Leonard;Pierre J Neveu;Raz Yirmiya

  • Role of Adiposity-Driven Inflammation in Depressive Morbidity.

    Lucile Capuron;Lucile Capuron;Julie Lasselin;Nathalie Castanon;Nathalie Castanon

  • Chronic treatment with the atypical antidepressant tianeptine attenuates sickness behavior induced by peripheral but not central lipopolysaccharide and interleukin-1β in the rat

    Nathalie Castanon;Rose-Marie Bluthé;Robert Dantzer

  • Bacille Calmette-Guérin Inoculation Induces Chronic Activation of Peripheral and Brain Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase in Mice

    Maïté Moreau;Jacques Lestage;Danièle Verrier;Cécile Mormède

  • Spatio-temporal differences in the profile of murine brain expression of proinflammatory cytokines and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in response to peripheral lipopolysaccharide administration

    Caroline André;Jason C. O'Connor;Keith W. Kelley;Keith W. Kelley;Jacques Lestage

  • Male Fischer 344 and Lewis rats display differences in locomotor reactivity, but not in anxiety-related behaviours: relationship with the hippocampal serotonergic system.

    Francis Chaouloff;Alexander Kulikov;Alexander Kulikov;Alain Sarrieau;Nathalie Castanon

  • Modulation of the effects of cocaine by 5-HT1B receptors: a comparison of knockouts and antagonists.

    Nathalie Castanon;Kimberly Scearce-Levie;Jose J Lucas;Beatriz Rocha

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Dantzer
Robert Dantzer The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Sophie Layé
Sophie Layé University of Bordeaux
Keith W. Kelley
Keith W. Kelley University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Guillaume Ferreira
Guillaume Ferreira University of Bordeaux
Pierre Mormède
Pierre Mormède Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Etienne Coutureau
Etienne Coutureau Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
René Hen
René Hen Columbia University
Yvonne M. Nolan
Yvonne M. Nolan University College Cork
Rodney W. Johnson
Rodney W. Johnson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yee Shin Lin
Yee Shin Lin National Cheng Kung University

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