Nathalie Castanon
Researcher
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www.orcid.org/0000-0002-0079-0562
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NutriNeuro - INRA 1286 - Bâtiment UFR Pharmacie - 2e tranche – 2e étage - Case 34 - 146 rue Léo-Saignat - 33076 Bordeaux Cedex
Scientific articles
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Exploring the neurofunctional potential of saffron bioactives: from mood-related behavioral modulation to brain access of safranal
Food Funct.. 2026-01-01.
10.1039/d5fo04830c -
Effect of saffron extract supplementation on mood in healthy adults with subclinical symptoms of depression: a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled study.
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2025-12-01. 122(6) : 1625-1635.
10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.09.050 -
Obesity-induced emotional alterations in mice are associated with impairments of tryptophan metabolism along the kynurenine and indole pathways
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2025-11-01. 130 : 106107.
10.1016/j.bbi.2025.106107 -
The immune system: An effective therapeutic target for duloxetine
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2025-08-01. 128 : 510-511.
10.1016/j.bbi.2025.04.035 -
Saffron extract interferes with lipopolysaccharide-induced brain activation of the kynurenine pathway and impairment of monoamine neurotransmission in mice
Front. Nutr.. 2023-10-05. 10
10.3389/fnut.2023.1267839 -
Acute Effect of a Saffron Extract (Safr’InsideTM) and Its Main Volatile Compound on the Stress Response in Healthy Young Men: A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study
Nutrients. 2023-06-27. 15(13) : 2921.
10.3390/nu15132921 -
Tetrahydrobiopterin modulates the behavioral neuroinflammatory response to an LPS challenge in mice
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2022-10-01. 105 : 139-148.
10.1016/j.bbi.2022.06.016 -
Circulating Human Serum Metabolites Derived from the Intake of a Saffron Extract (SafrInsideTM) Protect Neurons from Oxidative Stress: Consideration for Depressive Disorders
Nutrients. 2022-04-05. 14(7) : 1511.
10.3390/nu14071511 -
Prevention of Stress-Induced Depressive-like Behavior by Saffron Extract Is Associated with Modulation of Kynurenine Pathway and Monoamine Neurotransmission
Pharmaceutics. 2021-12-14. 13(12) : 2155.
10.3390/pharmaceutics13122155 -
A new experimental design to study inflammation-related versus non-inflammation-related depression in mice
J Neuroinflammation. 2021-12-01. 18(1)
10.1186/s12974-021-02330-9 -
Anthocyanin-rich bilberry extract exerts a complex nutrigenomic effect in hippocampus of ApoE-/- mice
Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 2021-12-01. 177 : S89.
10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.08.117 -
Nutrigenomic modification induced by anthocyanin-rich bilberry extract in the hippocampus of ApoE-/- mice
Journal of Functional Foods. 2021-10-01. 85 : 104609.
10.1016/j.jff.2021.104609 -
Tetrahydrobioterin (BH4) Pathway: From Metabolism to Neuropsychiatry
CN. 2021-04-29. 19(5) : 591-609.
10.2174/1570159x18666200729103529 -
Saffron Extract-Induced Improvement of Depressive-Like Behavior in Mice Is Associated with Modulation of Monoaminergic Neurotransmission
Nutrients. 2021-03-11. 13(3) : 904.
10.3390/nu13030904 -
Inflammatory Bases of Neuropsychiatric Symptom Domains: Mechanisms and Specificity.
Immuno-Psychiatry. 2021-01-01. : 335-353.
10.1007/978-3-030-71229-7_20 -
The gut microbiota metabolite indole increases emotional responses and adrenal medulla activity in chronically stressed male mice
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2020-09-01. 119 : 104750.
10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104750 -
Rapeseed oil fortified with micronutrients improves cognitive alterations associated with metabolic syndrome
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2019-11-01.
10.1016/j.bbi.2019.11.002 -
Obesity and Depression: Shared Pathophysiology and Translational Implications
Neurobiology of Depression. 2019-01-01. : 169-183.
10.1016/b978-0-12-813333-0.00016-0 -
Brain tumor necrosis factor-α mediates anxiety-like behavior in a mouse model of severe obesity.
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2018-11-01.
10.1016/j.bbi.2018.11.316 -
Brain Kynurenine and BH4 Pathways: Relevance to the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Inflammation-Driven Depressive Symptoms.
Front. Neurosci.. 2018-07-24. 12
10.3389/fnins.2018.00499 -
Role of Inflammation in Neuropsychiatric Comorbidity of Obesity: Experimental and Clinical Evidence
Inflammation and Immunity in Depression. 2018-01-01. : 357-375.
10.1016/b978-0-12-811073-7.00020-9 -
Impact of prebiotics on metabolic and behavioral alterations in a mouse model of metabolic syndrome.
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2017-08-01. 64 : 33-49.
10.1016/j.bbi.2016.12.022 -
Emerging Role of Corticosteroid-Binding Globulin in Glucocorticoid-Driven Metabolic Disorders.
Front. Endocrinol.. 2016-12-19. 7
10.3389/fendo.2016.00160 -
Switching adolescent high-fat diet to adult control diet restores neurocognitive alterations
Front. Behav. Neurosci.. 2016-11-21. 10
10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00225 -
Role of Adiposity-Driven Inflammation in Depressive Morbidity.
Neuropsychopharmacol. 2016-07-11. 42(1) : 115-128.
10.1038/npp.2016.123 -
Role of Inflammation in the Development of Neuropsychiatric Symptom Domains: Evidence and Mechanisms.
Inflammation-Associated Depression: Evidence, Mechanisms and Implications. 2016-01-01. : 31-44.
10.1007/7854_2016_14 -
Role of neuroinflammation in the emotional and cognitive alterations displayed by animal models of obesity
Front. Neurosci.. 2015-07-03. 9
10.3389/fnins.2015.00229 -
Obesity- and Neuroinflammation-Associated Mood and Cognitive Disorders
Neuroinflammation. 2015-03-06. : 139-153.
10.1002/9781118732748.ch9 -
Juvenile obesity enhances emotional memory and amygdala plasticity through glucocorticoids.
Journal of Neuroscience. 2015-03-04. 35(9) : 4092-4103.
10.1523/jneurosci.3122-14.2015 -
Perinatal high-fat diet increases hippocampal vulnerability to the adverse effects of subsequent high-fat feeding.
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2015-03-01. 53 : 82-93.
10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.12.008 -
Animal Models to Study the Role of Kynurenine Pathway in Mood, Behavior, and Cognition
Targeting the Broadly Pathogenic Kynurenine Pathway. 2015-01-01. : 323-337.
10.1007/978-3-319-11870-3_25 -
Diet-induced obesity progressively alters cognition, anxiety-like behavior and lipopolysaccharide-induced depressive-like behavior: focus on brain indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activation.
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2014-10-01. 41 : 10-21.
10.1016/j.bbi.2014.03.012 -
Impairment of hippocampal-dependent memory induced by juvenile high-fat diet intake is associated with enhanced hippocampal inflammation in rats.
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2014-08-01. 40 : 9-17.
10.1016/j.bbi.2014.03.005 -
Neuropsychiatric comorbidity in obesity: role of inflammatory processes.
Front. Endocrinol.. 2014-05-15. 5
10.3389/fendo.2014.00074 -
Lipopolysaccharide-induced brain activation of the indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and depressive-like behavior are impaired in a mouse model of metabolic syndrome.
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2014-02-01. 40 : 48-59.
10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.10.014 -
Inflammation-Mediated Cognitive and Emotional Alterations in Experimental Models of Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic Syndrome and Neurological Disorders. 2013-10-11. : 515-527.
10.1002/9781118395318.ch32 -
Cognitive and emotional alterations are related to hippocampal inflammation in a mouse model of metabolic syndrome.
PLoS ONE. 2011-09-16. 6(9) : e24325.
10.1371/journal.pone.0024325 -
Cytokines and depression: experimental evidence and intermediate mechanisms
Understanding depression. 2009-07-01. : 123-138.
10.1093/med/9780199533077.003.0010 -
Interferon-gamma and tumor necrosis factor-alpha mediate the upregulation of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and the induction of depressive-like behavior in mice in response to bacillus Calmette-Guerin
Journal of Neuroscience. 2009-04-01. 29(13) : 4200-4209.
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5032-08.2009 -
Induction of IDO by bacille Calmette-Guérin is responsible for development of murine depressive-like behavior
J Immunol. 2009-02-20. 182(5) : 3202-3212.
10.4049/jimmunol.0802722 -
Inflammation, sickness behaviour and depression
Depression and Physical Illness. . : 265-279.
10.1017/cbo9780511544293.013 -
Inoculation of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin to mice induces an acute episode of sickness behavior followed by chronic depressive-like behavior
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2008-10-01. 22(7) : 1087-1095.
10.1016/j.bbi.2008.04.001 -
Spatio-temporal differences in the profile of murine brain expression of proinflammatory cytokines and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in response to peripheral lipopolysaccharide administration
Journal of Neuroimmunology. 2008-08-01. 200(1-2) : 90-99.
10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.06.011 -
Lipopolysaccharide-induced depressive-like behavior is mediated by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activation in mice
Mol Psychiatry. 2008-01-15. 14(5) : 511-522.
10.1038/sj.mp.4002148 -
Aging exacerbates depressive-like behavior in mice in response to activation of the peripheral innate immune system
Neuropsychopharmacol. 2007-12-12. 33(10) : 2341-2351.
10.1038/sj.npp.1301649 -
Lipopolysaccharide induces delayed FosB/DeltaFosB immunostaining within the mouse extended amygdala, hippocampus and hypothalamus, that parallel the expression of depressive-like behavior
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2007-06-01. 32(5) : 516-531.
10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.03.005 -
Cytokines, sickness behavior, and depression
Psychoneuroimmunology. 2007-01-01. : 281-318.
10.1016/B978-012088576-3/50019-8 -
Bacille Calmette-Guérin inoculation induces chronic activation of peripheral and brain indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in mice
J INFECT DIS. 2005-08-01. 192(3) : 537-544.
10.1086/431603 -
Chronic administration of tianeptine balances lipopolysaccharide-induced expression of cytokines in the spleen and hypothalamus of rats
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2004-07-01. 29(6) : 778-790.
10.1016/s0306-4530(03)00142-2 -
Conditioned taste aversion with lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan does not activate cytokine gene expression in the spleen and hypothalamus of mice
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2004-03-01. 18(2) : 186-200.
10.1016/s0889-1591(03)00133-8 -
Altered depression-related behaviors and functional changes in the dorsal raphe nucleus of serotonin transporter-deficient mice
Biological Psychiatry. 2003-11-01. 54(10) : 960-971.
10.1016/s0006-3223(03)00696-6 -
Conditioned place aversion with interleukin-1beta in mice is not associated with activation of the cytokine network
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2003-04-01. 17(2) : 110-120.
10.1016/s0889-1591(02)00054-5 -
Chronic treatment with the antidepressant tianeptine attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced Fos expression in the rat paraventricular nucleus and HPA axis activation.
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2003-01-01. 28(1) : 19-34.
10.1016/s0306-4530(02)00005-7 -
Effects of antidepressants on cytokine production and actions
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2002-10-01. 16(5) : 569-574.
10.1016/s0889-1591(02)00008-9 -
Chronic mild stress in mice decreases peripheral cytokine and increases central cytokine expression independently of IL-10 regulation of the cytokine network
Neuroimmunomodulation. 2002-01-01. 10(6) : 359-366.
10.1159/000071477 -
Chronic treatment with the atypical antidepressant tianeptine attenuates sickness behavior induced by peripheral but not central lipopolysaccharide and interleukin-1beta in the rat
Psychopharmacology. 2001-02-22. 154(1) : 50-60.
10.1007/s002130000595 -
Modulation of the effects of cocaine by 5-HT1B receptors: a comparison of knockouts and antagonists
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 2000-11-01. 67(3) : 559-566.
10.1016/s0091-3057(00)00389-0 -
Central injection of IL-10 antagonizes the behavioural effects of lipopolysaccharide in rats
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 1999-04-01. 24(3) : 301-311.
10.1016/s0306-4530(98)00077-8 -
Is there evidence for an effect of antidepressant drugs on immune function?
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 1999-01-01. : 267-281.
10.1007/978-0-585-37970-8_15 -
Increased vulnerability to cocaine in mice lacking the serotonin-1B receptor
Nature. 1998-05-01. 393(6681) : 175-178.
10.1038/30259 -
CEREBRAL TRYPTOPHAN-HYDROXYLASE ACTIVITY, AND 5-HT1A RECEPTOR, 5-HT2A, RECEPTOR, AND 5-HT TRANSPORTER BINDING IN GROUPED AND ISOLATED ROMAN RHA AND RLA RATS – RELATIONSHIPS WITH BEHAVIORS IN 2 MODELS OF ANXIETY
Psychopharmacology. 1995-10-01. 121(3) : 385-395.
10.1007/bf02246079 -
MALE FISCHER-344 AND LEWIS RATS DISPLAY DIFFERENCES IN LOCOMOTOR REACTIVITY, BUT NOT IN ANXIETY-RELATED BEHAVIORS – RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HIPPOCAMPAL SEROTONERGIC SYSTEM
Brain Research. 1995-09-01. 693(1-2) : 169-178.
10.1016/0006-8993(95)00733-7 -
Genetic analysis of the relationships between behavioral and neuroendocrine traits in Roman High and Low Avoidance rat lines
Behav Genet. 1995-07-01. 25(4) : 371-384.
10.1007/bf02197288 -
PARADOXICAL DIFFERENCES IN ANIMAL-MODELS OF ANXIETY AMONG THE ROMAN RAT LINES
Neuroscience Letters. 1994-12-01. 182(2) : 217-221.
10.1016/0304-3940(94)90801-x -
Cocaine sensitivity in Roman High and Low Avoidance rats is modulated by sex and gonadal hormone status
Brain Research. 1994-05-01. 645(1-2) : 179-185.
10.1016/0006-8993(94)91651-9 -
Maturation of the behavioral and neuroendocrine differences between the Roman rat lines
Physiology & Behavior. 1994-04-01. 55(4) : 775-782.
10.1016/0031-9384(94)90059-0 -
Psychobiogenetics: adapted tools for the study of the coupling between behavioral and neuroendocrine traits of emotional reactivity
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 1994-01-01. 19(3) : 257-282.
10.1016/0306-4530(94)90065-5 -
Psychoneuroendocrine profile associated with hypertension or hyperactivity in spontaneously hypertensive rats
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 1993-12-01. 265(6) : R1304-R1310.
10.1152/ajpregu.1993.265.6.r1304 -
Prolactin as a link between behavioral and immune differences between the Roman rat lines
Physiology & Behavior. 1992-06-01. 51(6) : 1235-1241.
10.1016/0031-9384(92)90314-r -
Different responsiveness of spleen lymphocytes from two lines of psychogenetically selected rats (Roman high and low avoidance)
Journal of Neuroimmunology. 1991-01-01. 31(1) : 27-33.
10.1016/0165-5728(91)90083-j -
Multiple neuroendocrine responses to chronic social stress: interaction between individual characteristics and situational factors
Physiology & Behavior. 1990-06-01. 47(6) : 1099-1105.
10.1016/0031-9384(90)90358-b