NOELIA FERNANDEZ CASTILLO

Lecturer Professor

Scopus Author ID: 12041670800

Researcher ID: I-2439-2015

Knowledge area: Genètica

Research group: Human Molecular Genetics

Contact Information
Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics
Avda. Diagonal 643. Edifici Prevosti, planta 3.

noefernandez(a)ub.edu

Academic Training

Biologia . Universitat de Barcelona . 19/07/2004 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Genètica . Universitat de Barcelona . 27/05/2011 . (Ph.D.)

Màster en Biologia experimental . Universitat de Barcelona . 27/01/2006 . (Official Master)

Certificat d'Aptitud Pedagògica . Universitat de Barcelona . 18/05/2005 . (Official Master)

Research interests

Bases genètiques de les addiccions

Models animals en neuropsiquiatria

Bases genètiques de trastorns psiquiàtrics: autisme i TDAH

Genètica de l'agresivitat

Gens i pleiotropia en trastorns psiquiàtrics

Projects

Effects of Nutrition and Lifestyle on Impulsive, Compulsive, and Externalizing behaviors (Eat2beNICE) . 2017 - 2022 . Ref.728018 . Unió Europea . PI: Bru Cormand Rifa

Adicciones y agresividad: factores genéticos de susceptibilidad compartida . 2021 - 2023 . Ref.2020I042 . Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad . PI: Noelia Fernandez Castillo

Pleiotropía y comorbilidad en el trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad . 2022 - 2025 . Ref.PID2021-127776OB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) . PI: Bru Cormand Rifa; Noelia Fernandez Castillo

Journal Publications

Cabana-Domínguez, J.; Arenas,C.; Cormand, B.; Fernàndez-Castillo, N. (2018). MIR-9, miR-153 and miR-124 are down-regulated by acute exposure to cocaine in adopaminergic cell model and may contribute to cocaine dependence. Translational Psychiatry, 8 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2158-3188

Pineda-Cirera, L.; Shivalikanjli, A.; Cabana-Domínguez, J.; Demontis, D.; Rajagopal, V.M.; Børglum, A.D.; Faraone, S.V.; Cormand, B.; Fernàndez-Castillo, N. (2019). Exploring genetic variation that influences brain methylation in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Translational Psychiatry, 9(1), p. 242 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2158-3188

Cabana-Domínguez, J.; Martín-García, E.; Gallego-Roman, A.; Maldonado, R.; Fernàndez-Castillo, N.; Cormand, B. (2021). Reduced cue-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking behavior in Plcb1+/- mice. Translational Psychiatry, 11(1), p. 521 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2158-3188

Cabana-Domínguez, J.; Torrico, B.; Reif, A.; Fernàndez-Castillo, N.*; Cormand, B.* (2021). Comprehensive exploration of the genetic contribution of the dopaminergic and serotonergic pathways to psychiatric disorders. Translational Psychiatry, 12(1), p. 11 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01771-3 . ISSN: 2158-3188

Fernàndez-Castillo, N.; Cabana-Domínguez, J.; Kappel, D.J.; Torrico, B.; Weber, H.; Lesch, K.P.; Lao, O.; Reif, A.; Cormand, B. (2021). Exploring the contribution to ADHD of genes involved in Mendelian Disorders presenting with hyperactivity and/or inattention. Genes, 13(1), p. 93 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2073-4425

Fernàndez-Castillo, N.; Cabana-Domínguez, J.; Corominas, R.; Cormand, B. (2021). Molecular genetics of cocaine use disorders in humans. Molecular Psychiatry, pp. 1 - 16 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1359-4184

Pineda-Cirera, L.; Cabana-Domínguez, J.; Lee, P.H.; Fernàndez-Castillo, N.; Cormand, B. (2022). Identification of genetic variants influencing methylation in brain with pleiotropic effects on psychiatric disorders. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 113, p. 110454 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0278-5846

García-Blanco, A.; Domingo-Rodriguez, L.; Cabana-Domínguez, J.; Fernàndez-Castillo, N.; Pineda-Cirera, L.; Mayneris-Perxachs, J.; Burokas, A.; Espinosa-Carrasco, J.; Arboleya, S.; Latorre, J.; Stanton, C.; Cormand, B.; Fernández-Real, J.M.; Martín-García, E.; Maldonado, R. (2022). MicroRNA signatures associated with vulnerability to food addiction in mice and humans. Journal of Clinical Investigation . https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI156281 . ISSN: 0021-9738

Antón-Galindo, E.; Dalla Vecchia, E.; Orlandi, J.G.; Castro, G.; Gualda, E.J.; Young, A.M.J.; Guasch-Piqueras, M.; Arenas, C.; Herrera-Úbeda, C.; García-Fernàndez, J.; Aguado, F.; Loza-Alvarez, P.; Cormand, B.; Norton, W.H.J.; Fernàndez-Castillo, N. (2022). Deficiency of the ywhaz gene, involved in neurodevelopmental disorders, alters brain activity and behaviour in zebrafish. Molecular Psychiatry, 27(9), pp. 3739 - 3748 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01577-9 . ISSN: 1359-4184

O'Leary, A.; Fernàndez-Castillo, N.; Gan, G.; Yang, Y.; Yotova, A.Y.; Kranz, T.; Grünewald, L.; Freudenberg, F.; Antón-Galindo, E.; Cabana-Domínguez, J.; Harneit, A.; Schweiger, Y.I.; Schwarz, K.; Ma, R.; Chen, J.; Schwarz, E.; Rietschel, M.; Tost, H.; Meyer-Lindenberg, A.; Pané-Farré, C.A.; Kircher, T.; Hamm, A.O.; Burguera, D.; Mota, N.R.; Franke, B.; Schweiger, S.; Winter, J.; Heinz, A.; Erk, S.; Romanczuk-Seiferth, N.; Walter, H.; Ströhle, A.; Fehm, L.; Fydrich, T.; Lüken, U.; Weber, H.; Hans, H.U.; Wittchen; Lang, T.; Gerlach, A.L.; Noethen, M.M.; Alpers, G.W.; Arolt, V.; Witt, S.; Richter, J.; Straube, B.; Cormand, B.; Slattery, D.A.; Reif, A. (2022). Behavioural and functional evidence revealing the role of RBFOX1 variation in multiple psychiatric disorders and traits. Molecular Psychiatry, 27(11), pp. 4464 - 4473 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1359-4184