Dr. Frédéric Calon is a Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy and principal investigator at the Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Laval University since 2003. He is a biochemist-pharmacist focusing his research program on the development of treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.

Author of more than 120 peer-reviewed articles, he and his team at Laval University, Quebec City, mainly carry on preclinical assays in animal models of brain diseases or neuropathology studies on human brain samples. His fields of expertise are focused on neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s), essential tremor, as well as general neuropharmacology. Dr. Calon is mostly known for his contribution to the discovery of a neuroprotective effect of omega-3 fatty acids in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and ischemic stroke. He cofounded with Sophie Layé (Bordeaux) in 2014 the Laboratoire International Associé (LIA) OptiNutriBrain, a unique collaborative laboratory now one of the world references in research on nutrition and brain diseases.

Dr. Calon’s group has also contributed to the discoveries of neuropathological clues in the cerebellum of patients that had suffered from essential tremor.

Finally, Dr. Calon’s team has developed a unique research platform to quantitatively and qualitatively the capacity of drugs to cross the blood-brain barrier, which is now the limiting step in CNS drug development.

His discoveries have been the subject of hundreds of public reports (radio, TV, and written press) and were highlighted by major national and international media. These discoveries have attracted considerable public interest and media coverage, including prime time interviews for Radio-Canada (TV, radio, internet) and the front page of the Globe and Mail. Dr. Calon’s work on GABA receptors in ET was selected among the top 10 scientific discoveries made in Quebec in 2012 and featured on “Le code Chastenay” on Télé-Québec, and he was also chosen as one of the “Lauréats de Québec LeSoleil/Radio-Canada” (personalities of the week) in 2013. In addition, one of his latest discoveries was published in Paris Match in 2015.

The goal of Dr. Calon’s work is to accelerate the transfer of knowledge from basic neuroscience to clinical applications for CNS diseases.

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Kerdiles O, Oye Mintsa Mi-Mba MF, Coulombe K, Tremblay C, Émond V, Saint-Pierre M, Rouxel C, Berthiaume L, Julien P, Cicchetti F, Calon F

Additive neurorestorative effects of exercise and docosahexaenoic acid intake in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease

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Neural Regen Res, 20 (2), 2025.

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Michaud F, Francavilla R, Topolnik D, Iloun P, Tamboli S, Calon F, Topolnik L

Altered firing output of VIP interneurons and early dysfunctions in CA1 hippocampal circuits in the 3xTg mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

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Elife, 13 , 2024.

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Rhea EM, Leclerc M, Yassine HN, Capuano AW, Tong H, Petyuk VA, Macauley SL, Fioramonti X, Carmichael O, Calon F, Arvanitakis Z

State of the Science on Brain Insulin Resistance and Cognitive Decline Due to Alzheimer's Disease

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Aging Dis, 15 (4), 2024.

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Simard M, Mélançon K, Berthiaume L, Tremblay C, Pshevorskiy L, Julien P, Rajput AH, Rajput A, Calon F

Postmortem Fatty Acid Abnormalities in the Cerebellum of Patients with Essential Tremor

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Cerebellum, 2024.

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Valentin-Escalera J, Leclerc M, Calon F

High-Fat Diets in Animal Models of Alzheimer's Disease: How Can Eating Too Much Fat Increase Alzheimer's Disease Risk

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J Alzheimers Dis, 97 (3), 2024.

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Wong Chong E, Joncas FH, Douville P, Bachvarov D, Diorio C, Calon F, Bergeron AC, Blais J, Leung SOA, Seidah NG, Gangloff A

Pre-operative levels of angiopoietin protein-like 3 (ANGPTL3) in women diagnosed with high-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary

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Lipids Health Dis, 23 (1), 2024.

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Leclerc M, Tremblay C, Bourassa P, Schneider JA, Bennett DA, Calon F

Lower GLUT1 and unchanged MCT1 in Alzheimer's disease cerebrovasculature

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J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 44 (8), 2024.

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Kerdiles O, Mi-mba MFOM, Coulombe K, Tremblay C, Émond V, Saint-Pierre M, Rouxel C, Berthiaume L, Julien P, Cicchetti F, Calon F

Additive neurorestorative effects of exercise and docosahexaenoic acid intake in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease

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Neural Regen Res, 2024.

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Diadhiou S, Maas BR, Schootemeijer S, Bloem BR, de Vries NM, Calon F, Darweesh SKL, de Rus Jacquet A

Natural Health Products for Symptomatic Relief of Parkinson's Disease: Prevalence, Interest, and Awareness

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J Parkinsons Dis, 14 (6), 2024.

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Singhaarachchi PH, Antal P, Calon F, Culmsee C, Delpech JC, Feldotto M, Geertsema J, Hoeksema EE, Korosi A, Layé S, McQualter J, de Rooij SR, Rummel C, Slayo M, Sominsky L, Spencer SJ

Aging, sex, metabolic and life experience factors: Contributions to neuro-inflammaging in Alzheimer's disease research

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Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 162 , 2024.

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  • Blueberry polyphenol metabolites: biodistribution and mechanisms of protection at the blood-brain barrier, from 2023-08-25 to 2025-03-31
  • Bourse de voyage de Caroline Dallaire Théroux, from 2024-04-01 to 2025-03-31
  • Consortium pour l’identification précoce de la maladie d’Alzheimer (CIMA-Q) : renforcer l’intersectorialité, le rayonnement et le potentiel de découverte., from 2024-04-01 to 2028-03-31
  • Fatty acid metabolism in carriers of apolipoprotein E. epsilon 4 allele: determining the blood-to-brain link, from 2020-04-01 to 2025-03-31
  • FGF-21 in Alzheimer's disease, from 2022-10-01 to 2027-09-30
  • Health Research Training to Address Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Decline: the Vascular Training (VAST) Platform, from 2022-01-01 to 2027-12-31
  • How does insulin interact with the blood-brain barrier? Therapeutic implications for diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease, from 2020-04-01 to 2025-03-31
  • Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels (INAF), from 2024-04-01 to 2030-03-31
  • Laboratoire international associé (LIA) OptiNutriBrain, from 2015-03-01 to 2025-03-01
  • Mechanisms of endocytosis and transcytosis into endothelial cells of the blood-brain barrier, from 2020-04-01 to 2025-03-31
  • Multi-pathway cholesterol depletion on top of FOLFIRINOX in newly diagnosed metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a feasibility and proof-of-concept study, from 2019-10-01 to 2025-03-31
  • Nutrition and brain health, from predictive biology to disease prevention and treatment - Food4BrainHealth, from 2019-03-18 to 2025-03-17
  • Plateforme Biomarqueurs et cibles thérapeutiques – Cohorte clinique CIMA-Q, from 2019-04-01 to 2025-03-31
  • Risk factors and markers for early detection of Alzheimer's Disease: focus on early-life stress, inflammation and lipid mediators, from 2021-12-01 to 2024-11-30
  • Rôle du facteur de croissance placentaire (PIGF) comme potentiel biomarqueur de la contribution vasculaire aux troubles cognitifs associés à la maladie d’Alzheimer., from 2023-10-24 to 2025-11-01
  • Team 7.1.1: Investigation of cerebrovascular pathology using cerebral microvessel extracts and in animal models, from 2019-04-01 to 2026-03-31

Recently finished projects

  • Elimination of senescent endothelial cells to prevent vascular dementia in aging atheroscierotic mice, from 2019-10-01 to 2024-09-30
  • Elucidating the role of the Alzheimer risk factor CD2AP in brain capillary endothelial cells and vascular functions, from 2018-10-01 to 2023-03-31
  • Évaluation des conditions de culture optimales chez la macroalgue Palmaria palmata pour la production d’acides aminés analogues à la mycosporine et étude de leur biodisponibilité systémique et cérébrale chez la souris, from 2022-11-09 to 2023-11-08
  • Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels (INAF), from 2017-04-01 to 2024-03-31
  • Investigating the contribution of Shank3 in Alzheimer's disease, from 2018-04-01 to 2023-03-31
  • Neuronalg - Les effets bénéfiques des macroalgues du Saint-Laurent sur la santé cognitive, from 2020-04-01 to 2022-10-31
  • Phase Two of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging, from 2019-04-01 to 2024-03-31
  • Valorisation d'algues marines et étude de la bioactivité des acides aminés de type mycosporine (NeuronAlg), from 2020-04-01 to 2023-03-31
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