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PREPRINTS
  • The Energy Resistance Principle
    Picard M, Murugan NJ.
    Preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/osf/hgnmj_v2

  • Blood mitochondrial health markers cf-mtDNA and GDF15 in human aging
    Trumpff C, Huang Q, Liu CC, Habeck C, Stern Y, Belsky DW, Picard M. 
    Preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.28.635306v1

  • Mitochondrial and Stress-Related Psychobiological Regulation of FGF21 in Humans
    Kurade M, Bobba-Alves N, Kelly C, Behnke A, Conklin Q, Juster RP, Hirano M, Trumpff C, Picard M. 
    Preprint: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.30.25321437v1

  • Immune mitochondrial pehonotypes are largely preserved in mitochondrial diseases and do not reflect disease severity
    Liu CC, Kurade M, Monzel AS, Kelly C, Juster RP, Trumpff C, Hirano M, Picard M. 
    Preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.18.633635v2

  • A Quantitative approach to mapping mitochondrial specialization and plasticity
    Monzel AS, Devine J, Kapri D, Enriquez JA, Trumpff C, Picard M. 
    Preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.03.635951v3​
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  • The energetic stress marker GDF15 is induced by acute psychosocial stress
    Huang Q, Monzel AS, Rausser S, Haahr R, Devine J, Liu CC, Kelly C, Thompson E, Kurade M, Michelson J, Shaulson ED, Li S, Engelstad K, Tanji K, Lauriola V, Wang T, Wang S, Zuraikat FM, St-Onge MP, Kaufman BA, Sloan R, Juster RP, Marsland AL, Gouspillou G, Hirano M, Picard M, Trumpff C. 
    Preprint:  www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.04.19.590241v5
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  • Accelerated physiology and increased energy expenditure in animals and humans with mitochondrial defects: A meta-analysis
    Sercel A, Sturm G, Shaulson ED, Gallagher D, St-Onge MP, Kempes C, Pontzer H, Hirano M,  Picard M. 
    Preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.09.556754v1​

  • Accelerating the clock: Interconnected speedup of energetic and molecular dynamics during aging in cultured human cells
    Sturm G,  Bobba-Alves N,  Tumasian III RA, Michelson J,  Ferrucci L, Kempes CP,  Picard M. 
    Preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.05.10.491392v4

2025
  • Brain and body energy metabolism and potential for treatment of psychiatric disorders
    Andreazza A, Barros F, Behnke A, Ben-Shachar D, Berretta S, Chouinard VA, Do K, Thanarajah SE, Ehrenreich H, Falkai P, Ford J, Freyberg Z, Gilbert-Jaramillo J, Glausier J, Goyal MS, Hahn M, Herculano-Houzel S, Hofmann D, Tatjana Kolassa I, Mack M, Mavioglu RN, McCullumsmith R, Milaneschi Y, Molina A, Mujica-Parodi L, Öngür D, Paulus M, Peleg-Raibstein D, Perry B, Picard M, Pillinger T, Rae C, Rothman D, Sarnyai Z, Steiner J, Upthegrove R, Vernon A, Wall M, Weistuch C. Nat Mental Health 2025  Link PDF 

  • The mitochondrial disease biomarker GDF15 is quantifiable in saliva, exhibits dynamic properties and correlates with disease severity
    Huang Q, Trumpff C, Monzel AS, Rausser S, Devine J, Liu CC, Kelly C, Kurade M, Li S, Engelstad K, Tani K, Lauriola V, Wang T, Wang S, Sloan R, Juster RP, Hirano M, Picard M. Mol Genet Metab 2025  Link PDF 

  • Perceived association of mood and symptom severity in adults with mitochondrial diseases
    Kelly C, Cross M, Junker A, Engelstad K, Rosales X, Hirano M, Trumpff C, Picard M. Mitochondrion 2025  Link PDF 

  • Saliva and blood cell-free mtDNA reactivity to acute psychosocial stress
    Trumpff C, Shire D, Michelson J, Bobba-Alves N, Yu T, Sloan RP, Juster RP, Hirano M, Picard M. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2025  Link PDF 

  • Intrinsic health as a foundation for a science of health
    Cohen AA, Picard M, Beard JR, Belsky DW, Herbstman J, Kuryla CL, Liu M, Makarem N, Malinsky D, Pei S, Wei Y, Fried LP. Science Advances 2025  Link PDF 

  • Brain-body mitochondrial distribution patterns lack coherence and point to tissue-specific regulatory mechanisms
    Devine J, Monzel AS, Shire D, Rosenberg AM, Junker A, Cohen AA, Picard M. Life Metab 2025  Link PDF 

  • Mitochondria - the CEO of the cell
    Lee-Glover LP, Picard M, Shutt, TE.  J Cell Sci 2025  Link PDF 

  • A human brain map of mitochondrial respiratory capacity and diversity
    Mosharov EV, Rosenberg AM, Monzel AS, Osto CA, Stiles L, Rosoklija GB, Dwork AJ, Bindra S, Junker A, Zhang Y, Fujita M, Mariani MB, Bakalian M, Sulzer D, De Jager PL, Menon V, Shirihai OS, Mann JJ, Underwood M, Boldrini M, Thiebaut de Schotten M, Picard M.  Nature 2025  Link PDF Briefing  

2024
  • A platform to map the mind-mitochondria connection and the hallmarks of psychobiology: The MiSBIE Study
    Kelly C, Trumpff C, Acosta C, Assuras S, Baker J, Basarrate S, Behnke A, Bo K, Bobba-Alves N, Champagne FA, Conklin Q, Cross M, De Jager P, Engelstad K, Epel A, Franklin SG, Hirano M, Huang Q, Junker A, Juster RP, Kapri D, Kirschbaum C, Kurade M, Lauriola V, Li S, Liu CC, Liu G, McEwen BS, McGill MA, McIntyre K, Monzel AS, Michelson J, Prather AA, Puterman E, Rosales X, Shapiro PA, Shire D, SlavichGM, Sloan RP, Smith JLM, Spann M, Spicer J, Sturm G, Tepler S, Thiebaut de Schotten M, Wager TD, Picard M, The MiSBIE Study Group.  Trends  Endocrinol Metab 2024 Link  PDF  

  • The brain-body energy conservation model of aging
    Shaulson ED, Cohen AA, Picard M. Nat Aging 2024  Link  PDF Peer Review

  • Neurodegenerative disorders, metabolic icebergs, and mitohormesis
    Phillips, MCL, Picard, M. 
    Transl Neurodegener 2024 Link  PDF     

  • Somatic nuclear mitochondrial DNA insertions are prevalent in the human brain and accumulate in aging fibroblasts
    Zhou W,  Karan KR,  Klein H,  Sturm G, De Jager P, Bennett D, Hirano M, Picard M, Mills R. PLoS Biol 2024 Link  PDF          

  • Psychosocial experiences are associated with human brain mitochondrial biology
    Trumpff, C, Monzel A, Sandi C, Menon V, Klein H-U, Fujita M, Lee A, Petyuk VA, Hurst C, Duong DM, Seyfried NT, Wingo AP, Wingo TS, Wang Y, Thambisetty M, Ferrucci L, Bennett DA, De Jager PL, Picard M. PNAS 2024  Link  PDF 

  • Hypermetabolism and energetic constraints in mitochondrial disorders
    Sercel A, Sturm G, Kempes C, Gallagher D, St-Onge MP, Pontzer H, Hirano M, Picard M.  Nat Metab 2024  Link  PDF 

  • Distribution of glucocorticoid and adrenergic receptors across human organs and tissues: a map for stress transduction.
    Basarrate S, Monzel AS, Smith J, Marsland A, Trumpff C, Picard M. Psychosom Med 2024 Link PDF

2023
  • The energetics of cellular life transitions
    Monzel AS, Levin M, Picard M.  Life Metab 2023  Link  PDF 

  • Mitochondrial diversity and network organization predict anxiety-like behavior in mice.
    Rosenberg A, Saggar M, Monzel AS, Devine J, Rogu P, Mosharov EV, Junker A, Sandi C, Dumitriu D, Anacker C, Picard M.  Nat Commun 2023  Link  PDF 

  • MitoQuicLy: A high-throughput method for quantifying cell-free DNA from human plasma, serum, and saliva
    Michelson J, Rausser S, Peng A, Yu T, Sturm G, Trumpff C, Kaufman BA, Rai AJ,  Picard M.  Mitochondrion 2023   Link  PDF 

  • Cellular allostatic load is linked to increased energy expenditure and accelerated biological aging
    Bobba-Alves N,  Sturm G, Lin J, Ware SA,  Karan KR,  Monzel AS,   Bris C,  Procaccio V,  Lenaers G,  Higgins-Chen A,  Levine M,  Horvath S, Santhanam BS,  Kaufman BA,  Hirano M, Epel E,  Picard M.  Psychoneuroendocrinology 2023   Link  PDF

  • Multifaceted mitochondria: Moving mitochondrial science beyond function and dysfunction
    Monzel AS, Enriques JA, Picard M. Nat Metab 2023   Link  PDF

  • OxPhos defects cause hypermetabolism and reduce lifespan in cells and patients with mitochondrial diseases
    Sturm G, Karan KR, Monzel AS, Santhanam BS, Taivassalo T, Bris C, Duplaga SA, Cross M, Towheed A, Higgins-Chen A, McManus MJ, Cardenas A, Lin J, Epel ES, Rahman S, Vissing V, Grassi B, Levine M, Horvath S, Haller RG, Lanaers G, Wallace DC, Tavazoie S, Procaccio V, Kaufman BA, Seifert EL, Hirano H, Picard M. Commun Biol 2023   Link  PDF
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2022
  • Mitochondrial signal transduction
    Picard M, Shirihai OS. Cell Metabolism  2022  Link PDF

  • A multi-omic and bioenergetics longitudinal aging dataset in primary human fibroblasts with mitochondrial perturbations
    Sturm G, Monzel AS, Karan KR, Michelson J, Ware SA, Cardenas A, Lin J, Bris C, Santhanam B, Murphy MP, Levine ME, Horvath S,
    Belsky D, Wang S, Procaccio V, Kaufman BA, Hirano M, Picard M. Sci Data 2022  Link  PDF
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  • The energetic cost of allostatic load
    Bobba-Alves N, Juster RP, Picard M. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2022  Link PDF

  • Dynamic behavior of cell-free mitochondrial DNA in human saliva
    Trumpff C, Rausser S, Haahr R,  Karan KR, Gouspillou G, Putterman E, Kirschbaum C, Picard M. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2022  Link PDF

  • Mitochondrial respiratory chain protein co-regulation in the human brain
    Trumpff C, Owusu-Ansah E, Klein H, Lee A, Petyuk V, Wingo TS, Wingo AP, Thambisetty M, Ferrucci L, Seyfried NT, Bennett DA, ​De Jager PL, Picard M. Heliyon 2022  Link  PDF

  • Leukocyte cytokine responses in adult patients with mitochondrial DNA defects
    Karan KR, Trumpff C, Cross M, Englestad KM, Marsland AL, McGuire P, Hirano M, Picard M. J Mol Med  2022   Link  PDF 

  • Why do we care more about disease than health?
    Picard M. Phenomics 2022   Link PDF 

  • Human studies of mitochondrial biology demonstrate an overall lack of binary sex differences: A multivariate meta-analysis
    Junker A, Wang J, Gouspillou G, Ehinger JK, Elmér E, Sjövall F, Fisher-Wellman K, Neufer PD, Molina AJA, Ferrucci L, Picard M.
    FASEB J 2022   Link   PDF

  • Integrating sex and gender in mitochondrial science
    Junker A, Juster RP, Picard M. Curr Opin Physiol 2022   Link  PDF

  • Energy transduction and the mind-mitochondria connection
    Picard M. The Biochemist  2022   Link PDF

2021
  • Mitochondrial phenotypes in purified human immune cell subtypes and cell mixtures
    Rausser S, Trumpff C, McGill MA, Junker A, Wang W, Ho S, Mitchell A, Karan K, Monk C, Segerstrom S, Reed R, Picard M.
    eLife 2021   PubMed  PDF 

  • Mitochondrial DNA quantity and quality in the human aged and Alzheimer’s disease brain.
    Klein H, Trumpff C, Yang HS, Lee AJ, Picard M, Bennett DA, De Jager. Mol Neurodegener 2021  PubMed   PDF

  • Quantitative mapping of human hair graying and reversal in relation to life stress
    Rosenberg A, Rausser S, Ren J, Mosharov EV, Sturm G, Ogden RT, Patel P, Soni RK, Lacefield C, Tobin DJ, Paus R, Picard M. 
    eLife 2021  PubMed   PDF​   eLife Digest

  • 3D neuronal mitochondrial morphology in axons, dendrites, and cell bodies of the aging mouse hippocampus.
    Faitg J, Lacefied C, Davey T, White K, Laws R, Kosmidi S, Reeve AK, Kandel E, Vincent AE, Picard M. Cell Rep 2021  PubMed   PDF

  • Stress and circulating cell-free mitochondrial DNA: a systematic review of human studies, physiological considerations, and technical recommendations.
    Trumpff C, Michelson J, Lagranha CJ, Taleon V, Karan K, Sturm G, Lindqvist D, Fernström J, Moser D, Kaufman BA, Picard M.
    Mitochondrion 2021  PubMed   PDF​   Protocol

  • Mitochondria in epithelial ovarian carcinoma exhibit abnormal phenotypes and blunted associations with biobehavioral factors
    Bindra S, McGill MA, Triplett MK, Tyagi A, Thaker PH, Dahmoush L, Goodheart MJ, Ogden RT, E Owusu-Ansah, Karan KR, Cole S, Sood AK, Lutgendorf SK, Picard M. Sci Rep 2021  PubMed   PDF​

  • Blood mtDNA copy number: What are we counting?
    Picard M. Mitochondrion 2021  Link  PDF​

  • The social nature of mitochondria: Implications for human health
    Picard M, Sandi C. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021  PubMed   PDF​

2020
  • Mitochondrial respiratory chain function modulates LPS-induced inflammatory signatures in human blood
    Karan KR, Trumpff C, McGill MA, Thomas  JE, Sturm G, Lauriola V, Sloan RP, Rohleder N, Kaufman BK, Marsland AL, Picard M. 
    Brain Behav Immun-Health 2020   PubMed   PDF​   Suppl

​2019
  • Mitochondrial psychobiology: Foundation and applications
    Picard M, Trumpff C, Burelle Y. Curr Opin Behav Sci 2019  Link  PDF
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  • Human aging DNA methylation signatures are conserved but accelerated in cultured fibroblasts
    Sturm G, Cardenas A, Bind MA, Horvath S, Wang S, Wang Y, Hägg S, Hirano M, Picard M. Epigenetics 2019   PubMed   PDF

  • Predictors of ccf-mtDNA reactivity to acute psychological stress identified using machine learning classifiers: A proof-of-concept
    Trumpff C, Marsland AL, Sloan RP, Kaufman BK, Picard M. Psychoneuroendocrinol 2019   PubMed   PDF

  • Acute psychological stress increases serum circulating cell-free mitochondrial DNA
    Trumpff C, Marsland AL, Basualto C, Martin JL, Carroll JE, Sturm G, Gu Z, Vincent A, Kaufman BA, Picard M. Psychoneuroendocrinol 2019   PubMed   PDF
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  • Accelerating research on biological aging and mental health: Current challenges and future directions
    Han LKM, Verhoeven JE, Tyrka A, Penninx BWJH, Wolkowitz OM, Månsson KNT, Lindqvist D, Vinkers CH, Boks MP, Révész D, Mellon SH, Picard M. Psychoneuroendocrinol 2019   PubMed   PDF
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  • Quantitative 3D mapping of the human skeletal muscle mitochondrial network
    Vincent AE,  White K,  Davey T, Philips J, Ogden RT,  Lawess C,  Warren C,  Hall MG,  Ng YS,  Falkous G,  Holden T, Deehan D, Taylor RW,  Turnbull DM,  Picard M.  Cell Rep 2019   PubMed   PDF

2018
  • Sub-cellular origin of mtDNA deletions in human skeletal muscle
    Vincent AE, Rosa HS, Pabis K, Lawless C, Grünewald A, Chen C, Rygiel KA, Rocha MC, Falkous G, Perissi V, White K, Davey T, Grady JP, Petrof B, Sayer AA, Cooper C, Taylor RW, Turnbull DM, Picard M.  Annals Neurol 2018    PubMed   PDF
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  • Mitochondrial dynamics in adaptive and maladaptive cellular stress responses
    Eisner V, Picard M, Hajnoczky G. Nat Cell Biol 2018   PubMed   PDF​

  • A mitochondrial health index sensitive to mood and caregiver stress
    Picard M, Prather AA, Puterman E, Cuillerier A, Coccia M, Aschbacher K, Burelle Y, Epel ES. Biol Psychiatr 2018   ​PubMed   PDF​

  • Psychological stress and mitochondria: A systematic review (Part I)
    Picard M, McEwen BS. Psychosom Med 2018   PubMed   PDF
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  • Psychological stress and mitochondria: A conceptual framework (Part II)
    Picard M, McEwen BS. Psychosom Med 2018   PubMed   PDF

  • An energetic view of stress: Focus on mitochondria
    Picard M, McEwen BS, Epel ES, Sandi C. Front Neuroendocrinol2018  PubMed   PDF​
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2017
  • Mitochondrial nanotunnels
    Vincent AE, Turnbull DM, Hajnoczky G, Eisner V, Picard M. Trends Cell Biol 2017   PubMed   PDF   Suppl

  • Independent impacts of aging on mitochondrial DNA quantity and quality in humans
    Zhang R, Wang Y, Ye K, Picard M, Gu Z.  BMC Genomics 2017   PubMed

  • Mitochondrial nexus to allostatic load biomarkers
    Picard M, Juster RP, Sloan RP, McEwen BS. Psychosom Med 2017   PubMed   PDF

2016
  • The rise of mitochondria in medicine
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    Picard M, Wallace DC, Burelle Y. Mitochondrion 2016   PubMed   PDF
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  • The spectrum of mitochondrial ultrastructural defects in mitochondrial myopathy
    Vincent AE, Ng YS, White K, Davey T, Mannella C, Falkous G, Feeney C, Schaefer AM, McFarland R, Gorman GS, Taylor RW, 
    Turnbull DM, Picard M. Sci Rep 2016    PubMed   PDF   Suppl

  • Genetic evidence for elevated pathogenicity of mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in autism spectrum disorder
    Wang Y, Picard M, Gu Z. Plos Genet 2016    PubMed   PDF
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  • Allostatic load and comorbidities: A mitochondrial, neuroepigenetic, and psychoevolutionary perspective
    Juster RP, Russell JJ, Almeidac D, Picard M. Dev Psychopathol 2016   PubMed   PDF

  • Disentangling (epi)genetic and environmental contributions to the m.3243A>G MELAS mutation phenotype: Phenotypic destiny in mitochondrial disease?
    Picard M, Hirano M. JAMA Neurol 2016   PubMed   PDF

​2015
  • Mitochondrial functions modulate neuroendocrine, metabolic, inflammatory and transcriptional responses to psychological stress
    Picard M, McManus MJ, Gray J, Nasca C, Moffat C, Kopinsky P, Seifert E, McEwen BS, Wallace DC. PNAS 2015  PubMed   
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  • Mitochondrial synapses: Intracellular communication and signal integration
    Picard M. 
    Trends Neurosci 2015   PubMed   PDF

  • Inter-mitochondrial coordination of cristae at regulated membrane junctions
    Picard M, McManus MJ, Csordas G, Varnai P, Dorn GW, Williams D, Hajnoczky G, Wallace DC. Nat Commun 2015  ​PubMed   
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  • Mitochondrial signaling in neurodegeneration 
    Picard M, McManus MJ. In Reeve AK, Simcox A, Duchen MR, Turnbull DM. (Eds.) Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative disorders, 2nd edition, London: Springer (2016)   Link
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2014
  • Mitochondrial allostatic load puts the ‘gluc’ back into glucocorticoids
    Picard M, Juster RP, McEwen BS. 
    Nat Rev Endocrinol 2014   PubMed   PDF

  • Progressive increase in mtDNA 3243A>G heteroplasmy results in abrupt transcriptional remodeling
    Picard M, Zhang J, Hanecock S, Derbeneva O, Golhar R, Golik P, O’Hearn S, Levy SE, Potluri P, Lvova M, Davila A, Lin CS, Perin JC, Rappaport EF, Hakonarson H, Trounce I, Procaccio V, Wallace DC. PNAS 2014   PubMed   
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  • Mitochondria impact brain function and cognition
    Picard M and McEwen BS. PNAS 2014 [Commentary]   PubMed   PDF
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2013
  • Allostatic load as a tool for monitoring comorbidities in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
    Bizik G, Picard M, Nijjer R, Tourjman V, McEwen BS, Lupien SJ, Juster RP. Harv Rev Neurosci 2013   PubMed   
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  • Linking metabolic state and mitochondrial DNA in chronic disease, health and aging
    Picard M, Turnbull DM. Diabetes 2013   PubMed   
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  • Mitochondrial morphology transitions and functions: Implications for retrograde signaling?
    Picard M, Shirihai O, Gentil BJ, Burelle Y. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2013   PubMed   
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2012 and earlier
  • Mitochondria: Starving to reach quorum?
    Picard M and Burelle Y. Bioessays 2012   PubMed   
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  • Pathways to aging: The mitochondrion at the intersection of biological and psychosocial sciences
    Picard M. J Aging Res 2011   PubMed   
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  • Mitochondria: Isolation, structure and function
    Picard M, Taivassalo T, Gouspillou G, Hepple RT. J Physiol (London) 2011   PubMed   
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  • A transdisciplinary perspective of chronic stress in relation to psychopathology throughout lifespan development
    Juster RP, Bizik G, Picard M, Arsenault-Lapierre G, Sindi S, Trepanier L, Marin MF, Wan N, Sekerovic Z, Lord C, Fiocco A, Plusquellec P, McEwen B, Lupien S. Dev Psychopathol 2011   PubMed   
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  • Mitochondrial structure and function are disrupted by standard isolation methods
    Picard M, Taivassalo T, Ritchie D, Wright KJ, Thomas MM, Romestaing C, Hepple RT. PLoS One 2011   PubMed    
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  • The need for a transdisciplinary, global health framework
    Picard M, Sabiston C, McNamara JK. J Alt Complement Med 2011   PubMed   
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