PREPRINTS​

• 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

2026

• Should we reconsider how we think about energy?
  Kempes C, Picard M. Nature 2026 Link PDF

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• Immune cell mitochondrial phenotypes 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. Neurol Genet 2026 Link PDF
  
  
• Potential risks of blocking GDF15-­ based brain energy sensing
  Cohen AA, Picard M. J Am Geriatrics Soc 2026 Link PDF

2025

• The energy resistance principle
  Picard M, Murugan NJ. Cell Metab 2025 Link PDF  Extended Discussion​

 
2024

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

2018 and earlier​

• An energetic view of stress: Focus on mitochondria
  Picard M, McEwen BS, Epel ES, Sandi C. Front Neuroendocrinol 2018  PubMed   PDF
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• Mitochondrial nexus to allostatic load biomarkers
  Picard M, Juster RP, Sloan RP, McEwen BS. Psychosom Med 2017   PubMed   PDF
  
  
• The rise of mitochondria in medicine
  ​Picard M, Wallace DC, Burelle Y. Mitochondrion 2016   PubMed   PDF​
  
  
• Mitochondrial allostatic load puts the ‘gluc’ back into glucocorticoids
  Picard M, Juster RP, McEwen BS. Nat Rev Endocrinol 2014   PubMed   PDF
  
  
• Linking metabolic state and mitochondrial DNA in chronic disease, health and aging
  Picard M, Turnbull DM. Diabetes 2013   PubMed   PDF
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• The need for a transdisciplinary, global health framework
  Picard M, Sabiston C, McNamara JK. J Alt Complement Med 2011   PubMed   PDF