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Martin Picard

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Martin Picard

@MitoPsychoBio

Mitochondrial Psychobiology. Bridging the science of energy and the human experience. Upcoming book: ENERGY (2027).

Manhattan, NY

Joined February 2018

Martin Picard
@MitoPsychoBio
Feb 27, 2025
Beautiful animation of metabolic flux in the mitochondrial Kreb (TCA) cycle The three "CO2" coming off the cycle is how you lose weight: carbon from your material body coming off as gas you end up breathing out By @janetiwasa
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Martin Picard
@MitoPsychoBio
Dec 22, 2024
Happy Holidays! Tree from @Mito_Therapy
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Martin Picard
@MitoPsychoBio
Jan 15, 2025
Two cells feeling each other out
Nikon Small World
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Nikon Small World
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Martin Picard
@MitoPsychoBio
Dec 2, 2024
Superb video of the mitochondrial community in a single cell—hundreds of squiggly microorganisms sensing, processing, and signaling energy and information By @chillinwithpfn1 x.com/chillinwithpfn…
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Martin Picard
@MitoPsychoBio
Dec 30, 2024
Since reporting that human hair greying is reversible, linked to life stress, and associated changes in mitochondrial biology, we have received >300 testimonials confirming the observations elifesciences.org/articles/67437 A recent note (shared with permission): "Around the same time
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Martin Picard
@MitoPsychoBio
Mar 28, 2025
The brain is full of mitochondria! But how many, and where? Different types of mitochondria specialize for energy transformation and other functions In MitoBrainMap v1.0 we provide the first maps of mitochondrial content and OxPhos capacity across the human brain
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Martin Picard
@MitoPsychoBio
Apr 27, 2023
How we think and talk about mitochondria matters to our science and to newcomers in the field. The powerhouse analogy is expired and we need specific vocabulary to capture the beautiful complexity of mitochondrial biology. We propose a framework and some nomenclature.
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Martin Picard
@MitoPsychoBio
Jan 14, 2025
Every second, trillions of flowing cells transporting oxygen to your respiring mitochondria The blood is the bridge between breath and flowing electrons in your mitochondria So beautiful !
Chung-Der Hsiao
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Chung-Der Hsiao
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Martin Picard
@MitoPsychoBio
Sep 11, 2025
The mind has a remarkable ability to pattern energy in the body. Psychological states can change blood glucose, alter gene expression in your immune cells, and even increase muscle strength substantially without exercise. I’m excited to be writing about the vestigial and
Nicholas Fabiano, MD
@NTFabiano
Sep 11, 2025
Mentally imagining muscle contractions increased strength by 35% without physical exercise.
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Martin Picard
@MitoPsychoBio
Jul 30, 2025
Human mitochondria connect with each other at a distance through thin membrane protrusions called "nanotunnels" As if they are "reaching out for help". Mitochondria in people with mitochondrial diseases show more nanotunnels in healthy mitochondria do. Below is one of the most
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Martin Picard
@MitoPsychoBio
Jan 22, 2025
Mitochondria are transferred between cells, tissues and organs, particularly in response to stressors New exciting layer of mitochondrial biology showing the importance of cell-cell interactions and that mitochondria convey information/signal widely nature.com/articles/s4225… 🧵
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Martin Picard
@MitoPsychoBio
Jun 10, 2025
New paper on mitochondrial distribution across the human body If you have more mitochondria than the average person in your heart, does that mean you also have more than average in your brain, muscles, kidneys, etc? We investigated inter-organ correlations in mitochondria 🧵
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Martin Picard
@MitoPsychoBio
Mar 21, 2025
The flow and the transformation of energy through your mitochondria
Science Magazine
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Science Magazine
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Martin Picard
@MitoPsychoBio
Jun 4, 2025
The cycle of life, every instant, in your mitochondria. The major electron carrier in mitochondria is NAD+. When it collects an electron from the food you eat, NAD+ is converted into NADH. NADH then feeds the electron to the electron transport chain so the electron can flow to
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