Publications

Papers in Journals

Sindi, S. Fiocco, A.J., Juster, R-P., Lord, C., Pruessner, J., Lupien, S., Now you see it, now you don't: Testing environments modulate the association between hippocampal volume and cortisol levels n young and older adults. Neuroimage. Submitted.

De Beaumon, L., Fiocco, A.J., Quesnel, G., Lupien, S., Poirier, J., Altered declarative memory in introverted middle-aged adults carrying the BDNF val66met allele. Behavioral Brain Research. Accepted.

Fiocco, A.J., Scarcello, S., Chan, A., Oh, P., Proulx, G., Greenwood C., The effects of an exercise and lifestyle intervention program on cardiovascular, metabolic factors and cognitive performance in middle-aged adults with type II diabetes: A pilot study. Canadian Journal of Diabetes. In Press.

Sindi, S., Fiocco, A.J., Juster, R-P., Pruessner, J., Lupien, S., When we test, do we stress? Impact of the testing environment on cortisol secretion and memory performance in older adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 38(8): 1388-1396, 2013.

Koszycki, D., Prichard, Z., Fiocco, A.J., Shilk, J., Kennedy, J.L., Bradwejn, J., Receptor gene and response to cholesystokinin-tetrapeptide in healthy volunteers. Peptide. 35: 9-13, 2012.

Fiocco, A.J., Shatenstein, B., Ferland, G., Payette, H., Belleville, S. Keroat, M-J, Morais, J., Greenwood, C.E., Sodium intake impacts cognitive function in older adults over four years depending on level of physical activity: The NuAGe Study. Neurobiology of Aging. 33: 829.e21-28, 2012

Juster, R. P., Bizik, G., Picard, M., Arsenault-Lappierre, G., Sindi, S., Trepanier, L., Marin, M. F., Wan, N., Sekerovic, Z., Lord, C., Fiocco, A. J., Plusquellec, P., McEwen, B. S., Lupien, S., A transdisciplinary perspective of chronic stress in relation to psychopathology throughout lifespan development. Journal of Development and Psychopathology. 23:725-776, 2011.

Marin, M.F., Lord, C., Andrews, J., Juster, R.P., Sindi, S., Aresenault-Lapierre, G., Fiocco, A.J., Lupien, S.J., Chronic stress, cognitive functioning and mental health. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 96: 583-595, 2011.

Reichman, W.E, Fiocco, A.J., Rose, N., Exercising the brain to avoid cognitive decline: Examining the evidence. Aging Health. 6: 565-584, 2010.

Fiocco, A.J., Kanaya, A.M., Lindquist, K.M., Harris, T.B., Satterfield, S., Simonsick, E.M., Kuller, L., Rosano, C., Yaffe, K., Plasma F2-isoprostane level and cognitive function over eight years in non-demented older adults: Findings from the Health ABC Study. Prostoglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids. 84: 57-61, 2011.

Fiocco, A.J., Yaffe, K., Defining successful aging: The importance of including cognitive function over time. Archives in Neurology. 67: 876-880, 2010.

Fiocco, A.J., Lindquist, K., Ferrell, R., Rongling, L., Simonsick, E.M., Nalls, M., Harris, T.B., Yaffe, K., COMT genotype and cognitive function: An 8-year longitudinal study in white and black elders. Neurology. 74: 1296-1302, 2010.

Yaffe, K. Fiocco, A.J., Lindquist, K., Vittinghoff, E., Simonsick E.M., Newman, A. Satterfield, S., Rosano, C., Rubin, S.M., Ayonayon, H., Harris, T.B., Predictors of maintaining cognitive function in older adults: The Health ABC study. Neurology. 7: 2029-2035, 2009.

Fiocco, A.J., Poirier, J., Joober, R., Nair, N.P.V., Lupien, S.J., Acute and long-term association between ApoE genetic polymorphism, cortisol levels, and declarative memory performance in older adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 33: 625-633, 2008.

Fiocco, A.J., Joober, R., Poirier, J., Lupien, S., Polymorphism of the 5-HT2A receptor gene: Association with stress-related indices in healthy middle-aged adults. Frontiers in Bahavioral Neuroscience. 1:3. doi:10.3389/neuro.08/003.2007, 2007.

Fiocco, A.J., Nair, N.P.V., Schwartz, G., Ng Yin Kin, F., Joober, J., Poirier, J., Lupien, S.J., Influence of genetic polymorphism in the apolipoprotein (APOE) and the butyrylcholinesterase (BCHE) gene on stress markers in older adults: A 3-year study. Neurobiology of Aging. 30: 1001-1005, 2007.

Fiocco, A.J., Joober, R., Lupien, S., Modulating effects of education on cortisol reactivity to the Trier Social Stress Test in older adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 32: 1158-1163, 2007.

Lupien, S.J., Mahue, F., Tu, M., Fiocco, A., Schramek, T.E., The effects of stress and stress hormones on human cognition: Implications for the field of brain and cognition. Brain and Cognition. 65: 209-237, 2007.

Matheson, K., Skomorovsky, A., Fiocco, A., Anisman, H., The limits of “adaptive” coping: Well-being and mood reactions to stressors among women in abusive relationships. Stress: International Journal on the Biology of Stress. 10: 75-91, 2007.

Fiocco, A.J., Wan, N., Weeks, N., Pin, H., Lupien, S.J., Diurnal cycle of salivary cortisol in older adult men and women with subjective complaints of memory deficits and/or depressive symptoms: Relation to cognitive functioning. Stress: International Journal on the Biology of Stress. 9: 143-152, 2006.

Lupien, S.J., Schwartz, G., Ng, Y.K., Fiocco, A., Wan, N., Pruessner, J.C., Meany, M.J., Nair, N.P.V., The Douglas Hospital Longitudinal Study of Normal and Pathological Aging: Summary of findings. Reviews in Psychiatry Neuroscience. 30: 328-334, 2005.

Lupien, S.J., Fiocco, A., Wan, N., Maheu, F., Lord, C., Schramek, T., Tu, M.T., Stress hormones and human memory function across the lifespan. Psychoneurondocrinology. 30: 225-242, 2005.

Lena, S.M., Fiocco, A.J., Leyenaar, J.K., The role of cognitive deficits in the development of eating disorders. Neuropsychology Review. 14: 99-113, 2004.

Bourin, M., Fiocco, A., Clenet, F., How valuable are animal models in defining antidepressant activity? Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental. 16: 9-21, 2001.

Renard, C.E., Fiocco, A.J., Clenet, F., Hascoet, M., & Bourin, M., Is dopamine implicated in the antidepressant-like effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in the mouse forced swimming test? Psychopharmacology. 159: 42-50, 2001.

Hascoet, M., Bourin, M., Colombel, M.C., Fiocco, A., & Baker, G.B., Anxiolitic-like effects of antidepressants after acute administration in a four-plate test in mice. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 65(2): 339-344, 2000.


Book Chapters

Fiocco, A.J., & Mallya, S. Biopsychosocial Model. Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology. In Press.

Lupien, S.J., Lord, C., Sindi, S., Wilkinson, C.W., & Fiocco, A.J. "Aging and Alzheimer's Disease", in D.W. Pfaff, A.P. Arnold, A.M. Etgen, S.E. Fahrbach and R.T. Rubin (eds), Hormones, Brain and Behavior, 2nd edition vol. 5 (San Diego: Academic Press, 2009) pp 3049-3080.


Others: Newsletter

Fiocco, A.J., Does stress make our cells age faster? Telomeres and telomerase. Mammoth Magazine, Issue 9, January 2011.

Fiocco, A.J., Stress in the Golden Years. Mammoth Magazine, Issue 2, November 2006.


Others: Book Review

Fiocco A.J. (2012) Keith E. Whitfield et al. Focus on Biobehavioral Perspectives on Health in Late Life. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2010. Canadian Journal on Aging/LaRevue Canadienne du Vieillissement, 31(3), 364-366.