Ass.-Prof. Dr. Olga Maria Klimecki-Lenz

Maxie Liebscher, Silke White, Simon Hass, Anne Chocat, Florence Mezenge, Brigitte Landeau, Marion Delarue, Oriane Hébert, Anne-Laure Turpin, Natalie L. Marchant, Gaël Chételat, Olga M Klimecki*, Géraldine Poisnel*, Miranka Wirth* and the Medit-Ageing Group (2025). Circulating Stress Hormones, Brain Health, and Cognition in Healthy Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Findings and Sex Differences in Age-Well. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. 5 (2): 100431. doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2024.100431. * shared last authorships

Sebastian Baez-Lugo, Yacila Deza-Araujo, Christel Maradan, Fabienne Collette, Antoine Lutz, Natalie Marchant, Gael Chételat, Patrik Vuilleumier, Olga Klimecki & Medit-Ageing Research Group (2023) Exposure to negative socio-emotional events induces sustained alteration of resting-state brain networks in older adults. Nature Aging 3 (1), 105–120. doi.org/10.1038/s43587-022-00341-6.

Natalie L Marchant, Thorsten Barnhofer, Roxane Coueron, Miranka Wirth, Antoine Lutz, Eider M Arenaza-Urquijo, Fabienne Collette, Geraldine Poisnel, Harriet Demnitz-King, Ann-Katrin Schild, Nina Coll-Padros, Floriane Delphin-Combe, Tim Whitfield, Marco Schlosser, Julie Gonneaud, Julien Asselineau, Zuzana Walker, Pierre Krolak-Salmon, Jose Luis Molinuevo, Eric Frison, Gael Chetelat, Frank Jessen, Olga M Klimecki, Medit-Ageing Research Group (2021) Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention versus Health Self-Management on Subclinical Anxiety in Older Adults with Subjective Cognitive Decline: The SCD-Well Randomized Superiority Trial. Psychother Psychosom. 90 (5): 341–350. doi.org/10.1159/000515669.

Gael Chételat, Antoine Lutz, Olga M Klimecki, Eric Frison, Julien Asselineau, Marco Schlosser, Eider M. Arenaza-Urquijo,  Florence Mézenge, Elizabeth Kuhn,  Inès Moulinet,  Edelweiss Touron,  Sophie Dautricourt,  Claire André,  Cassandre Palix, Valentin Ourry, Francesca Felisatti, Julie Gonneaud,  Brigitte Landeau, Géraldine Rauchs, Anne Chocat, Anne Quillard,  Eglantine Ferrand Devouge, Patrik Vuilleumier, Vincent de La Sayette, MD10; Denis Vivien, Fabienne Collette, Géraldine Poisnel,  Natalie L. Marchant, for the Medit-Ageing Research Group (2022) Effect of an 18-Month Meditation Training on Regional Brain Volume and Perfusion in Older Adults: The Age-Well Randomized Clinical Trial . JAMA Neurol. 79 (11): 1165–1174. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.3185.

Yacila I. Deza-Araujo, Sebastian Baez-Lugo, Patrik Vuilleumier, Anne Chocat, Gaël Chételat, Géraldine Poisnel, Olga M Klimecki (2021) Whole blood serotonin levels in healthy elderly are negatively associated with the functional activity of emotion-related brain regions. Biological Psychology. 160: 108051.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108051.

H Rafi, F Bogacz, D Sander, Olga M Klimecki (2020) Impact of couple conflict and mediation on how romantic partners are seen: An fMRI study. Cortex.130: 302-317, doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.04.036.

Olga M Klimecki, D Sander, P Vuilleumier (2018) Brain Areas involved in Anger versus Punishment during Social Interactions. Sci Rep 8, 10556: 1-12. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28863-3.

T Singer, Olga M Klimecki (2014) Current biology 24 (18): R875-R878. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.054.

Olga M Klimecki, S Leiberg, M Ricard, T Singer (2014) Differential pattern of functional brain plasticity after compassion and empathy training, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9 (6): 873–879. doi.org/10.1093/scan/nst060.

Olga M Klimecki, S Leiberg, C Lamm, T Singer (2013) Functional neural plasticity and associated changes in positive affect after compassion training. Cereb Cortex. 23 (7): 1552-61. DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs142.