PMID- 30662933 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231005 IS - 2352-8737 (Electronic) IS - 2352-8737 (Linking) VI - 4 DP - 2018 TI - The Age-Well observational study on expert meditators in the Medit-Ageing European project. PG - 756-764 LID - 10.1016/j.trci.2018.11.002 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: The Age-Well observational, cross-sectional study investigates the affective and cognitive mechanisms of meditation expertise with behavioral, neuroimaging, sleep, and biological measures sensitive to aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS: Thirty cognitively unimpaired individuals aged 65 years or older with at least 10,000 hours of practice in mindfulness meditation (MM) and loving-kindness and compassion meditation (LKCM) are selected. The outcomes are the neuroimaging brain correlates of MM and LKCM and the assessments of long-term meditation practices on behavioral, neural, and biological measures as compared to nonmeditator older controls from the Age-Well randomized controlled trial. RESULTS: Recruitment and data collection began in late 2016 and will be completed by late 2019. DISCUSSION: Results are expected to foster the understanding of the effects of meditation expertise on aging and of the mechanisms of action underlying the meditation intervention in the Age-Well randomized controlled trial. These finding will contribute to the design of meditation-based prevention randomized controlled trials for the aged population and to the exploration of the possible long-time developmental trajectory of meditation training. FAU - Lutz, Antoine AU - Lutz A AD - Lyon Neuroscience Research Center INSERM U1028, CNRS UMR5292, Lyon University, Lyon, France. FAU - Klimecki, Olga M AU - Klimecki OM AD - Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Department of Medicine and Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. FAU - Collette, Fabienne AU - Collette F AD - GIGA-CRC, In Vivo Imaging, Universite de Liege, Liege, Belgium. AD - Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.-FNRS), Bruxelles, Belgium. FAU - Poisnel, Geraldine AU - Poisnel G AD - Universite Normandie, Inserm, Universite de Caen-Normandie, Inserm UMR-S U1237, GIP Cyceron, Caen, France. FAU - Arenaza-Urquijo, Eider AU - Arenaza-Urquijo E AD - Universite Normandie, Inserm, Universite de Caen-Normandie, Inserm UMR-S U1237, GIP Cyceron, Caen, France. FAU - Marchant, Natalie L AU - Marchant NL AD - Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, United Kingdom. FAU - De La Sayette, Vincent AU - De La Sayette V AD - Universite Normandie, Inserm, Universite de Caen-Normandie, Inserm UMR-S U1077, GIP Cyceron, Caen, France. AD - CHU Caen-Normandie, Department of Clinical Research, Caen, France. FAU - Rauchs, Geraldine AU - Rauchs G AD - Universite Normandie, Inserm, Universite de Caen-Normandie, Inserm UMR-S U1077, GIP Cyceron, Caen, France. FAU - Salmon, Eric AU - Salmon E AD - GIGA-CRC, In Vivo Imaging, Universite de Liege, Liege, Belgium. AD - Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.-FNRS), Bruxelles, Belgium. FAU - Vuilleumier, Patrick AU - Vuilleumier P AD - Department of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. FAU - Frison, Eric AU - Frison E AD - EUCLID/F-CRIN Clinical Trials Platform, University of Bordeaux, INSERM, Bordeaux Population Health Center, Bordeaux, France. AD - CHU Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France. FAU - Vivien, Denis AU - Vivien D AD - Universite Normandie, Inserm, Universite de Caen-Normandie, Inserm UMR-S U1237, GIP Cyceron, Caen, France. AD - CHU Caen-Normandie, Department of Clinical Research, Caen, France. FAU - Chetelat, Gael AU - Chetelat G AD - Universite Normandie, Inserm, Universite de Caen-Normandie, Inserm UMR-S U1237, GIP Cyceron, Caen, France. CN - Medit-Ageing Research Group LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181218 PL - United States TA - Alzheimers Dement (N Y) JT - Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) JID - 101650118 PMC - PMC6300614 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Aging OT - Alzheimer's disease OT - Blood markers OT - Cognition OT - Compassion and loving-kindness meditation OT - Dementia OT - Emotion OT - Lifestyle OT - Meditation expertise OT - Mindfulness meditation OT - Neuroimaging OT - Prevention OT - Reserve OT - Sleep EDAT- 2019/01/22 06:00 MHDA- 2019/01/22 06:01 PMCR- 2018/12/18 CRDT- 2019/01/22 06:00 PHST- 2019/01/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/01/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/01/22 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/12/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2352-8737(18)30077-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.trci.2018.11.002 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2018 Dec 18;4:756-764. doi: 10.1016/j.trci.2018.11.002. eCollection 2018.