About the Authors

Osvaldo P. Almeida

osvaldo.almeida@uwa.edu.au

Affiliations Western Australia Centre for Health & Ageing, Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Department of Psychiatry, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Helman Alfonso

Affiliations Western Australia Centre for Health & Ageing, Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Graeme J. Hankey

Affiliations Stroke Unit, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Leon Flicker

Affiliations Western Australia Centre for Health & Ageing, Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OPA. Performed the experiments: OPA. Analyzed the data: OPA HA. Wrote the paper: OPA HA GJH LF. Obtained funding: OPA GJH LF.