About the Authors

Geoffrey A. Kerchner

kerchner@stanford.edu

Affiliation Stanford Center for Memory Disorders, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Caroline A. Racine

Affiliation Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Sandra Hale

Affiliation Cognitive Development Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Reva Wilheim

Affiliation Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Victor Laluz

Affiliation Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Bruce L. Miller

Affiliation Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Joel H. Kramer

Affiliation Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. GAK is a paid consultant to Phloronol, Inc. CAR is a paid consultant to Novartis. BLM has a grant from Novartis; and has been a paid speaker at the Wellspan Neurosciences Symposium, the Arizona Alzheimer’s Association, and the Annual Silversides Professorship. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GAK CAR SH BLM JHK. Performed the experiments: GAK CAR SH RW VL JHK. Analyzed the data: GAK CAR SH RW VL JHK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GAK SH. Wrote the paper: GAK.