About the Authors

Travis J. A. Craddock

travisc@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Jack A. Tuszynski

Affiliations Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Division of Experimental Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Deepak Chopra

Affiliation The Chopra Center for Well-Being, Carlsbad, California, United States of America

Noel Casey

Affiliation Center for Biometals & Metallomics, Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lee E. Goldstein

Affiliation Center for Biometals & Metallomics, Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Stuart R. Hameroff

Affiliation Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychology, Center for Consciousness Studies The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Rudolph E. Tanzi

Affiliation Genetics and Aging Research Unit, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital- East, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

DC is the Chairman and Co founder of Chopra Center and he has a monthly income as owner of the center. There are many products that are currently sold, mostly nutritional products. Of the Chopra supplements, Vedamune and Women's Daily Vitality contain zinc. No products make any claim for any illness, including Alzheimer's Disease, and no claims are made pertaining to the brain and/or other specific biological function. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TJAC JAT DC NC LG SRH RET. Performed the experiments: TJAC NC LG. Analyzed the data: TJAC JAT NC LG SRH RET. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NC LG RET. Wrote the paper: TJAC JAT DC NC LG SRH RET.