About the Authors

Zoe M. Gotts

zoe.gotts@northumbria.ac.uk

Affiliation Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Jason G. Ellis

Affiliation Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Vincent Deary

Affiliation Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Nicola Barclay

Affiliation Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Julia L. Newton

Affiliation Institute of Cellular Medicine, Medical School, Newcastle University & Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and UK NIHR Biomedical Research Centre in Ageing, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZG JE VD JN. Performed the experiments: JN. Analyzed the data: ZG NB JE VD JN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZG JE VD JN. Wrote the paper: ZG JE VD JN.