About the Authors

Farid Rahimi

Affiliation Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Kazuma Murakami

Current address: Research Team for Molecular Biomarkers, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jamie L. Summers

Affiliation Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Chi-Hong B. Chen

Affiliations Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Gal Bitan

gbitan@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliations Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Brain Research Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FR KM GB. Performed the experiments: FR KM JLS. Analyzed the data: FR KM JLS GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHC. Wrote the paper: FR KM GB.