About the Authors

Daniela Fenili

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ying-Qi Weng

Affiliation Brain Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Isabelle Aubert

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Brain Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mark Nitz

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

JoAnne McLaurin

j.mclaurin@utoronto.ca

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: named inventor on patent and patent applications relating to scyllo-inositol. Patent #s: US 7521481, WO 2004/075882 (issued April 21, 2009); US 2006-0189582, WO 2006/053428 (published March 5, 2009); PCT/CA2007/000395, WO 2007/101353 (filed 03/09/2007). 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: DF Y-QW IA MN JM. Performed the experiments: DF. Analyzed the data: DF Y-QW MN JM. Wrote the paper: DF IA MN JM.