About the Authors

Mala V. Rao

rao@nki.rfmh.org

Affiliations Center for Dementia Research, Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, New York, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Aidong Yuan

Affiliations Center for Dementia Research, Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, New York, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Jabbar Campbell

Affiliation Center for Dementia Research, Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, New York, United States of America

Asok Kumar

Affiliations Center for Dementia Research, Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, New York, United States of America, Department of Pathology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Ralph A. Nixon

Affiliations Center for Dementia Research, Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, New York, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MVR RAN. Performed the experiments: MVR AY JC AK. Analyzed the data: MVR AY RAN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MVR RAN. Wrote the paper: MVR RAN AY.