About the Authors

Brigit E. Riley

Contributed equally to this work with: Brigit E. Riley, Shyra J. Gardai

brigitriley@gmail.com (BER); sgardai@gmail.com (SJG)

Affiliation Elan Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Shyra J. Gardai

Contributed equally to this work with: Brigit E. Riley, Shyra J. Gardai

brigitriley@gmail.com (BER); sgardai@gmail.com (SJG)

Affiliation Elan Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Dorothea Emig-Agius

Affiliation Thomson Reuters, Carlsbad, California, United States of America

Marina Bessarabova

Affiliation Thomson Reuters, Carlsbad, California, United States of America

Alexander E. Ivliev

Affiliation Thomson Reuters, Carlsbad, California, United States of America

Birgit Schüle

Affiliation The Parkinson's Institute, Sunnyvale, California, United States of America

Jeff Alexander

Affiliation Elan Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

William Wallace

Affiliation Elan Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Glenda M. Halliday

Affiliation Neuroscience Research Australia and the University of New South Wales, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia

J. William Langston

Affiliation The Parkinson's Institute, Sunnyvale, California, United States of America

Scott Braxton

Affiliation Thomson Reuters, Carlsbad, California, United States of America

Ted Yednock

Affiliation Elan Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Thomas Shaler

Affiliation SRI International, Menlo Park, California, United States of America

Jennifer A. Johnston

Affiliation Elan Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Author and coauthors are or were employees and/or shareholders of Élan Pharmaceuticals, Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy R&D or Thomson Reuters. 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: BER SJG JAJ TY SB. Performed the experiments: BER SJG JA WW TS. Analyzed the data: DEA MB AI TS BER SJG TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GMH BS JWL SB. Wrote the paper: BER SJG DEA TS TY.