About the Authors

Tharusha Jayasena

Affiliations Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility, MW Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Anne Poljak

a.poljak@unsw.edu.au

Affiliations Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility, MW Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Nady Braidy

Affiliation Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

George Smythe

Affiliations Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility, MW Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Mark Raftery

Affiliation Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility, MW Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Mark Hill

Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Henry Brodaty

Affiliations Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Dementia Collaborative Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Julian Trollor

Affiliations Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Neuropsychiatric Institute, the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Nicole Kochan

Affiliations Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Neuropsychiatric Institute, the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Perminder Sachdev

Affiliations Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Neuropsychiatric Institute, the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TJ AP NB GS MH PS. Performed the experiments: TJ NB. Analyzed the data: TJ AP NB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP MR HB JT NK PS. Wrote the paper: TJ AP NB GS PS. Design of study and diagnoses: HB JT NK PS. Editing/Feedback on Manuscript: AP NB GS MR MH HB JT NK PS.