About the Authors

Jeffrey R. Petrella

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: petre001@mc.duke.edu

Affiliation Alzheimer Imaging Research Laboratory and Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Steven E. Prince

Affiliation Alzheimer Imaging Research Laboratory and Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Lihong Wang

Affiliation Alzheimer Imaging Research Laboratory and Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Caroline Hellegers

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine (Geriatrics), Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

P. Murali Doraiswamy

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine (Geriatrics), Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Study of Aging, Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Doraiswamy has received research grant support and/or honoraria for consulting or speaking from several pharmaceutical or diagnostic companies and owns stock in Sonexa Therapeutics. Duke University and Dr. Doraiswamy hold a use patent for an unrelated treatment indication in children; that patent is unlicensed and he derives no income from it. Dr. Petrella has received research support from Eisai/Pfizer and AVID for other pilot studies. Dr. Wang and Ms. Hellegers have received salary support from several pharmaceutical companies for other studies. Dr. Prince has no conflicts to disclose.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP SP PD. Performed the experiments: JP SP CH. Analyzed the data: JP SP LW CH. Wrote the paper: JP SP PD.