About the Authors

Bruno A. Benitez

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

David Alvarado

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Yefei Cai

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Kevin Mayo

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Sumitra Chakraverty

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Joanne Norton

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

John C. Morris

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Mark S. Sands

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Hope Center Program on Protein Aggregation and Neurodegeneration, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Alison Goate

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Hope Center Program on Protein Aggregation and Neurodegeneration, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Carlos Cruchaga

cruchagac@psychiatry.wustl.edu

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Hope Center Program on Protein Aggregation and Neurodegeneration, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAB AG CC. Performed the experiments: BAB KM SC CC. Analyzed the data: BAB DA YC CC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JN MS JCM. Wrote the paper: BAB AG CC.