About the Authors

Larry A. Abel

label@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliation Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Elizabeth A. Bowman

Affiliations Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne Brain Centre, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Dennis Velakoulis

Affiliations Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Neuropsychiatry Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Michael C. Fahey

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Patricia Desmond

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Radiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Matthew D. Macfarlane

Affiliation Research Centre for the Neurosciences of Ageing, Academic Unit of Psychological Medicine, Australian National University Medical School, Canberra, Australia

Jeffrey Chee Leong Looi

Affiliation Research Centre for the Neurosciences of Ageing, Academic Unit of Psychological Medicine, Australian National University Medical School, Canberra, Australia

Christopher L. Adamson

Affiliation Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Australia

Mark Walterfang

Affiliations Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Neuropsychiatry Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts. Competing interests are as follows: Dr. Abel has served on a scientific advisory board and as a consultant for and received funding for equipment from Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Ms. Bowman reports no competing interests. Dr. Velakoulis conceived the study, assisted with neuroimaging analysis, contributed to study design and edited the manuscript. He has received royalties from the publication of Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009) and receives research support from NH&MRC. Dr. Fahey has served on a scientific advisory board and as a consultant for and received funding for travel from Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd; has received speaker honoraria from the Australian Podiatry Association; receives research support from NH&MRC and the NIH (1R03HD058625-01, CI); has held/holds stock in Sigma Pharmaceuticals, Ltd and Peplin, Inc.; and has given expert testimony on behalf of the Therapeutic Goods Administration. Dr. Desmond serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience and as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology; and receives research support from NHMRC, Cancer Australia, the National Health Foundation, and The Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuroscience Foundation. Dr. Macfarlane, Dr. Looi and Dr. Adamson report no competing interests. Dr. Walterfang has served on a scientific advisory board and as a consultant for and received funding for travel from Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd; and received royalties from the publication of Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009). 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: LAA MW DV MCF. Performed the experiments: LAA MW MCF EAB. Analyzed the data: LAA MW MCF PD JCLL CLA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAA MW JCLL MDM. Wrote the paper: LAA EAB DV MCF PD MDM JCLL CLA MW.