About the Authors

Jun Wang

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York, New York, United States of America

Zhong Zhao

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Emi Lin

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wei Zhao

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Xianjuan Qian

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Daniel Freire

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Amanda E. Bilski

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Alice Cheng

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Prashant Vempati

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Lap Ho

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York, New York, United States of America

Kenjiro Ono

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neurobiology and Aging, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan

Masahito Yamada

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neurobiology and Aging, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan

Giulio M. Pasinetti

giulio.pasinetti@mssm.edu

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW LH GMP MY. Performed the experiments: EL WZ XQ DF AC PV KO. Analyzed the data: JW ZZ EL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW ZZ GMP. Wrote the paper: JW AEB GMP.