About the Authors

Ruth Chia

Affiliation Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

M. Howard Tattum

Affiliation MRC Prion Unit, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Samantha Jones

Affiliation MRC Prion Unit, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

John Collinge

Affiliations Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, MRC Prion Unit, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Elizabeth M. C. Fisher

e.fisher@prion.ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Graham S. Jackson

Affiliation MRC Prion Unit, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC JC EMF GJ. Performed the experiments: RC MHT SJ. Analyzed the data: RC GJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RC GJ. Wrote the paper: RC EMF GJ.