About the Authors
- Javier Simón-Sánchez
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Contributed equally to this work with: Javier Simón-Sánchez, Laura L. Kilarski
Affiliation Section of Medical Genomics, Department of Clinical Genetics, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Laura L. Kilarski
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Contributed equally to this work with: Javier Simón-Sánchez, Laura L. Kilarski
Affiliations MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Department of Psychological Medicine & Neurology, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Michael A. Nalls
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Affiliation Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Maria Martinez
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Affiliations Inserm, UMR 1043, Toulouse, France, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France
- Claudia Schulte
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Affiliation Department for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, and DZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Tübingen, Germany
- Peter Holmans
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Affiliations MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Department of Psychological Medicine & Neurology, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- International Parkinson's Disease Genomics Consortium
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¶a Membership of the International Parkinson's Disease Genomics Consortium is provided in the Acknowledgments.
- Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium
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¶b Membership of the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium is provided in supporting information.
Affiliation MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Thomas Gasser
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Affiliation Department for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, and DZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Tübingen, Germany
- John Hardy
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom
- Andrew B. Singleton
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Affiliation Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Nicholas W. Wood
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom
- Alexis Brice
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Affiliations Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, UMR-S975, Paris, France, Inserm, U975, Paris, France, Cnrs, UMR 7225, Paris, France
- Peter Heutink
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Affiliation Section of Medical Genomics, Department of Clinical Genetics, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Nigel Williams
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* E-mail: williamsnm@cf.ac.uk (NW); morrishr@cf.ac.uk (HRM)
Affiliations MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Department of Psychological Medicine & Neurology, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Huw R. Morris
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* E-mail: williamsnm@cf.ac.uk (NW); morrishr@cf.ac.uk (HRM)
Affiliations MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Department of Psychological Medicine & Neurology, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HRM NMW LLK JS-S CS. Performed the experiments: JS-S LLK. Analyzed the data: LLK JS-S. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS. Wrote the paper: LLK JS-S HRM NMW. Contributed samples: TG JH ABS NWW AB PH NMW HRM WTCCC2. Critically reviewed manuscript: MAN MM PAH JH AB NMW HRM JS-S LLK.