About the Authors

Rachael Anne Dunlop

Affiliation Cell Biology Group, School of Medical and Molecular Biosciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia

Paul Alan Cox

Affiliation Institute for Ethnomedicine, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States of America

Sandra Anne Banack

Affiliation Institute for Ethnomedicine, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States of America

Kenneth John Rodgers

kenneth.rodgers@uts.edu.au

Affiliation Cell Biology Group, School of Medical and Molecular Biosciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

A patent application relating to the potential of L-serine to be used as a therapeutic agent for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases has been submitted (PCT/US2012/066373). This patent does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials and there are no consultancies or additional products in development associated with it.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RAD KJR. Performed the experiments: RAD KJR. Analyzed the data: SAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KJR PAC. Wrote the paper: RAD PAC SAB KJR. Supervised the project: KJR PAC.