About the Authors

Celia Williams

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ruty Mehrian Shai

Affiliation Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Yongchun Wu

Current address: Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Affiliation Norris Medical Library, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ya-Hsuan Hsu

Affiliation Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Traci Sitzer

Current address: Department of Mental Health, VA Northern California Health Care System, Mather, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Bryan Spann

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Carol McCleary

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Yi Mo

Current address: CNS Clinical Research, Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Carol A. Miller

carolmil@usc.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Program in Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CW CM. Performed the experiments: CW YHH. Analyzed the data: CW RMS YW TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMS YM. Wrote the paper: CW. Neuropathological diagnosis: CM. Edited manuscript: CM. Directed microarray study: RMS. Analyzed patient neuropsychological data: TS. Patient selection: BS. Neuropsychological analysis of patients: CAM.