About the Authors

Steven G. Potkin

sgpotkin@uci.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Guia Guffanti

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Sciences and Biomedical Technologies, University of Milan, Segrate (MI), Italy

Anita Lakatos

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Jessica A. Turner

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Frithjof Kruggel

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

James H. Fallon

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Andrew J. Saykin

Affiliation Center for Neuroimaging, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Alessandro Orro

Affiliation Istituto di Tecnologie Biomediche, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Segrate (MI), Italy

Sara Lupoli

Affiliation Universita' Vita e Salute, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Milan, Italy

Erika Salvi

Affiliation Department of Sciences and Biomedical Technologies, University of Milan, Segrate (MI), Italy

Michael Weiner

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Psychiatry and Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Fabio Macciardi

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Sciences and Biomedical Technologies, University of Milan, Segrate (MI), Italy

for the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Competing Interests

Dr. Potkin has read the journal's policy and declares the following competing interest: Dr. Potkin has received funding for this project from NIAAA and NIBIB, Vanda Pharmaceuticals and an anonymous foundation. Dr. Potkin has received grant support or has been a consultant to several companies that have contributed to the NIH Foundation that has provided some financial support for the ADNI study including Pfizer Inc., Wyeth Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly and Company, Merck & Co. Inc., AstraZeneca AB, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Alzheimer's Association, Elan Corporation plc, and Forest Laboratories.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SGP AS MW. Analyzed the data: GG AL JT FK JF SL ES FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AO. Wrote the paper: SGP GG AL JT FK JF FM.