About the Authors

Vivek K. Unni

Affiliation Alzheimer's Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, MGH Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tamily A. Weissman

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Edward Rockenstein

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Eliezer Masliah

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Pamela J. McLean

Affiliation Alzheimer's Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, MGH Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bradley T. Hyman

bhyman@partners.org

Affiliation Alzheimer's Research Unit, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, MGH Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VKU PJM BTH. Performed the experiments: VKU TAW. Analyzed the data: VKU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ER EM. Wrote the paper: VKU PJM BTH.