About the Authors

Eliezer Masliah

emasliah@ucsd.edu

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

Edward Rockenstein

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

Michael Mante

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

Leslie Crews

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

Brian Spencer

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

Anthony Adame

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

Christina Patrick

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

Margarita Trejo

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

Kiren Ubhi

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

Troy T. Rohn

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, United States of America

Sarah Mueller-Steiner

Affiliation ELAN Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Peter Seubert

Affiliation ELAN Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Robin Barbour

Affiliation ELAN Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lisa McConlogue

Affiliation ELAN Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Manuel Buttini

Affiliation ELAN Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Dora Games

Affiliation ELAN Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Dale Schenk

Affiliation ELAN Pharmaceuticals, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared the following conflict of interest: Sarah Mueller-Steiner, Peter Seubert, Robin Barbour, Lisa McConlogue, Manuel Buttini, Dora Games and Dale Schenk are employed by ELAN Pharmaceuticals. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Animal work: ER MM. Immunohistochemistry: AA CP. Electron microscopy: EM MT. Antibody characterization: TTR PS RB LM MB AA CP. Conceived and designed the experiments: EM ER LM DG DS. Performed the experiments: EM ER MM LC BS AA CP MT SMS RB LM MB DG. Analyzed the data: EM ER LC KU DG DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM SMS PS RB LM MB DG. Wrote the paper: EM LC KU DG DS.