About the Authors

Jerzy Wegiel

Jerzy.Wegiel@opwdd.ny.gov

Affiliation Department of Developmental Neurobiology, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Janusz Frackowiak

Affiliation Department of Developmental Neurobiology, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Bozena Mazur-Kolecka

Affiliation Department of Developmental Neurobiology, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

N. Carolyn Schanen

Affiliation Nemours Biomedical Research, duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America

Edwin H. Cook Jr.

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Marian Sigman

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

W. Ted Brown

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Izabela Kuchna

Affiliation Department of Developmental Neurobiology, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Jarek Wegiel

Affiliation Department of Developmental Neurobiology, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Krzysztof Nowicki

Affiliation Department of Developmental Neurobiology, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Humi Imaki

Affiliation Department of Developmental Neurobiology, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Shuang Yong Ma

Affiliation Department of Developmental Neurobiology, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Abha Chauhan

Affiliation Department of Neurochemistry, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Ved Chauhan

Affiliation Department of Neurochemistry, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

David L. Miller

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Pankaj D. Mehta

Affiliation Department of Developmental Neurobiology, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Michael Flory

Affiliation Department of Psychology, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Ira L. Cohen

Affiliation Department of Psychology, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Eric London

Affiliation Department of Psychology, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Barry Reisberg

Affiliation Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Mony J. de Leon

Affiliation Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Thomas Wisniewski

Affiliations Department of Developmental Neurobiology, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America, Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Jerzy Wegiel BR MJL. Performed the experiments: JF BMK Jarek Wegiel AC VC. Analyzed the data: KN HI SYM MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DLM PDM. Wrote the paper: Jerzy Wegiel NCS EHC WTB. Genetic diagnosis: NCS EHC MS. Clinical evaluation: NCS EHC ILC EL. Neuropathological evaluation: TW IK Jerzy Wegiel.