About the Authors

Gary W. Arendash

arendash@cas.usf.edu

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, The Florida Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Takashi Mori

Affiliation Departments of Biomedical Sciences and Pathology, Saitama Medical Center and Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan

Maggie Dorsey

Affiliation The University of South Florid Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Rich Gonzalez

Affiliation SAI of Florida, Redington Beach, Florida, United States of America

Naoki Tajiri

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Cesar Borlongan

Affiliation Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author Dr. Cesar Borlongan is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. Co-author Richard Gonzalez is founder and CEO of a small electronics company, SAI of Florida, Redington Beach, Florida 33708. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GWA CB RG. Performed the experiments: TM MD NT CB. Analyzed the data: TM MD NT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GWA TM CB. Wrote the paper: GWA.