About the Authors

Osvaldo P. Almeida

osvaldo.almeida@uwa.edu.au

Affiliations School of Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Centre for Health & Ageing, Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Department of Psychiatry, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Bu B. Yeap

Affiliations School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Helman Alfonso

Affiliations School of Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Centre for Health & Ageing, Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Graeme J. Hankey

Affiliations School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Department of Neurology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Leon Flicker

Affiliations Western Australian Centre for Health & Ageing, Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Paul E. Norman

Affiliation School of Surgery, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PEN BBY OPA. Performed the experiments: PEN OPA LF GJH. Analyzed the data: HA OPA. Wrote the paper: OPA. Reviewed the manuscript for important intellectual content: OPA BBY HA GJH LF PEN.