About the Authors

Liyong Wu

Affiliations Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Neurology, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Jared Rowley

Affiliations Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Sara Mohades

Affiliations Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Antoine Leuzy

Affiliations Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Marina Tedeschi Dauar

Affiliations Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Monica Shin

Affiliations Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Vladimir Fonov

Affiliation McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Jianping Jia

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Serge Gauthier

Affiliation McGill Centre for Studies in Aging, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Pedro Rosa-Neto

pedro.rosa@mcgill.ca

Affiliations Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Competing Interests

The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative study received funding for data collection and sharing from commercial sources (Abbott; Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd.; AstraZeneca; Bayer HealthCare; BioClinica, Inc.; Biogen Idec Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Eisai Inc.; Elan Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company; F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd and its affiliated company Genentech, Inc.; GE Healthcare; Innogenetics, N.V.; Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy Research & Development, LLC.; Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development LLC.; Medpace, Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc.; Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC.; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; Pfizer Inc.; Servier; Synarc Inc.; and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. ). 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: LW PR. Performed the experiments: JR LW. Analyzed the data: JR LW PR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM MS VF PR JR. Wrote the paper: LW SM AL MD MS JJ SG PR.