About the Authors
- Darren M. Lipnicki
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Affiliation Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Perminder S. Sachdev
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* E-mail: p.sachdev@unsw.edu.au
Affiliations Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, Primary Dementia Collaborative Research Centre, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia
- John Crawford
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Affiliation Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Simone Reppermund
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Affiliation Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Nicole A. Kochan
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Affiliations Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
- Julian N. Trollor
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Affiliations Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia, Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Brian Draper
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Affiliations Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia, Primary Dementia Collaborative Research Centre, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia, Academic Department for Old Age Psychiatry, Prince of Wales Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
- Melissa J. Slavin
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Affiliations Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia, Primary Dementia Collaborative Research Centre, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Kristan Kang
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Affiliation Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Ora Lux
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Affiliations Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia, South-Eastern Area Laboratory Services, Prince of Wales Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
- Karen A. Mather
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Affiliations Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
- Henry Brodaty
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Affiliations Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia, Primary Dementia Collaborative Research Centre, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia, Academic Department for Old Age Psychiatry, Prince of Wales Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
Competing Interests
Perminder Sachdev has received payment for lectures by Eli Lilly and Pfizer. Henry Brodaty has received payment for lectures by Pfizer, Janssen, and Novartis, is on the Alzheimer’s Advisory Boards of these companies and Lunbeck, consults for Wyeth, and has received institutional grants for an Alzheimer’s drug trial from Sanofi and Medivation. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. 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: PSS NAK JNT BD MJS HB. Analyzed the data: DML JC KJK. Wrote the paper: DML PSS. Obtained research funds: PSS HB. Supervised data gathering: PSS SR NAK JNT BD MJS HB. Genetic testing and analysis: KAM. Commented on drafts: JC NAK JNT BD MJS KJK KAM HB. Blood sample analysis: OL.