About the Authors

Jared Rowley

Affiliation Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Vladimir Fonov

Affiliation Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

Ona Wu

Affiliation Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Simon Fristed Eskildsen

Affiliation Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Dorothee Schoemaker

Affiliation Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Liyong Wu

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

Sara Mohades

Affiliation Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Monica Shin

Affiliation Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Viviane Sziklas

Affiliation Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

Laksanun Cheewakriengkrai

Affiliation Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Amir Shmuel

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

Alain Dagher

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

Serge Gauthier

Affiliation Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Pedro Rosa-Neto

Pedro.Rosa@mcgill.ca

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

for the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Competing Interests

The authors would like to emphasize that none of the authors have employment, consultancy, patents and products in development or marketing products competing or conflicting with the results reported in this manuscript. In contrast, the large list of potential conflicts of interest reflects a requirement from ADNI. 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: JR PR SG. Performed the experiments: JR DS SM. Analyzed the data: JR PR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VF SE VS MS SM LW AS AD LC. Wrote the manuscript: JR PR SG OW SE.