About the Authors

Jeffrey J. Bazarian

jeff_bazarian@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Tong Zhu

Affiliation Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jianhui Zhong

Affiliation Imaging Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Damir Janigro

Affiliation Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Eric Rozen

Affiliation Athletics and Recreation, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Andrew Roberts

Affiliation University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Hannah Javien

Affiliation Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States of America

Kian Merchant-Borna

Affiliation Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Beau Abar

Affiliation Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Eric G. Blackman

Affiliation Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The following author(s) have conflicts of interest related to the subject matter presented in the study: Bazarian - Patent Pending, “Method of Diagnosing Mild Traumatic Brain Injury”, US serial number 61/467,224. This patent involves the use the peripheral protein Apolipoprotein A1 to aid in the diagnosis of concussion. This Patent Pending does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJB. Performed the experiments: TZ ER AR HJ KMB DJ. Analyzed the data: JJB TZ JZ BA HJ KMB EGB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJ. Wrote the paper: JJB AR JZ EGB BA KMB ER DJ.