About the Authors
- Stephen T. Chen
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Prabha Siddarth
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Linda M. Ercoli
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Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, UCLA Longevity Center on Aging, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- David A. Merrill
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Fernando Torres-Gil
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Affiliations David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Public Policy, UCLA School of Public Affairs, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Gary W. Small
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* E-mail: gsmall@ucla.edu
Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, UCLA Longevity Center on Aging, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Dr. Small reports having served as a consultant and/or having received lecture fees from Novartis, Lily and Herbalife; grants from POM Wonderful; writing fees from Herbalife, Newsmax Media, and Workman Publishing. Dr. Small also reports having received stock options from TauMark LLC. Drs. Chen, Siddarth, Ercoli, Merrill, and Torres-Gil have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SC PS LE DM FT GS. Performed the experiments: SC PS GS. Analyzed the data: SC PS GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC PS LE DM FT GS. Wrote the paper: SC PS GS. Critical revision and final approval: LE DM FT.