About the Authors

Leslie Crews

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Brian Spencer

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Paula Desplats

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Christina Patrick

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Amy Paulino

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Edward Rockenstein

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Lawrence Hansen

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Anthony Adame

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Douglas Galasko

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Eliezer Masliah

emasliah@UCSD.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC BS PD ER LH DG EM. Performed the experiments: LC BS PD CP ADP ER AA EM. Analyzed the data: LC BS PD CP ADP ER LH AA DG EM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM. Wrote the paper: LC PD EM. Critical revision of the article: CP ADP LH DG.