About the Authors

Emily S. Sena

Affiliations Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, National Stroke Research Institute, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

H. Bart van der Worp

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Philip M. W. Bath

Affiliation Stroke Trials Unit, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

David W. Howells

Affiliations National Stroke Research Institute, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Malcolm R. Macleod

malcolm.macleod@ed.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Department of Neurology, NHS Forth Valley, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: ESS HBvdW PMWB DWH MRM. Performed the experiments: ESS. Analyzed the data: ESS MRM. Wrote the paper: ESS HBvdW PMWB DWH MRM. Provided data from systematic reviews: ESS HBvdW PMWB DWH. Provided data from systematic reviews and contributed to the design of the study: MRM.