About the Authors

Misti C. White

Contributed equally to this work with: Misti C. White, Rui Gao

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Rui Gao

Contributed equally to this work with: Misti C. White, Rui Gao

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Weidong Xu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Santi M. Mandal

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Jung G. Lim

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Tapas K. Hazra

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Maki Wakamiya

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Sharon F. Edwards

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Salmo Raskin

Affiliation Center for Health and Biological Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

Hélio A. G. Teive

Affiliation Neurology Service, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

Huda Y. Zoghbi

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Partha S. Sarkar

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Tetsuo Ashizawa

tetsuo.ashizawa@neurology.ufl.edu

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCW RG MW SR HYZ PSS TA. Performed the experiments: MCW RG WX SMM JGL TKH MW SFE PSS TA. Analyzed the data: MCW RG WX SMM JGL TKH MW SFE HAGT HYZ PSS TA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCW RG WX SMM JGL TKH MW SR HAGT PSS TA. Wrote the paper: MCW RG PSS TA.