About the Authors

Lian-Mei Zhong

Contributed equally to this work with: Lian-Mei Zhong, Yi Zong, Lin Sun

Affiliations School of Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China, Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Yi Zong

Contributed equally to this work with: Lian-Mei Zhong, Yi Zong, Lin Sun

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Lin Sun

Contributed equally to this work with: Lian-Mei Zhong, Yi Zong, Lin Sun

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Jia-Zhi Guo

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Wei Zhang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Ying He

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Rui Song

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Wen-Min Wang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Chun-Jie Xiao

ludi20040609@126.com (DL); xiao2009cj@yahoo.com.cn (CJX)

Affiliation School of Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Di Lu

ludi20040609@126.com (DL); xiao2009cj@yahoo.com.cn (CJX)

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DL CJX. Performed the experiments: LMZ YZ LS JZG YH. Analyzed the data: YZ WZ RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJX LS WMW. Wrote the paper: DL LMZ LS.