About the Authors

Nora Prochnow

Contributed equally to this work with: Nora Prochnow, Amr Abdulazim

Affiliation Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Amr Abdulazim

Contributed equally to this work with: Nora Prochnow, Amr Abdulazim

Affiliation Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Stefan Kurtenbach

Affiliation Cell Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Verena Wildförster

Affiliation Neurophysiology, Medical Faculty, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Galina Dvoriantchikova

Affiliation Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Julian Hanske

Affiliation Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Elisabeth Petrasch-Parwez

Affiliation Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Valery I. Shestopalov

Affiliation Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Rolf Dermietzel

Affiliation Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Denise Manahan-Vaughan

Affiliation Neurophysiology, Medical Faculty, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Georg Zoidl

gzoidl@yorku.ca

Affiliations Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NP DMV GZ. Performed the experiments: NP AA SK VW GD JH EPP. Analyzed the data: NP AA SK VW EPP DMV RD GZ. Wrote the paper: NP DMV GZ. Read and approved the manuscript: NP AA SK VW GD JH EPP VIS RD DMV GZ. Generated the mouse model: GD VIS.