About the Authors

Sahar Al-Mahdawi

Affiliation Ataxia Research Group, Division of Biosciences, School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Chiranjeevi Sandi

Affiliation Ataxia Research Group, Division of Biosciences, School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Ricardo Mouro Pinto

Affiliation Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mark A. Pook

Mark.Pook@brunel.ac.uk

Affiliation Ataxia Research Group, Division of Biosciences, School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SA RMP MAP. Performed the experiments: SA CS RMP MAP. Analyzed the data: SA CS RMP MAP. Wrote the manuscript: SA CS RMP MAP.