About the Authors

Jianjun Hu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jianjun Hu, Jie Lu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jie Lu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jianjun Hu, Jie Lu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gewei Lian

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jingping Zhang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jonathan L. Hecht

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Volney L. Sheen

vsheen@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH JL VLS. Performed the experiments: JH JL GL JZ VLS. Analyzed the data: JH JL VLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLH. Wrote the paper: JH JL VLS.