About the Authors

Max-Philipp Stenner

Contributed equally to this work with: Max-Philipp Stenner, Anne Waschbisch

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Julius-Maximilians University, Wuerzburg, Germany

Anne Waschbisch

Contributed equally to this work with: Max-Philipp Stenner, Anne Waschbisch

Current address: Department of Neurology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Julius-Maximilians University, Wuerzburg, Germany

Dorothea Buck

Current address: Department of Neurology, Technische Universitaet, Munich, Germany

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Julius-Maximilians University, Wuerzburg, Germany

Sebastian Doerck

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Julius-Maximilians University, Wuerzburg, Germany

Hermann Einsele

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Julius-Maximilians University, Wuerzburg, Germany

Klaus V. Toyka

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Julius-Maximilians University, Wuerzburg, Germany

Heinz Wiendl

heinz.wiendl@klinik.uni-wuerzburg.de

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Julius-Maximilians University, Wuerzburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPS AW DB KT HW. Performed the experiments: MPS AW. Analyzed the data: MPS AW DB SD HW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SD HE KT HW. Wrote the paper: MPS AW HW.