About the Authors

Frank Baumann

Affiliations Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Department for Cellular Neurology, Hertie Institute of Clinical Brain Research, Tübingen, Germany

Jens Pahnke

Current address: Department of Neurology, Neurodegeneration Research Laboratory (NRL), University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Ivan Radovanovic

Current address: Department of Neurosurgery, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Thomas Rülicke

Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animal Science and Biomodels Austria, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Juliane Bremer

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Markus Tolnay

Current address: Institute of Pathology, Department of Neuropathology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Adriano Aguzzi

adriano.aguzzi@usz.ch

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FB JP IR AA. Performed the experiments: FB TR JB. Analyzed the data: FB JP JB MT AA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IR TR AA. Wrote the paper: FB JP JB MT AA.