About the Authors

Brian P. Walcott

walcott.brian@mgh.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jean-Valery Coumans

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Matthew K. Mian

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Brian V. Nahed

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kristopher T. Kahle

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital 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: BW J-VC MM KK BN. Performed the experiments: BW J-VC MM KK BN. Analyzed the data: BW J-VC MM KK BN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BW. Wrote the paper: BW J-VC MM KK BN.