About the Authors

Chun Yang

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Wei-Hua Yang

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Sha-Sha Chen

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Bao-Feng Ma

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Lousiana, United States of America

Bin Li

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Lousiana, United States of America

Tao Lu

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Ting-Yu Qu

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ronald L. Klein

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Lousiana, United States of America

Li-Ru Zhao

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Wei-Ming Duan

duanwm08@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WMD. Performed the experiments: CY WHY SSC BFM BL TL TYQ WMD. Analyzed the data: CY RLK LRZ WMD. Wrote the paper: CY WMD.