About the Authors

Saema Ansar

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Medicine Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Eva Chatzikonstantinou

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Medicine Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Rushani Thiagarajah

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Medicine Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Laurent Tritschler

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Medicine Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Marc Fatar

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Medicine Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Michael G. Hennerici

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Medicine Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Stephen Meairs

meairs@neuro.ma.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Medicine Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SA EC LT MF MH SM. Performed the experiments: SA EC RT LT. Analyzed the data: SA EC RT LT MF MH SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM MH MF. Wrote the paper: SA EC MF MH SM.