About the Authors

Liuliu Pan

liuliupan2012@u.northwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Hilary A. North

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Vibhu Sahni

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Su Ji Jeong

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Tammy L. Mcguire

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Eric J. Berns

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Samuel I. Stupp

Affiliations Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Medicine and Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

John A. Kessler

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LP HAN VS JAK. Performed the experiments: LP HAN VS SJ TLM EJB. Analyzed the data: LP VS JAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EJB SIS JAK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: LP VS JAK.