About the Authors

Joost L. M. Jongen

j.jongen@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Dept. of Neurology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Helwin Smits

Affiliation Pain Management and Research Center, UMC+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Tiziana Pederzani

Affiliation Dept. of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Malik Bechakra

Affiliation Dept. of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Mehdi Hossaini

Affiliation Dept. of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Sebastiaan K. Koekkoek

Affiliation Dept. of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Frank J. P. M. Huygen

Affiliation Dept. of Pain Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Chris I. De Zeeuw

Affiliations Dept. of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Academy for Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Jan C. Holstege

Affiliation Dept. of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Elbert A. J. Joosten

Affiliation Pain Management and Research Center, UMC+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJ HS TP. Performed the experiments: JJ HS TP MB. Analyzed the data: JJ TP MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK MH. Wrote the paper: JJ FH CZ JH EJ.