About the Authors

Rui Lan Zhang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Michael Chopp

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Physics, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, United States of America

Cynthia Roberts

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Xianshuang Liu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Min Wei

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Siamak P. Nejad-Davarani

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Xinli Wang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Zheng Gang Zhang

zhazh@neuro.hfh.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RLZ ZGZ MC. Performed the experiments: RLZ XSL CR MW XW. Analyzed the data: RLZ ZGZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SPN. Wrote the paper: RLZ ZGZ MC.