About the Authors

Leticia Sanchez-Alvarez

Contributed equally to this work with: Leticia Sanchez-Alvarez, Jiravat Visanuvimol, Andrea McEwan

Affiliation Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Neuroscience Program, Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Jiravat Visanuvimol

Contributed equally to this work with: Leticia Sanchez-Alvarez, Jiravat Visanuvimol, Andrea McEwan

Affiliation Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Neuroscience Program, Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Andrea McEwan

Contributed equally to this work with: Leticia Sanchez-Alvarez, Jiravat Visanuvimol, Andrea McEwan

Affiliation Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Neuroscience Program, Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Anna Su

Affiliation Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Neuroscience Program, Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Janice H. Imai

Affiliation Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Neuroscience Program, Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Antonio Colavita

colavita@uottawa.ca

Affiliation Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Neuroscience Program, Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS-A JV AM AC. Performed the experiments: LS-A JV AM AC. Analyzed the data: LS-A JV AM AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS JHI. Wrote the paper: LS-A JV AM AC.