About the Authors

Abdur Rahman

Contributed equally to this work with: Abdur Rahman, Gilles J. Guillemin

Affiliations Department of Family Sciences, College for Women, Kuwait University, Shuwaikh, Kuwait, Department of Pharmacology, University of New South Wales, School of Medical Science, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Kaka Ting

Affiliation St Vincent's Hospital, Centre for Applied Medical Research, Department of Neuroimmunology, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia

Karen M. Cullen

Affiliation Disciplines of Anatomy and Histology, School of Medical Science, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Nady Braidy

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of New South Wales, School of Medical Science, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Bruce J. Brew

Affiliations St Vincent's Hospital, Centre for Applied Medical Research, Department of Neuroimmunology, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, Department of Neurology, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia

Gilles J. Guillemin

Contributed equally to this work with: Abdur Rahman, Gilles J. Guillemin

g.guillemin@unsw.edu.au

Affiliations St Vincent's Hospital, Centre for Applied Medical Research, Department of Neuroimmunology, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, Department of Pharmacology, University of New South Wales, School of Medical Science, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AR GJG. Performed the experiments: AR KKT KMC NB GJG. Analyzed the data: AR GJG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BJB GJG. Wrote the paper: AR GJG. Helped with the writing and editing of the paper: KMC NB BJB.