About the Authors

Sonemany Salinthone

Contributed equally to this work with: Sonemany Salinthone, Vijayshree Yadav, Robynn V. Schillace

Affiliations Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Vijayshree Yadav

Contributed equally to this work with: Sonemany Salinthone, Vijayshree Yadav, Robynn V. Schillace

Affiliations Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Robynn V. Schillace

Contributed equally to this work with: Sonemany Salinthone, Vijayshree Yadav, Robynn V. Schillace

Affiliations Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Dennis N. Bourdette

Affiliations Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Daniel W. Carr

carrd@ohsu.edu

Affiliations Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Endocrinology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS VY RVS DB DWC. Performed the experiments: SS VY RVS. Analyzed the data: SS VY RVS DB DWC. Wrote the paper: SS VY RVS DB DWC.