About the Authors

Gillian E. Mead

Gillian.e.mead@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Catriona Graham

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Paul Dorman

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Newcastle Acute Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Slot Karsten Bruins

Affiliation Division of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital-Ullevål, Oslo, Norway

Steff C. Lewis

Affiliation University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Martin S. Dennis

Affiliation University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Peter A. G. Sandercock

Affiliation University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

on behalf of the UK Collaborators of IST

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GEM KBS PD SCL MSD PAGS. Performed the experiments: KBS PD MSD PAGS. Analyzed the data: CG SCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCL. Wrote the paper: GEM CG PD SCL MSD KBS PAGS.