About the Authors

Stephen M. Eacker

Affiliations Neuroregeneration, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Matthew J. Keuss

Affiliations Neuroregeneration, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Eugene Berezikov

Affiliations Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands, InteRNA Genomics B.V., Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Valina L. Dawson

Affiliations Neuroregeneration, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Stem Cell Programs, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ted M. Dawson

tdawson@jhmi.edu

Affiliations Neuroregeneration, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: EB is affiliated with InteRNA Genomics B.V. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SME VLD TMD. Performed the experiments: SME MJK. Analyzed the data: SME EB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EB SME. Wrote the paper: SME. Revised the manuscript: SME VLD TMD.