About the Authors

Mathew B. Abrams

mathew.abrams@ki.se

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Ingrid Nilsson

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Sebastian A. Lewandowski

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Jacob Kjell

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Simone Codeluppi

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Lars Olson

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Ulf Eriksson

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflict: Ulf Eriksson and Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research (LICR) have submitted a patent application on the use of imatinib in CNS injuries (US patent 20070265203, filed 17 Apr 2007, published 15 Nov 2007). Lars Olson has received financial support from AFA Insurance company. Neither alters the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MBA IN LO UE. Performed the experiments: MBA SC. Analyzed the data: MBA IN SAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LO UE. Wrote the paper: MBA IN LO UE.