About the Authors

Ferdinand Bohmann

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Ana Mirceska

Affiliation Department of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Josef Pfeilschifter

Affiliation Department of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Edelgard Lindhoff-Last

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Vascular Medicine, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Helmuth Steinmetz

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Christian Foerch

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Waltraud Pfeilschifter

w.pfeilschifter@med.uni-frankfurt.de

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FB WP CF ELL. Performed the experiments: FB AM. Analyzed the data: FB CF WP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP ELL HS. Wrote the paper: FB CF WP.