About the Authors

Ching-Hua Lu

Affiliations Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Trauma and Neuroscience Centre, Blizard Institute, Barts and The School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Axel Petzold

Affiliations Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, VU Medical Centre, Dept. of Neurology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Bernadett Kalmar

Affiliation Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

James Dick

Affiliation Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Andrea Malaspina

Affiliations Trauma and Neuroscience Centre, Blizard Institute, Barts and The School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, North-East London and Essex MND Care and Research Centre, London, United Kingdom

Linda Greensmith

l.greensmith@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM AP BK LG. Performed the experiments: CL JD. Analyzed the data: CL BK AP LG. Wrote the paper: CL AP BK AM LG.