About the Authors

Anja Mähler

Affiliations Experimental and Clinical Research Center, A Joint Cooperation between the Charité University Medicine Berlin and Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany, NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Jochen Steiniger

Affiliation Experimental and Clinical Research Center, A Joint Cooperation between the Charité University Medicine Berlin and Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Markus Bock

Affiliations Experimental and Clinical Research Center, A Joint Cooperation between the Charité University Medicine Berlin and Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany, NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Alexander U. Brandt

Affiliation NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Verena Haas

Affiliation Experimental and Clinical Research Center, A Joint Cooperation between the Charité University Medicine Berlin and Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Michael Boschmann

michael.boschmann@charite.de

Affiliation Experimental and Clinical Research Center, A Joint Cooperation between the Charité University Medicine Berlin and Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Friedemann Paul

Affiliations Experimental and Clinical Research Center, A Joint Cooperation between the Charité University Medicine Berlin and Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany, NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM AUB M. Boschmann FP. Performed the experiments: AM JS M. Bock VH M. Boschmann. Analyzed the data: AM JS AUB VH M. Boschmann. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AUB M. Boschmann FP. Wrote the paper: AM VH M. Boschmann FP.