About the Authors

Wei Zhao

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, GRECC, James J Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Merina Varghese

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Prashant Vempati

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Anastasiya Dzhun

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Alice Cheng

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Jun Wang

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, GRECC, James J Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Dale Lange

Affiliation Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, United States of America

Amanda Bilski

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Irene Faravelli

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Giulio Maria Pasinetti

Giulio.Pasinetti@mssm.edu

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, GRECC, James J Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WZ JW GMP. Performed the experiments: WZ MV PV AD AC. Analyzed the data: WZ MV GMP. Wrote the paper: WZ. Contributed in manuscript preparation: MV DL AB IF. Reviewed manuscript: GMP.