About the Authors

Simone Pacioni

Affiliation European Brain Research Institute, Rome, Italy

Maria Adele Rueger

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Giuseppe Nisticò

Affiliation European Brain Research Institute, Rome, Italy

Stefan R. Bornstein

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Deric M. Park

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Ron D. McKay

Affiliation Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Andreas Androutsellis-Theotokis

Andreas.Theotokis@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Affiliations European Brain Research Institute, Rome, Italy, Department of Medicine, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Competing Interests

Co-author Andreas Androutsellis-Theotokis is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SP MAR AAT. Performed the experiments: SP MAR AAT. Analyzed the data: SP MAR DMP RDM AAT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GN SRB RDM. Wrote the paper: SP AAT.