About the Authors

Jian-Ning Ye

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian-Ning Ye, Xing-Shu Chen

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xin Qiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Xing-Shu Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian-Ning Ye, Xing-Shu Chen

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Le Su

Affiliation Squadron 9 of Cadet Brigade, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Yun-Lai Liu

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Qi-Yan Cai

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Xiao-Li Zhan

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Yan Xu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Shi-Fu Zhao

yaozhx@yahoo.com (Z-XY) (SZ); shifuzhao@yahoo.com (S-FZ) (ZY)

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xin Qiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Zhong-Xiang Yao

yaozhx@yahoo.com (Z-XY) (SZ); shifuzhao@yahoo.com (S-FZ) (ZY)

Affiliations Department of Histology and Embryology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China, Department of Physiology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: S-FZ Z-XY. Performed the experiments: X-SC LS Y-LL Q-YC X-LZ YX. Analyzed the data: J-NY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J-NY. Wrote the paper: J-NY.