About the Authors

Jiping Yi

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiping Yi, Li Zhang, Beisha Tang

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China, Department of Neurology & Institute of Translational Medicine at University of South China, the First People's Hospital of Chenzhou, Chenzhou, China

Li Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiping Yi, Li Zhang, Beisha Tang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

Beisha Tang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiping Yi, Li Zhang, Beisha Tang

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China, Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Center, Central South University, Changsha, China, National Laboratory of Medical Genetics of China, Central South University, Changsha, China

Weiwei Han

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

Yafang Zhou

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

Zhao Chen

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

Dandan Jia

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

Hong Jiang

jianghong73868@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China, Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Center, Central South University, Changsha, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJ BT. Performed the experiments: JY LZ WH DJ. Analyzed the data: JY LZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ ZC. Wrote the paper: LZ.