About the Authors

Rosalyn M. Schneider

Affiliation Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Matthew J. Thurtell

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Neurology Service and Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Sylvia Eisele

Affiliation Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Norah Lincoff

Affiliation Jacobs Neurological Institute, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Elisa Bala

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

R. John Leigh

rjl4@case.edu

Affiliation Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMS SE RJL EB MJT NL. Performed the experiments: RMS. Analyzed the data: RMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJL EB MJT NL. Wrote the paper: RMS SE RJL EB MJT NL.