About the Authors

Zheyan Chen

Affiliation Mayo Graduate School, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Han Lee

Affiliation Mayo Graduate School, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Steven J. Henle

Affiliation Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Thomas R. Cheever

Affiliation Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Stephen C. Ekker

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

John R. Henley

henley.john@mayo.edu

Affiliations Mayo Graduate School, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZC SJH TRC SCE JRH. Performed the experiments: ZC HL SJH TRC. Analyzed the data: ZC HL SJH TRC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCE. Wrote the paper. ZC HL JRH.