About the Authors

Xiang Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiang Wang, Yan Dong

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Yan Dong

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiang Wang, Yan Dong

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China, Neuroscience Center, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Xi Han

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Xiang-Qian Qi

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Cheng-Guang Huang

lj_hou@hotmail.com (LJH); huang64@163.com (CGH)

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Li-Jun Hou

lj_hou@hotmail.com (LJH); huang64@163.com (CGH)

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XW YD CGH LJH. Performed the experiments: XW YD XH XQQ. Analyzed the data: XW YD XQQ XH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XH CGH LJH. Wrote the paper: XW YD CGH LJH.