About the Authors

Xin Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Xin Li, Fan Xu, Liang Xie, Yongjia Ji, Ke Cheng

Affiliations Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Institute of Neuroscience, Chongqing Medical University, and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Chongqing, China

Fan Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Xin Li, Fan Xu, Liang Xie, Yongjia Ji, Ke Cheng

Affiliations Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Institute of Neuroscience, Chongqing Medical University, and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Chongqing, China

Liang Xie

Contributed equally to this work with: Xin Li, Fan Xu, Liang Xie, Yongjia Ji, Ke Cheng

Affiliations Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Institute of Neuroscience, Chongqing Medical University, and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Chongqing, China

Yongjia Ji

Contributed equally to this work with: Xin Li, Fan Xu, Liang Xie, Yongjia Ji, Ke Cheng

Affiliations Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Institute of Neuroscience, Chongqing Medical University, and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Chongqing, China

Ke Cheng

Contributed equally to this work with: Xin Li, Fan Xu, Liang Xie, Yongjia Ji, Ke Cheng

Affiliations Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Institute of Neuroscience, Chongqing Medical University, and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Chongqing, China

Qinmin Zhou

Affiliations Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Institute of Neuroscience, Chongqing Medical University, and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Chongqing, China

Tao Wang

Affiliations Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Institute of Neuroscience, Chongqing Medical University, and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Chongqing, China

Carol Shively

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Qingyuan Wu

Affiliations Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Institute of Neuroscience, Chongqing Medical University, and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Chongqing, China

Wei Gong

Affiliations Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Institute of Neuroscience, Chongqing Medical University, and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Chongqing, China

Liang Fang

Affiliations Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Institute of Neuroscience, Chongqing Medical University, and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Chongqing, China

Qunlin Zhan

Affiliation Department of Neurology, the Fifth People’s Hospital, Chongqing, China

N. D. Melgiri

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience, Chongqing Medical University, and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Chongqing, China

Peng Xie

xiepeng@cqmu.edu.cn

Affiliations Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China, Institute of Neuroscience, Chongqing Medical University, and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Chongqing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XL FX PX. Performed the experiments: XL FX YJ LX KC TW QLZ WG QW LF. Analyzed the data: FX QMZ CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PX. Wrote the paper: FX CS NM.