About the Authors

Stefan Bergt

stefan.bergt@medizin.uni-rostock.de

Affiliation Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Anne Güter

Affiliation Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Andrea Grub

Affiliation Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Nana-Maria Wagner

Affiliation Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Claudia Beltschany

Affiliation Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Sönke Langner

Affiliation Institute for Neuroradiology, University Hospital Greifswald Greifswald, Germany

Andreas Wree

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Rostock University, Rostock, Germany

Steve Hildebrandt

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Rostock University, Rostock, Germany

Gabriele Nöldge-Schomburg

Affiliation Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Brigitte Vollmar

Affiliation Institute for Experimental Surgery, Rostock University, Rostock, Germany

Jan P. Roesner

Affiliation Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB A. Grub CB GNS BV JPR. Performed the experiments: SB A. Güter CB SL AW SH. Analyzed the data: SB A. Güter A. Grub NMW CB SL AW SH BV JPR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL AW SH. Wrote the manuscript: NMW SB BV JPR.