About the Authors
- Katarina Vajn
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Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, University of Osijek School of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia
- Barbara Viljetić
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry, University of Osijek School of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia
- Ivan Večeslav Degmečić
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Affiliation Animal Facility, University of Osijek School of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia
- Ronald L. Schnaar
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Affiliation Departments of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Marija Heffer
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* E-mail: marija.heffer.lauc@mefos.hr
Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, University of Osijek School of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia
Competing Interests
Some anti-ganglioside antibodies used in this study are licensed for commercial distribution by the Johns Hopkins University with Dr. Ronald L. Schnaar entitled to a share of royalty received. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KV MH. Performed the experiments: KV MH BV IVD. Analyzed the data: KV MH RLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IVD RLS. Wrote the paper: KV RLS MH.