About the Authors

Zhifeng Kou

zhifeng_kou@wayne.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Ramtilak Gattu

Affiliation Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Firas Kobeissy

Affiliation Center for Neuroproteomics and Biomarkers Research, Department of Psychiatry, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Robert D. Welch

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Brian J. O’Neil

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

John L. Woodard

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Syed Imran Ayaz

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Andrew Kulek

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Robert Kas-Shamoun

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Valerie Mika

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Conor Zuk

Affiliation Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Francesco Tomasello

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Stefania Mondello

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Drs. Mondello and Kobeissy were employees and received salaries from Banyan Biomarkers, Inc. Banyan Biomarkers Inc. assisted in bioassay analysis for this study. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: ZK RW BO JW FT SM. Performed the experiments: ZK SIA AK RKS VM CZ SM. Analyzed the data: ZK RG FK CZ SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZK RW BO. Wrote the manuscript: ZK SM.