About the Authors

Wang Mei

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Xin'an Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui University Of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Chen Dong

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Neuropathology, Department of Pharmacology, Soochow University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Cheng Hui

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Xin'an Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui University Of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Li Bin

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Neuropathology, Department of Pharmacology, Soochow University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Yan Fenggen

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Xin'an Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui University Of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Su Jingjing

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Xin'an Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui University Of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Peng Cheng

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Xin'an Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui University Of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Sun Meiling

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Xin'an Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui University Of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Hu Yawen

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Xin'an Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui University Of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Wang Xiaoshan

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Xin'an Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui University Of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Wang Guanghui

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Neuropathology, Department of Pharmacology, Soochow University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Chen Zhiwu

kuller_chen@163.com (CZ); qinglin_lee@hotmail.com (LQ)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Li Qinglin

kuller_chen@163.com (CZ); qinglin_lee@hotmail.com (LQ)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Xin'an Medicine, Ministry of Education, Anhui University Of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WM CD ZC LQ. Performed the experiments: WM CD CH SM HY. Analyzed the data: WM CD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WM LB PC WX WG ZC LQ. Wrote the manuscript: WM CD LB YF SJ.