About the Authors

Qinghai Liu

Affiliation Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Shuhan He

Shuhanhe@usc.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Leonid Groysman

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

David Shaked

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jonathan Russin

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Steven Cen

Affiliation Department of Preventative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

William J. Mack

Affiliations Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QL SH WJM. Performed the experiments: QL SH LG DS JR. Analyzed the data: QL SH SC WJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QL SH SC. Wrote the manuscript: QL SH WJM.