About the Authors

Kui-Kai Lau

Affiliations Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Yuen-Kwun Wong

Affiliation Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Kay-Cheong Teo

Affiliation Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Richard Shek-Kwan Chang

Affiliation Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Sonny Fong-Kwong Hon

Affiliation Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Koon-Ho Chan

Affiliations Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Raymond Tak-Fai Cheung

Affiliations Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Leonard Sheung-Wai Li

Affiliation Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tung Wah Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Hung-Fat Tse

Affiliations Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Shu-Leong Ho

cwdsiu@hku.hk (CWS); slho@hku.hk (SLH)

Affiliations Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Chung-Wah Siu

cwdsiu@hku.hk (CWS); slho@hku.hk (SLH)

Affiliations Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KKL KHC RTFC LSWL HFT SLH CWS. Performed the experiments: KKL KCT KHC LSWL RSKC SFKH. Analyzed the data: KKL YKW. Wrote the paper: KKL YKW KHC HFT SLH CWS.