About the Authors

Sheng Chen

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Zhigang Zhu

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China

Damon Klebe

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Hetao Bian

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Paul R. Krafft

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Jiping Tang

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Jianmin Zhang

zjm135@vip.sina.com (Jianmin Zhang); johnzhang3910@yahoo.com (John Zhang)

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China

John H. Zhang

zjm135@vip.sina.com (Jianmin Zhang); johnzhang3910@yahoo.com (John Zhang)

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC JMZ JHZ. Performed the experiments: SC DK HB. Analyzed the data: ZZ SC PK JT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PK JT. Wrote the paper: SC DK.