About the Authors

Kelsey A. Nestor

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Jacob D. Jones

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Christopher R. Butson

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Takashi Morishita

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Charles E. Jacobson IV

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

David A. Peace

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Dennis Chen

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Kelly D. Foote

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Michael S. Okun

okun@neurology.ufl.edu

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Okun serves as a consultant for the National Parkinson Foundation, and has received research grants from National Institutes of Health (NIH), NPF, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, the Parkinson Alliance, Smallwood Foundation, the Bachmann-Strauss Foundation, the Tourette Syndrome Association, and the UF Foundation. Dr. Okun has previously received honoraria, but in the past months has received no support from industry. Dr. Okun has received royalties for publications with Demos, Manson, Amazon, and Cambridge (movement disorders books). Dr. Okun is an associate editor for New England Journal of Medicine Journal Watch Neurology. Dr. Okun has participated in CME activities on movement disorders in the last 36 months sponsored by PeerView, Prime, and by Vanderbilt University. The institution and not Dr. Okun receives grants from Medtronic and ANS/St. Jude, and the PI has no financial interest in these grants. Dr. Okun has participated as a site PI and/or co-I for several NIH, foundation, and industry sponsored trials over the years but has not received honoraria. There are no 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: MSO KAN TM CB. Performed the experiments: KDF TM KAN CEJ DC. Analyzed the data: JDJ. Wrote the paper: KAN MSO DC CB KDF JDJ. Provided medical illustrations: DAP.