About the Authors

Chan Yuan

Affiliation Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, Department of Anatomy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Junying Gao

Affiliation Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, Department of Anatomy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Jichao Guo

Affiliation Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, Department of Anatomy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Lei Bai

Affiliation Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, Department of Anatomy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Charles Marshall

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Kentucky Center For Excellence in Rural Health, Hazard, Kentucky, United States of America

Zhiyou Cai

Affiliation Department of Neurology, the Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Lu'an People's Hospital, Lu'an, Anhui, China

Linmei Wang

Affiliation Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, Department of Anatomy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Ming Xiao

mingx@njmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, Department of Anatomy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MX. Performed the experiments: CY J. Guo LB. Analyzed the data: J. Gao. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CY J. Guo LB. Wrote the paper: MX CM ZC LW.