About the Authors

Anke Höllig

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, University RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany, Department of Anesthesiology, University RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Agnieszka Weinandy

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, University RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany, Department of Neuropathology, University RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Kay Nolte

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, University RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Hans Clusmann

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Rolf Rossaint

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Mark Coburn

mcoburn@ukaachen.de

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH MC. Performed the experiments: AH AW KN. Analyzed the data: AH AW MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH AW KN RR HC MC. Wrote the paper: AH MC RR HC.