About the Authors

Vuslat Yilmaz

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Piraye Oflazer

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Fikret Aysal

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey

Hacer Durmus

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Kostas Poulas

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Sibel P. Yentur

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Yesim Gulsen-Parman

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Socrates Tzartos

Affiliation Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece

Alexander Marx

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Medical Centre Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Erdem Tuzun

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Institute for Experimental Medical Research, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Feza Deymeer

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Güher Saruhan-Direskeneli

gsaruhan@istanbul.edu.tr

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Competing Interests

Co-author Güher Saruhan-Direskeneli is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VY PO FA YGP HD KP SPY ST ET FD GSD. Performed the experiments: VY FA HD SPY ET GSD. Analyzed the data: VY PO HD SPY AM ET FD GSD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KP ST YGP FA PO HD FD. Wrote the paper: VY AM ET FD GSD.