About the Authors

Yongmin Jin

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States of America

Nataly Raviv

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States of America

Austin Barnett

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States of America

Nicholas C. Bambakidis

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States of America

Emily Filichia

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States of America

Yu Luo

yxl710@case.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL NB YMJ. Performed the experiments: YMJ NR AB EF NB YL. Analyzed the data: YMJ NR AB YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL NB. Wrote the paper: YMJ NR YL.