About the Authors

Han-Jin Cui

Affiliations Institute of Integrative Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China, Institute of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China

Hao-yu He

Affiliation Institute of Mental Health, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China

A-Li Yang

Affiliations Institute of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China, Key Lab of Chinese Gan of SATCM, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China

Hua-Jun Zhou

Affiliations Key Lab of Chinese Gan of SATCM, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China, Institute of Neurology, The First College of Clinical Medical Sciences, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443003, Hubei, China

Cong Wang

Affiliations Institute of Integrative Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China, Key Lab of Chinese Gan of SATCM, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China

Jie-Kun Luo

Affiliations Institute of Integrative Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China, Key Lab of Chinese Gan of SATCM, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China

Yuan Lin

Affiliation Key Lab of Chinese Gan of SATCM, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China

Tao Tang

falcontang@126.com

Affiliations Institute of Integrative Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China, Key Lab of Chinese Gan of SATCM, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TT HJC. Performed the experiments: HJC HYH. Analyzed the data: HJC HYH ALY HJZ CW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JKL YL. Wrote the paper: HJC.