About the Authors

Fu-Jung Hsiao

fujunghsiao@gmail.com (FJH); yylin@vghtpe.gov.tw (YYL)

Affiliations Institute of Brain Science, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Laboratory of Neurophysiology at Medical Research Division, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsiang-Yu Yu

Affiliations Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wei-Ta Chen

Affiliations Institute of Brain Science, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Laboratory of Neurophysiology at Medical Research Division, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Shang-Yeong Kwan

Affiliations Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien Chen

Affiliations Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Der-Jen Yen

Affiliations Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chun-Hing Yiu

Affiliations Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yang-Hsin Shih

Affiliations Institute of Brain Science, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yung-Yang Lin

fujunghsiao@gmail.com (FJH); yylin@vghtpe.gov.tw (YYL)

Affiliations Institute of Brain Science, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Physiology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Laboratory of Neurophysiology at Medical Research Division, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FH YL. Performed the experiments: FH HY WC YL. Analyzed the data: FH WC YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HY SK DY CY YS YL. Wrote the paper: FH HY WC CC YL. Revised the manuscript: FH HY WC SK CC DY CY YS YL.