About the Authors

Chunrong Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Chunrong Wang, Zhao Chen

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, P. R. China

Zhao Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Chunrong Wang, Zhao Chen

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, P. R. China

Fang Yang

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410078, P. R. China

Bin Jiao

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, P. R. China

Huirong Peng

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, P. R. China

Yuting Shi

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, P. R. China

Yaqin Wang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, P. R. China

Fengzhen Huang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, P. R. China

Junling Wang

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, P. R. China, Key Laboratory of Hunan Province in Neurodegenerative Disorders, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, P. R. China

Lu Shen

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, P. R. China, Key Laboratory of Hunan Province in Neurodegenerative Disorders, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, P. R. China, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of China, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410078, P. R. China

Kun Xia

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of China, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410078, P. R. China

Beisha Tang

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, P. R. China, Key Laboratory of Hunan Province in Neurodegenerative Disorders, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, P. R. China, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of China, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410078, P. R. China

Tetsuo Ashizawa

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, P. R. China, Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, United States of America

Hong Jiang

jianghong73868@126.com

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, P. R. China, Key Laboratory of Hunan Province in Neurodegenerative Disorders, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, P. R. China, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of China, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410078, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJ BST KX LS TA. Performed the experiments: CRW ZC. Analyzed the data: CRW FY BJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CRW ZC HRP YTS FZH YQW JLW HJ BST KX. Wrote the paper: CRW ZC HJ.