About the Authors

Scott D. Z. Eggers

Contributed equally to this work with: Scott D. Z. Eggers, Anja K. E. Horn, R. John Leigh

eggers.scott@mayo.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Anja K. E. Horn

Contributed equally to this work with: Scott D. Z. Eggers, Anja K. E. Horn, R. John Leigh

Affiliations Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany, German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Sigrun Roeber

Affiliations German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany, Institute for Neuropathology and Prion Research, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Wolfgang Härtig

Affiliation Paul Flechsig Institute for Brain Research, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Govind Nair

Affiliation National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Daniel S. Reich

Affiliation National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

R. John Leigh

Contributed equally to this work with: Scott D. Z. Eggers, Anja K. E. Horn, R. John Leigh

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDZE AKEH SR WH GN DSR RJL. Performed the experiments: AKEH SR WH GN DSR. Analyzed the data: SDZE AKEH SR WH DSR RJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AKEH SR WH GN DSR. Wrote the paper: SDZE AKEH SR WH GN DSR RJL.