About the Authors

Jiachen Zhuo

Affiliation Departments of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States of America

Kaspar Keledjian

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States of America

Su Xu

Affiliation Departments of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States of America

Adam Pampori

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States of America

Volodymyr Gerzanich

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States of America

J. Marc Simard

rgullapalli@umm.edu (RGP); msimard@smail.umaryland.edu (JMS)

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States of America, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States of America

Rao P. Gullapalli

rgullapalli@umm.edu (RGP); msimard@smail.umaryland.edu (JMS)

Affiliation Departments of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JZ KK SX AP VG JMS RPG. Performed the experiments: JZ KK SX AP VG JMS RPG. Analyzed the data: JZ KK SX AP VG JMS RPG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JZ KK SX AP VG JMS RPG. Wrote the paper: JZ KK SX AP VG JMS RPG.