About the Authors

Yan Chen

Current Address: Department of Neurology, Nanjing Jiangning Hospital affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Nanjing Brain Hospital affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Xian-Jing Huang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Nanjing Brain Hospital affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Nian Yu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Nanjing Brain Hospital affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Yuan Xie

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Nanjing Brain Hospital affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Kang Zhang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Nanjing Brain Hospital affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Fang Wen

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Nanjing Brain Hospital affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Hao Liu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Qing Di

diqing@medmail.com.cn

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Nanjing Brain Hospital affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QD NY. Performed the experiments: YC XJH YX KZ. Analyzed the data: YC FW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QD. Wrote the paper: YC NY QD HL.