About the Authors

Yan-bo Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yan-bo Zhang, Zheng-dong Guo

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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical University, Taian, China

Zheng-dong Guo

Contributed equally to this work with: Yan-bo Zhang, Zheng-dong Guo

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical University, Taian, China

Mei-yi Li

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Shandong Taishan Chronic Disease Hospital, Taian, China

Peter Fong

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Ji-guo Zhang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China

Can-wen Zhang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical University, Taian, China

Ke-rui Gong

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Ming-feng Yang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical University, Taian, China

Jing-zhong Niu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical University, Taian, China

Xun-ming Ji

Affiliation Hypoxia Medical Institute, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Guo-wei Lv

Affiliation Hypoxia Medical Institute, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZ ZG. Performed the experiments: ML JZ PF. Analyzed the data: CZ MY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JN XJ. Wrote the paper: GL KG PF.