About the Authors

Cheng-Tsung Hsiao

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Pei-Chien Tsai

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Chou-Ching Lin

Affiliation Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC

Yo-Tsen Liu

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Yen-Hua Huang

Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yi-Chu Liao

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Han-Wei Huang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC

Kon-Ping Lin

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Bing-Wen Soong

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Yi-Chung Lee

ycli@vghtpe.gov.tw

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CTH PCT YC Liao KPL BWS YC Lee. Performed the experiments: CTH PCT CCL HWH. Analyzed the data: CTH PCT YTL YHH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCL YHH HWH. Wrote the paper: CTH PCT CCL YTL YHH YC Liao HWH KPL BWS YC Lee.