About the Authors

Cian-Hui Hong

Contributed equally to this work with: Cian-Hui Hong, Terry B. J. Kuo

Affiliations Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Sleep Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Terry B. J. Kuo

Contributed equally to this work with: Cian-Hui Hong, Terry B. J. Kuo

Affiliations Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Sleep Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Translational and Interdisciplinary Medicine, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Bo-Chi Huang

Affiliation Institute of Biophotonics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yu-Cheng Lin

Affiliations Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Sleep Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Kuan-Liang Kuo

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chang-Ming Chern

Affiliations Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Cheryl C. H. Yang

cchyang@ym.edu.tw

Affiliations Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Sleep Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHH TBJK KLK CMC CCHY. Performed the experiments: CHH BCH. Analyzed the data: CHH YCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TBJK. Wrote the paper: CHH CCHY. Full access to all the data in this study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis: CHH CCHY. Read and approved the final submitted manuscript: CHH TBJK BCH YCL KLK CMC CCHY.