About the Authors
- Alessia Nicotra
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Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF, United Kingdom
- Claus Newman
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Affiliation Thalidomide Trust, 1 Eaton Court Road, Colmworth Business Park, Eaton Socon, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 8ER, United Kingdom
- Martin Johnson
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Affiliation Thalidomide Trust, 1 Eaton Court Road, Colmworth Business Park, Eaton Socon, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 8ER, United Kingdom
- Oleg Eremin
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Affiliation United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Lincoln County Hospital, Greetwell Road, Lincoln, LN2 5QY, United Kingdom
- Tim Friede
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Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37073, Göttingen, Germany
- Omar Malik
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Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF, United Kingdom
- Richard Nicholas
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* E-mail: r.nicholas@imperial.ac.uk
Affiliations Department of Neurosciences, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF, United Kingdom, Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, Centre for Neuroscience, Wolfson Neuroscience Laboratories, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Dr Alessia Nicotra received a grant from the Thalidomide Trust for the work. Dr Claus Newman has received reimbursement of travel expenses from the Thalidomide Trust. Dr Martin Johnson was employed by the Thalidomide Trust. Professor Oleg Eremin has received reimbursement of travel expenses from the Thalidomide Trust. Dr Omar Malik received a grant from the Thalidomide Trust for the work. Professor Tim Friede has no competing interests. Dr Richard Nicholas received a grant from the Thalidomide Trust for the work and has received reimbursement of travel expenses from the Thalidomide Trust. The authors confirm that the competing interests statement does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AN RN OM. Performed the experiments: AN RN OM. Analyzed the data: AN RN TF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AN TF. Wrote the paper: AN RN OM MJ CN OE TF. Idenitfied suitable subjects: CN MJ OE.