About the Authors

Sonja Hochmeister

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Odilo Engel

Affiliation Department of Experimental Neurology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Milena Z. Adzemovic

Affiliation Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Thomas Pekar

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria

Paul Kendlbacher

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Department of Neurosurgery, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Manuel Zeitelhofer

Affiliation Division of Vascular Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Michaela Haindl

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Andreas Meisel

Affiliation Department of Experimental Neurology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Franz Fazekas

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Thomas Seifert-Held

thomas.seifert@medunigraz.at

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH OE TP TSH. Performed the experiments: SH OE TP PK MH. Analyzed the data: SH MZA MZ AM FF TSH. Wrote the paper: SH MZA MZ AM FF TSH.