About the Authors

Parisa Azimi

parisa.azimi@gmail.com

Affiliation Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Shirzad Azhari

Affiliation Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Edward C. Benzel

Affiliation Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Hamid Khayat Kashany

Affiliation Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Hossein Nayeb Aghaei

Affiliation Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Hassan Reza Mohammadi

Affiliation Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Meysam Ebrahimi

Affiliation Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PA SA. Performed the experiments: PA SA HKK HNA HRM ME. Analyzed the data: PA SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PA SA. Wrote the paper: PA SA ECB HKK HNA HRM ME.