About the Authors
- Radka Gromnicova
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Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
- Mehmet Kaya
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
- Ignacio A. Romero
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Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
- Phil Williams
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Affiliation Midatech Pharma plc, Abingdon, United Kingdom
- Simon Satchell
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Affiliation School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Basil Sharrack
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- David Male
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* E-mail: D.K.Male@Open.ac.uk
Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
PW holds share options in Midatech Pharma plc. DM was previously on the Scientific advisory board of this company (until May 2016). This association does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: DM MK IAR. Formal analysis: RG DM. Funding acquisition: BS DM. Investigation: RG MK PW. Methodology: RG DM MK. Project administration: DM. Resources: IAR SCS. Supervision: IAR BS. Validation: RG MK DM. Visualization: RG DM. Writing – original draft: RG DM. Writing – review & editing: RG MK IAR PW SCS BS DM.