About the Authors

Agnieszka Ciesielska

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Lluis Samaranch

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Waldy San Sebastian

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Dennis W. Dickson

Affiliation Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, United States of America

Samuel Goldman

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

John Forsayeth

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Krystof S. Bankiewicz

Krystof.Bankiewicz@ucsf.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

KSB is a Scientific Founder of Voyager Therapeutics, company that is involved in developing AAV2-AADC gene therapy for Parkinson's Disease. All authors declare that they have no competing interests relating to patents, products in development, or marketed products.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JF KSB. Formal analysis: AC LS WSS KSB. Funding acquisition: KSB. Methodology: AC LS WSS. Supervision: KSB. Writing – original draft: AC LS WSS. Writing – review & editing: DWD SG JF KSB.