About the Authors

Laurent Roybon

laurent.roybon@med.lu.se

Affiliation Neuronal Survival Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Lund, Sweden

Tord Hjalt

Affiliation Neuronal Survival Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Lund, Sweden

Simon Stott

Affiliation Division of Developmental Neurobiology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, London, United Kingdom

Francois Guillemot

Affiliation Division of Molecular Neurobiology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, London, United Kingdom

Jia-Yi Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Jia-Yi Li, Patrik Brundin

Affiliation Neuronal Survival Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Lund, Sweden

Patrik Brundin

Contributed equally to this work with: Jia-Yi Li, Patrik Brundin

Affiliation Neuronal Survival Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Lund, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LR. Performed the experiments: LR TAH SS. Analyzed the data: LR TAH SS JYL PB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LR FG JYL PB. Wrote the paper: LR JYL PB. Designed the project: LR. Generated figures and wrote the manuscript: LR. Designed primers for RT-PCR and performed RT-PCR on human hippocampal tissue: TH. Gave input on the manuscript: TH SS. Performed in utero injections assisted by LR: SS. Provided Ngn2KINGFP mice: FG. Grants awarded to these authors financially supported this work: JYL PB.