About the Authors

Alice Y. W. Chang

achang@adm.cgmh.org.tw (AYWC); shhchan@adm.cgmh.org.tw (SHHC)

Affiliations Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, Republic of China, Center for Neuroscience, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Julie Y. H. Chan

Affiliation Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yao-Chung Chuang

Affiliations Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, Republic of China

Samuel H. H. Chan

achang@adm.cgmh.org.tw (AYWC); shhchan@adm.cgmh.org.tw (SHHC)

Affiliations Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, Republic of China, Center for Neuroscience, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AYWC JYHC YCC SHHC. Performed the experiments: AYWC YCC. Analyzed the data: AYWC JYHC SHHC. Wrote the paper: AYWC JYHC YCC SHHC. Supervised the research: SHHC AYWC JYHC. Collected data on electron micrographs: YCC.