About the Authors

Andrew A. Jarjour

Current address: Edinburgh Centre for Multiple Sclerosis Research, Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Margaret Durko

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Tamarah L. Luk

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Nathalie Marçal

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Masoud Shekarabi

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Timothy E. Kennedy

timothy.kennedy@mcgill.ca

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This research was funded in part by a research grant from Biochem Pharma Inc. that partially supported the salary of Dr. Durko, who contributed to this project as a post-doctoral fellow. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all of the PloS One policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAJ MD TLL TEK. Performed the experiments: AAJ MD TLL NM MS. Analyzed the data: AAJ MD TLL NM TEK. Wrote the paper: AAJ TEK.