About the Authors

Anne K. Mausberg

mausberg@uni-duesseldorf.de

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany

Gerd Meyer zu Hörste

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany

Thomas Dehmel

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany

Mark Stettner

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany

Helmar C. Lehmann

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany

Kazim A. Sheikh

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Bernd C. Kieseier

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AKM MS KAS BCK. Performed the experiments: AKM GM TD MS. Analyzed the data: AKM GM TD MS HCL KAS BCK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AKM GM TD MS KAS. Wrote the paper: AKM GM TD MS HCL KAS BCK.