About the Authors

Stefanie Schreiber

stefanie.schreiber@med.ovgu.de

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

Celine Z. Bueche

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

Cornelia Garz

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

Siegfried Kropf

Affiliation Institute of Biometry and Medical Informatics, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

Doerthe Kuester

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

Kerstin Amann

Affiliation Department of Nephropathology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Hans-Jochen Heinze

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen, Magdeburg, Germany, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany

Michael Goertler

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

Klaus G. Reymann

Affiliations Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen, Magdeburg, Germany, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany

Holger Braun

Affiliation Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen, Magdeburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS CZB CG HJH MG KGR HB. Performed the experiments: CZB CG SK. Analyzed the data: SS CZB CG SK DK KA HJH MG KGR HB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK DK KA. Wrote the paper: SS CZB CG SK DK KA HJH MG KGR HB.