About the Authors

Brian V. Nahed

Contributed equally to this work with: Brian V. Nahed, Maya A. Babu

bnahed@partners.org (BN); babu.maya@mayo.edu (MB)

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusets, United States of America

Maya A. Babu

Contributed equally to this work with: Brian V. Nahed, Maya A. Babu

bnahed@partners.org (BN); babu.maya@mayo.edu (MB)

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Timothy R. Smith

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Robert F. Heary

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB BN RH. Performed the experiments: MB BN RH. Analyzed the data: MB BN TS RH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB BN RH. Wrote the paper: MB BN RH.