About the Authors

Parvathi Menon

Affiliation Sydney Medical School Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Matthew C. Kiernan

Affiliations Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Steve Vucic

s.vucic@neura.edu.au

Affiliations Sydney Medical School Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Competing Interests

Dr. Steve Vucic served as a medical consultant for Merck Serono Australia until December 2013 for work performed in the field of multiple sclerosis and unrelated to any data presented in the current manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SV. Performed the experiments: PM SV. Analyzed the data: PM MK SV. Wrote the paper: PM MK SV.