About the Authors

Henning Teismann

h.teismann@uni-muenster.de

Affiliations Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosignalanalysis, University Hospital, Münster, Germany, Institute for Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University Hospital, Münster, Germany

Andreas Wollbrink

Affiliation Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosignalanalysis, University Hospital, Münster, Germany

Hidehiko Okamoto

Affiliation Department of Integrative Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan

Gottfried Schlaug

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Claudia Rudack

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital, Münster, Germany

Christo Pantev

Affiliation Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosignalanalysis, University Hospital, Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

Gottfried Schlaug owns shares in Tinnix, Inc. No relationship exists between Tinnix, Inc. and the results reported in this manuscript, and Tinnix, Inc. did not provide any support, material, or technology to this project. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HT CP GS. Performed the experiments: HT AW. Analyzed the data: HT. Wrote the paper: HT. Made substantial contributions to analysis and interpretation of the data: HT AW HO GS CR CP. Revised the article critically for important intellectual content: HT AW HO GS CR CP. Approved the final version of the article to be published: HT AW HO GS CR CP.