About the Authors

Esther J. Smits

e.j.smits@umcg.nl

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Antti J. Tolonen

Affiliation VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere, Finland

Luc Cluitmans

Affiliation VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere, Finland

Mark van Gils

Affiliation VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere, Finland

Bernard A. Conway

Affiliation The Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Rutger C. Zietsma

Affiliation Manus Neurodynamica Ltd, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Klaus L. Leenders

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Natasha M. Maurits

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

One of the authors, NM, is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. One of the authors, RZ, is employed by a commercial company, Manus Neurodynamica Ltd, Newcastle, UK. There is a patent associated to this manuscript (patent WO/2011/141734, name: Apparatus for use in diagnosing and/or treating neurological disorder). There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare in relation to this study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and material.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RZ NM MG ES. Performed the experiments: ES. Analyzed the data: ES AT LC MG NM. Wrote the paper: ES NM AT LC MG BC RZ KL.