About the Authors

Boryana Stamova

boryana.stamova@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.

Affiliation Department of Neurology and MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Glen C. Jickling

Affiliation Department of Neurology and MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Bradley P. Ander

Affiliation Department of Neurology and MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Xinhua Zhan

Affiliation Department of Neurology and MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

DaZhi Liu

Affiliation Department of Neurology and MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Renee Turner

Affiliation Department of Neurology and MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Carolyn Ho

Affiliation Department of Neurology and MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Jane C. Khoury

Affiliation Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Cheryl Bushnell

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Arthur Pancioli

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Edward C. Jauch

Affiliation Division of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Joseph P. Broderick

Affiliation University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute, Department of Neurology, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Frank R. Sharp

Affiliation Department of Neurology and MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BS FRS. Performed the experiments: BS GJ BA XZ DL RT CH. Analyzed the data: BS FRS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK CB AP EJ JB FS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: BS FRS. Reviewed and edited the manuscript: GJ BA XZ DL RT CH CB JK AP EJ JB FRS.