About the Authors

Lin-Chien Lee

Contributed equally to this work with: Lin-Chien Lee, Cheng-Hao Tu

Affiliations Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Integrated Brain Research Unit, Division of Clinical Research, Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Cheng-Hao Tu

Contributed equally to this work with: Lin-Chien Lee, Cheng-Hao Tu

Affiliations Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Integrated Brain Research Unit, Division of Clinical Research, Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Li-Fen Chen

Affiliations Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Integrated Brain Research Unit, Division of Clinical Research, Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Horng-Der Shen

Affiliation Division of Basic Research, Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsiang-Tai Chao

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Wei Lin

jchsieh@ym.edu.tw (JCH); mwlin@ym.edu.tw (MWL)

Affiliations Division of Basic Research, Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Jen-Chuen Hsieh

jchsieh@ym.edu.tw (JCH); mwlin@ym.edu.tw (MWL)

Affiliations Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Integrated Brain Research Unit, Division of Clinical Research, Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LCL CHT LFC JCH. Performed the experiments: LCL CHT. Analyzed the data: LCL CHT MWL JCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HDS MWL. Wrote the paper: LCL CHT MWL JCH. Clinical Assessment: HTC. Final approval: JCH.