About the Authors

Hanna M. Vesterinen

Contributed equally to this work with: Hanna M. Vesterinen, Peter Connick

Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Peter Connick

Contributed equally to this work with: Hanna M. Vesterinen, Peter Connick

Affiliation The Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Cadi M. J. Irvine

Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Emily S. Sena

Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Kieren J. Egan

Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Gary G. Carmichael

Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Afiyah Tariq

Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Sue Pavitt

Affiliation Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Jeremy Chataway

Affiliation National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom

Malcolm R. Macleod

malcolm.macleod@ed.ac.uk (MRM); siddharthan.chandran@ed.ac.uk (SC)

Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Siddharthan Chandran

malcolm.macleod@ed.ac.uk (MRM); siddharthan.chandran@ed.ac.uk (SC)

Affiliation The Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors are working with Catriona MacCallum towards a publishing trial within PLOS One to test interventions which might improve compliance with the ARRIVE guidelines. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC JC MRM SP PC. Performed the experiments: HMV CMJI AT GGC KJE ESS. Analyzed the data: SC JC MRM KJE HMV. Wrote the paper: SC JC MRM SP PC HMV KJE ESS. Used CAMARADES database: MRM ESS HMV.