About the Authors

Nico Papinutto

nico.papinutto@ucsf.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Regina Schlaeger

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Valentina Panara

Affiliation ITAB—Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technologies, University “G. D'Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy

Alyssa H. Zhu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Eduardo Caverzasi

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

William A. Stern

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Stephen L. Hauser

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Roland G. Henry

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Bioengineering Graduate Group, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, and University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. S.L. Hauser currently serves on the scientific advisory boards of Symbiotix and Bionure.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NP RS EC SLH RGH. Performed the experiments: NP RS VP WAS. Analyzed the data: NP RS VP AHZ RGH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NP RS VP AHZ SLH RGH. Wrote the paper: NP RS AHZ RGH.