About the Authors
- Eloy Martínez-Heras
-
Affiliation Center of Neuroimmunology, Service of Neurology, Hospital Clinic and Institut d′Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Federico Varriano
-
Affiliation Laboratory of Surgical NeuroAnatomy (LSNA). Facultat de Medicina. Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Vesna Prčkovska
-
Affiliation Center of Neuroimmunology, Service of Neurology, Hospital Clinic and Institut d′Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Carlos Laredo
-
Affiliation Comprehensive Stroke Center, Department of Neuroscience. Hospital Clinic and Institut d′Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Magí Andorrà
-
Affiliation Center of Neuroimmunology, Service of Neurology, Hospital Clinic and Institut d′Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Elena H. Martínez-Lapiscina
-
Affiliation Center of Neuroimmunology, Service of Neurology, Hospital Clinic and Institut d′Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Anna Calvo
-
Affiliation Medical Imaging Platform, Institut d′Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Erika Lampert
-
Affiliation Center of Neuroimmunology, Service of Neurology, Hospital Clinic and Institut d′Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Pablo Villoslada
-
Affiliation Center of Neuroimmunology, Service of Neurology, Hospital Clinic and Institut d′Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Albert Saiz
-
Affiliation Center of Neuroimmunology, Service of Neurology, Hospital Clinic and Institut d′Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Alberto Prats-Galino
-
Affiliation Laboratory of Surgical NeuroAnatomy (LSNA). Facultat de Medicina. Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Sara Llufriu
-
* E-mail: SLLUFRIU@clinic.ub.es
Affiliation Center of Neuroimmunology, Service of Neurology, Hospital Clinic and Institut d′Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
Competing Interests
EMH, FV, VP, CL, MA, EHM, AC, EL, APG, and SL have declared that no competing interests exist. P. Villoslada received compensation for advisory from Roche, Novartis and Bionure Incorporation. AS received compensation for advisory and speaking from Bayer-Schering, Merck- Serono, Biogen-Idec, Sanofi-Aventis, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and Novartis. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Dr. Pablo Villoslada, coauthor of the paper, is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE editorial policies and criteria.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EMH VP MA APG SL. Performed the experiments: EMH FV VP CL MA EHM AC APG SL. Analyzed the data: EMH AC FV VP CL MA EHM PV AS APG SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CL MA EHM PV AS. Wrote the paper: EMH FV VP CL MA EHM AC PV EL AS APG SL.