About the Authors

Cihan Mehmet Kadipasaoglu

Affiliation Vivian Smith Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America

Christopher Richard Conner

Affiliation Vivian Smith Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America

Meagan Lee Whaley

Affiliation Vivian Smith Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America

Vatche George Baboyan

Affiliation Vivian Smith Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America

Nitin Tandon

Nitin.tandon@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliations Vivian Smith Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NT. Performed the experiments: CMK CRC VGB. Analyzed the data: CMK MLW. Wrote the paper: CMK NT.