About the Authors

Stefanie Vogler

Affiliation Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Thomas Pannicke

Affiliation Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Margrit Hollborn

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Antje Grosche

Affiliation Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Stephanie Busch

Affiliation 5th Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Sigrid Hoffmann

Affiliation Medical Research Center, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Peter Wiedemann

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Andreas Reichenbach

Affiliation Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Hans-Peter Hammes

Affiliation 5th Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Andreas Bringmann

bria@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB SH PW AR AB. Performed the experiments: SV TP MH AG. Analyzed the data: SV TP MH AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH HPH. Wrote the paper: SV PW AR HPH AB.