About the Authors

Dhruv Sareen

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR), Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, The Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Erin McMillan

Affiliation The Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Allison D. Ebert

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR), Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, The Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Brandon C. Shelley

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR), Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, The Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Julie A. Johnson

Affiliation Cell Line Genetics, LLC, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Lorraine F. Meisner

Affiliation Cell Line Genetics, LLC, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Clive N. Svendsen

cnsvendsen@wisc.edu

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR), Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, The Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Clive N. Svendsen has the following competing interest disclosure for his work with Brain Cells, Inc. a) acted as a consultant within the last 2 years b) performed contract work within the last 2 years c) received more than $10,000 a year from the company within the last 2 years. There are no patents or any other benefits to Brain Cells Inc upon publication of this paper.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS CNS. Performed the experiments: DS EM ADE JAJ. Analyzed the data: DS LFM CNS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DS EM ADE BCS JAJ LFM CNS. Wrote the paper: DS CNS.