About the Authors

Fernando Goñi

Affiliations Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Immunology, School of Chemistry, University of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay

Frances Prelli

Affiliation Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Yong Ji

Affiliation Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Henrieta Scholtzova

Affiliation Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Jing Yang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Yanjie Sun

Affiliation Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Feng-Xia Liang

Affiliation Image Core Facility, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Regina Kascsak

Affiliation New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Richard Kascsak

Affiliation New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Pankaj Mehta

Affiliation New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

Thomas Wisniewski

Thomas.wisniewski@nyumc.org

Affiliations Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FG TW. Performed the experiments: FG FP YJ HS JY YS FXL PM. Analyzed the data: TW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK RK. Wrote the paper: TW.