About the Authors

Istvan Pirko

Pirko@mayo.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Rhonda Cardin

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Yi Chen

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Anne K. Lohrey

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Diana M. Lindquist

Affiliation Imaging Research Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

R. Scott Dunn

Affiliation Imaging Research Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Robert Zivadinov

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Aaron J. Johnson

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IP RC RZ AJJ. Performed the experiments: IP RC YC AKL DML RSD AJJ. Analyzed the data: IP RC RZ AJJ. Wrote the paper: IP RC RZ AJJ.