About the Authors

Philipp Albrecht

phil.albrecht@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Ann-Kristin Müller

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Martin Südmeyer

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Stefano Ferrea

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Marius Ringelstein

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Eva Cohn

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Orhan Aktas

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Thomas Dietlein

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Alexandra Lappas

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Andreas Foerster

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Hans-Peter Hartung

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Alfons Schnitzler

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Axel Methner

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PA AM MS AKM. Performed the experiments: PA AKM EC MR AL AF. Analyzed the data: PA AKM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HPH OA TD SF MS. Wrote the paper: PA AM. Revision of the manuscript and final approval of the version published: HPH TD OA AS.