About the Authors

Cansheng Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Cansheng Zhu, Zhaojun Xiong

Affiliation Department of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Zhaojun Xiong

Contributed equally to this work with: Cansheng Zhu, Zhaojun Xiong

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Xiaohong Chen

Affiliation Department of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Fuhua Peng

Affiliation Department of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Xueqiang Hu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Yanming Chen

yanmingch@qq.com (YC); qingwangzssy@yahoo.com.cn (QW)

Affiliation Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Qing Wang

yanmingch@qq.com (YC); qingwangzssy@yahoo.com.cn (QW)

Affiliation Department of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QW YC. Performed the experiments: CZ ZX XC FP XH. Analyzed the data: CZ ZX XC FP XH YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QW YC. Wrote the paper: CZ ZX.