About the Authors
- Christian L. Seifert
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Contributed equally to this work with: Christian L. Seifert, Holger Poppert
* E-mail: c.seifert@lrz.tu-muenchen.de
Affiliation Department of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Germany
- Holger Poppert
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Contributed equally to this work with: Christian L. Seifert, Holger Poppert
Affiliation Department of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Germany
- Dirk Sander
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Benedictus Hospital, Tutzing, Germany
- Regina Feurer
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Germany
- Thorleif Etgen
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Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität München, Germany, Department of Neurology, Kliniken Südostbayern – Klinikum Traunstein, Germany
- Karl-Heinz Ander
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Affiliation INVADE Study Group, Baldham, Germany
- Klaus Pürner
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Affiliation INVADE Study Group, Baldham, Germany
- Monika Brönner
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität München, Germany
- Dominik Sepp
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Germany
- Victoria Kehl
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Technische Universität München, Germany
- Hans Förstl
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität München, Germany
- Horst Bickel
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität München, Germany
Competing Interests
HF received honoraria and payments for speakerś bureau from Bayer, Boehringer, Merz, Lundbeck, Lilly, Pfizer and Nutricia and is on the advisory board of these companies and Novartis. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: D. Sander HF. Performed the experiments: KA KP MB. Analyzed the data: CLS VK D. Sepp RF. Wrote the paper: CLS HB HP. Study supervision: D. Sander HP TE HF. Definition of the research theme: CLS HP. Review and critical revision of the manuscript: CLS HP D. Sander RF TE KA KP MB D. Sepp VK HF HB.