About the Authors

Andrew J. Solomon

andrew.solomon@uvm.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

William Hills

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Zunqiu Chen

Affiliation Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

James Rosenbaum

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Dennis Bourdette

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, MS Center of Excellence West, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Ruth Whitham

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, MS Center of Excellence West, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJS JR DB RW. Performed the experiments: AJS WH DB RW. Analyzed the data: AJS ZC DB RW. Wrote the paper: AJS JR DB RW.