About the Authors

Vinata Vedam-Mai

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurology, UF Center for Movement Disorders and Restoration, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Bronwen Gardner

Affiliation Department of Anatomy with Radiology and Centre for Brain Research, School of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Michael S. Okun

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Neurology, UF Center for Movement Disorders and Restoration, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Florian A. Siebzehnrubl

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Monica Kam

Affiliation Department of Anatomy with Radiology and Centre for Brain Research, School of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Palingu Aponso

Affiliation Department of Anatomy with Radiology and Centre for Brain Research, School of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Dennis A. Steindler

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Anthony T. Yachnis

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Dan Neal

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Brittany U. Oliver

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Sean J. Rath

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Richard L. M. Faull

Affiliation Department of Anatomy with Radiology and Centre for Brain Research, School of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Brent A. Reynolds

Contributed equally to this work with: Brent A. Reynolds, Maurice A. Curtis

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Maurice A. Curtis

Contributed equally to this work with: Brent A. Reynolds, Maurice A. Curtis

m.curtis@auckland.ac.nz

Affiliation Department of Anatomy with Radiology and Centre for Brain Research, School of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VV BR MC. Performed the experiments: VV BG FS MK PA MC. Analyzed the data: VV BG FS MK PA DS AY DN BO SR RF BR MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MO DS RF BR MC. Wrote the paper: VV MO FS RF BR MC.