About the Authors

Jinling Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jinling Liu, Jiangchuan Dong

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Jiangchuan Dong

Contributed equally to this work with: Jinling Liu, Jiangchuan Dong

Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Lei Wang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, Shandong, China

Ying Su

suying0110@126.com

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Peng Yan

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Shenggang Sun

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YS JL. Performed the experiments: JL JD LW SS. Analyzed the data: JL PY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL PY. Wrote the paper: JL JD LW.