About the Authors

Georgia Panagiotakos

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, New York, United States of America

George Alshamy

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, New York, United States of America

Bill Chan

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, New York, United States of America

Rory Abrams

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, New York, United States of America

Edward Greenberg

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, New York, United States of America

Amit Saxena

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, New York, United States of America

Michelle Bradbury

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, New York, United States of America

Mark Edgar

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, New York, United States of America

Philip Gutin

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, New York, United States of America

Viviane Tabar

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: tabarv@mskcc.org

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VT PG. Performed the experiments: GP GA BC RA EG AS MB. Analyzed the data: VT GP GA BC RA ME. Wrote the paper: VT GP. Other: Performed most of the tissue preparation and the majority of the experiments and data analysis, contributed significantly to the manuscript preparation and contributed to the supervision of all aspects of the study: GP. Performed the majority of the human tissue immunohistochemical analyses, assisted with animal irradiation and care: GA. Performed the majority of the radiation experiments, and the majority of the stereological analyses: BC. Contributed to the immunohistochemistry and tissue preparation and performed the capillary analysis including stereology: RA. Assisted with the radiation experiments and immunohistochemistry: EG. Assisted with the design of the radiation apparatus and the early radiation experiments: AS. Performed the MRI imaging and analyses: MB. Performed the histology and ultrastructural analyses: ME.