About the Authors

Gareth T. Banks

Contributed equally to this work with: Gareth T. Banks, Virginie Bros-Facer

Affiliation Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Virginie Bros-Facer

Contributed equally to this work with: Gareth T. Banks, Virginie Bros-Facer

Affiliations Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, Sobell Department of Motor Science and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Hazel P. Williams

Affiliation Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Ruth Chia

Affiliation Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Francesca Achilli

Affiliation Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

J. Barney Bryson

Affiliation Sobell Department of Motor Science and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Linda Greensmith

Affiliations Sobell Department of Motor Science and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Elizabeth M. C. Fisher

e.fisher@prion.ucl.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GTB VBF HPW RC FA LG EMCF. Performed the experiments: GTB VBF HPW RC FA JBB. Analyzed the data: GTB VBF HPW RC LG EMCF. Wrote the paper: GTB VBF LG EMCF.