About the Authors

Krisztina K. Johansen

Contributed equally to this work with: Krisztina K. Johansen, Lei Wang

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Neurology, St. Olav’s Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Lei Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Krisztina K. Johansen, Lei Wang

Affiliations Bedford VAMC, Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Jan O. Aasly

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Neurology, St. Olav’s Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Linda R. White

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Neurology, St. Olav’s Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Wayne R. Matson

Affiliation Bedford VAMC, Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Claire Henchcliffe

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

M. Flint Beal

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Mikhail Bogdanov

mbb2002@med.cornell.edu

Affiliations Bedford VAMC, Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 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: JOA MFB MB. Performed the experiments: KKJ LW MB. Analyzed the data: LW MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KKJ JOA LRW WM CH. Wrote the paper: LW MB.