About the Authors

Nathan D. Jorgensen

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Yong Peng

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Cherry C.-Y. Ho

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Hardy J. Rideout

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Donald Petrey

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Peng Liu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

William T. Dauer

dauer@umich.edu

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NDJ YP HJR DP WTD. Performed the experiments: NDJ YP DP PL. Analyzed the data: NDJ YP CH DP PL WTD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NDJ YP CH HJR DP. Wrote the paper: NDJ DP WTD.