About the Authors

Rolf Knoth

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Ilyas Singec

Affiliations Department of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Stem Cell and Regeneration Program, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Margarethe Ditter

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Georgios Pantazis

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Philipp Capetian

Affiliations Department of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Laboratory of Molecular Neurosurgery, Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Ralf P. Meyer

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Volker Horvat

Affiliation CRTD – Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Benedikt Volk

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Gerd Kempermann

gerd.kempermann@crt-dresden.de

Affiliation CRTD – Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RK IS RPM GK. Performed the experiments: RK IS MD GP PC RPM VH. Analyzed the data: RK IS GP PC RPM BV GK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK MD GP RPM VH BV. Wrote the paper: RK RPM GK.