About the Authors

Pornpun Vivithanaporn

Affiliations Division of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Ferdinand Maingat

Affiliation Division of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Liang-Tzung Lin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Hong Na

Affiliation Division of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Christopher D. Richardson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Babita Agrawal

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Éric A. Cohen

Affiliation Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Jack H. Jhamandas

Affiliation Division of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Christopher Power

chris.power@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Division of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PV CR BA EAC JJ CP. Performed the experiments: PV FM LTL HN JJ. Analyzed the data: PV FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LTL CR EAC. Wrote the paper: PV CP.