About the Authors

Bobby Thomas

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

Affiliations Neuroregeneration and Stem Cell Programs, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Allen S. Mandir

Current address: Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington D. C., United States of America

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Neva West

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ying Liu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Shaida A. Andrabi

Affiliations Neuroregeneration and Stem Cell Programs, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Wanda Stirling

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Valina L. Dawson

Affiliations Neuroregeneration and Stem Cell Programs, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ted M. Dawson

tdawson@jhmi.edu (TMD); mklee@umn.edu (MKL)

Affiliations Neuroregeneration and Stem Cell Programs, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Michael K. Lee

tdawson@jhmi.edu (TMD); mklee@umn.edu (MKL)

Current address: Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BT ASM VLD TMD MKL. Performed the experiments: BT ASM NW YL SAA WS. Analyzed the data: BT ASM NW YL SAA WS VLD TMD MKL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VLD TMD MKL. Wrote the manuscript: BT TMD MKL.