About the Authors

Weimin Liu

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Neural Development and Disease, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Yi Ren

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Neural Development and Disease, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Adam Bossert

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Neural Development and Disease, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Xiaowei Wang

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Neural Development and Disease, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Samantha Dayawansa

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Neural Development and Disease, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jing Tong

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Neural Development and Disease, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China

Xiaoshen He

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military University, Xi'an, China

Douglas H. Smith

Affiliation Center for Brain Injury and Repair, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Harris A. Gelbard

Affiliations Center for Neural Development and Disease, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jason H. Huang

Jason_Huang@URMC.Rochester.edu

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Neural Development and Disease, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WL XH DHS HAG JHH. Performed the experiments: WL YR AB XW SD JT. Analyzed the data: WL YR AB XW SD JT. Wrote the paper: WL YR AB XW JHH. Revised manuscript: WL YR XH DHS HAG JHH.