About the Authors

Mohamed Abdouh

Contributed equally to this work with: Mohamed Abdouh, Wassim Chatoo

Affiliation Developmental Biology Laboratory, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Canada

Wassim Chatoo

Contributed equally to this work with: Mohamed Abdouh, Wassim Chatoo

Affiliation Developmental Biology Laboratory, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Canada

Jida El Hajjar

Affiliation Developmental Biology Laboratory, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Canada

Jocelyn David

Affiliation Developmental Biology Laboratory, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Canada

José Ferreira

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Canada

Gilbert Bernier

gbernier.hmr@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Affiliations Developmental Biology Laboratory, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Canada, Department of Ophthalmology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA WC JE JD GB. Performed the experiments: MA WC JE JD. Analyzed the data: MA WC JE JD GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA WC JE JD GB. Wrote the paper: MA WC JE GB. Human brain samples: JF.