About the Authors

Clare Farmer

Affiliation UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom

James J. Cox

Affiliation UCL Wolfson Institute of Biomedical Research, London, United Kingdom

E. V. Fletcher

Current address: Department of Pathology, Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliation UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom

C. Geoffrey Woods

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

John N. Wood

Affiliation UCL Wolfson Institute of Biomedical Research, London, United Kingdom

Stephanie Schorge

s.schorge@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: Funding was received from Pfizer (JJC, CGW). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CEF JJC EVF CGW JNW SS. Performed the experiments: CEF JJC EVF SS. Analyzed the data: CEF JJC EVF CGW JNW SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CEF JJC EVF SS. Wrote the paper: CEF JJC EVF CGW JNW SS.