About the Authors

Arivazhagan Arimappamagan

Contributed equally to this work with: Arivazhagan Arimappamagan, Kumaravel Somasundaram, Kandavel Thennarasu

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India

Kumaravel Somasundaram

Contributed equally to this work with: Arivazhagan Arimappamagan, Kumaravel Somasundaram, Kandavel Thennarasu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Kandavel Thennarasu

Contributed equally to this work with: Arivazhagan Arimappamagan, Kumaravel Somasundaram, Kandavel Thennarasu

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India

Sreekanthreddy Peddagangannagari

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Harish Srinivasan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Bangalore C. Shailaja

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India

Cini Samuel

Affiliation Sri SatyaSai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India

Irene Rosita Pia Patric

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Sudhanshu Shukla

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Balaram Thota

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India

Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasanna

Affiliation Sri SatyaSai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India

Paritosh Pandey

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India

Anandh Balasubramaniam

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India

Vani Santosh

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India

Bangalore Ashwathnarayanara Chandramouli

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India

Alangar Sathyaranjandas Hegde

Affiliation Sri SatyaSai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India

Paturu Kondaiah

Affiliation Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Manchanahalli R. Sathyanarayana Rao

mrsrao@jncasr.ac.in

Affiliation Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRSR PK KS VS AA BAC ASH AB. Performed the experiments: AA KS KT SP HS BCS CS IRPP SS BT. Analyzed the data: AA KS KT IRPP SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA ASH BAC KVP PP. Wrote the paper: AA KS.