About the Authors

Michael Safaee

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Aaron J. Clark

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Michael C. Oh

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Michael E. Ivan

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Orin Bloch

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Gurvinder Kaur

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Matthew Z. Sun

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Joseph M. Kim

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Taemin Oh

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Mitchel S. Berger

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Andrew T. Parsa

ParsaA@Neurosurg.ucsf.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS AJC MCO MEI OB ATP. Performed the experiments: MS GK MZS JMK TO. Analyzed the data: MS AJC MCO MEI OB ATP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSB ATP. Wrote the paper: MS AJC MCO MEI OB ATP.